出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/10/03 17:49 UTC 版)
1610s, from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”). Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899.
pituitary (not comparable)
pituitary (plural pituitaries)
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