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Pituitary   /pətˈuətˌɛri/  /pɪtˈuɪtˌɛri/   Listen
Pituitary

adjective
1.
Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
noun
1.
The master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain.  Synonyms: hypophysis, pituitary body, pituitary gland.



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"Pituitary" Quotes from Famous Books



... during all my waking hours. This thing here, is getting on my nerves. I feel like I want to commit murder when a simpering Jane looks at me, snickers and says, 'ain't he cute?' I want a ball bat to club every country jake doctor that looks me over and asks about my pituitary gland. Gee, gosh, but I do want to get away from that. I want to exchange these human nitwits for cows, calves, sheep, hosses,—broncho hosses, pintos—but not little round-bellied shetlands. I want to boss around among ...
— David Lannarck, Midget - An Adventure Story • George S. Harney
... a new light on this problem. Not long ago these glands were a complete enigma, owing to the fact that they are not provided with excretory ducts. It has just recently been shown that these organs, such as the thyroid, the pituitary, the suprarenal, the parathyroid and the reproductive glands, exercise an all-powerful influence upon the course of individual development or deficiency. Gley, to whom we owe much of our knowledge of glandular action, has asserted that "the ...
— The Pivot of Civilization • Margaret Sanger
... that as ether is physical matter, etheric sight depends upon the sensitiveness of the optic nerve while spiritual sight is acquired by developing latent vibratory powers in two little organs situated in the brain: the Pituitary body and the Pineal gland. Nearsighted people even, may have etheric vision. Though unable to read the print in a book, they may be able to "see through a wall," owing to the fact that their optic nerve responds more rapidly to fine ...
— The Rosicrucian Mysteries • Max Heindel


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