pituitary gland

Questions about pituitary gland

What does pituitary gland mean?

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

What is another word for pituitary gland?

Close synonyms include pituitary, 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 gland a common word?

pituitary gland 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.