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Meanings of pituitary in English
Portuguese
pituitária Catalan
glàndula pituïtària 
The master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain.
Synonyms
Examples for "hypophysis"
Examples for "hypophysis"
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Over these organs-thethyroid, the adrenals, the hypophysis-thecontact ceptors have no control.
2
Besides the small amount of blood pressure-raising substance secreted by the hypophysis cerebri.
3
Duplication of the hypophysis is a very rare malformation, only 13 cases having been previously described.
4
Here they promote transport of auxin, which then elicits a second response in the hypophysis itself.
5
If the activities are consummated, the fuel-glycogen-andtheactivating secretions from the thyroid, the adrenals, the hypophysis are consumed.
1
The anterior pituitary gland drives highly conserved physiologic processes in mammalian species.
2
He programmed the metascopolamine and injected it into Pluto Saint-Clair's pituitary gland.
3
Whether this has any morphological consequences for the pituitary gland is currently unknown.
4
The connection between Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseae and the pituitary gland was established in 1990.
5
These results point to prolactin as an autocrine proliferative factor in the pituitary gland.
1
Pituitrin-theextract of the anterior lobe of the pituitary body.
2
Linsmayer reported a case in which there was a softened adenoma in the pituitary body, and the thymus was absent.
3
In a few cases it accompanies disease of the pituitary body, which is located in the under surface of the brain.
4
The thyroid is one of the so-called ductless glands, like the adrenals above the kidneys, the pineal gland and the pituitary body.
5
That means that if you meditate on the pituitary body, just over this part of the tongue, astral sight will be opened.
Usage of pituitary in English
1
We therefore undertook a study of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation in this population.
2
Over these, the essential control lies in the pituitary and the thyroid.
3
The anterior pituitary is in the closest relation and contact with them.
4
Methods: We introduced OETA for pituitary adenomas with a detailed technical description.
5
The last pituitary hormone with gonadotroph effect was discovered a generation ago.
6
The transsphenoidal approach to the pituitary is widely used in pituitary surgery.
7
Rare labeled cells were seen along the periphery of the posterior pituitary.
8
The immune system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis are linked by several mechanisms.
9
Postoperative external pituitary radiation was used to treat the remaining 19 patients.
10
Background: Neuroendocrinologic investigations in bipolar disorder have suggested abnormalities in pituitary function.
11
The hair on the extremities varies a good deal with the pituitary.
12
We speculate that dexamethasone causes secondary adrenal suppression at the hypothalamic-pituitary level.
13
Contrarily, postnatal R treatment restored ERa and partially normalized LHβ pituitary levels.
14
Genes of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis play a key role in male reproductive performance.
15
By contrast, pituitary isografts were able to rescue the ductal elongation phenotype.
16
Chronic dysregulation of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis activity is related to several stress-related disorders.
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