pituitary

1. 1.

   of or relating to the pituitary gland

   “pituitary hormone”

Other forms of pituitary

plural

pituitaries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pituitary

What does pituitary mean?

pituitary means "the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pituitary?

pituitary has 5 syllables: pi-tu-i-tar-y. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /pəˈtuəˌtɛɹi/.

What is another word for pituitary?

Close synonyms include pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pituitary a common word?

pituitary is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pituitary?

30 words rhyme with pituitary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.