pituitary body

Questions about pituitary body

What does pituitary body mean?

pituitary body means "the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain".

What is another word for pituitary body?

Close synonyms include pituitary, pituitary gland, 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 body a common word?

pituitary body is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.