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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

pituita

phlegm, pituite: cf. F.

pituitarie

(Anat.)

(a)

Secreting mucus or phlegm;

as, the

pituitary

membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities

(b)

Of or pertaining to the pituitary body;

as, the

pituitary

fossa

Adj.

[L. pituita, phlegm, rheum; Gr. to spit.]

That secretes phlegm or mucus; as the pituitary membrane.

The pituitary gland is a small oval body on the lower side of the brain, supposed by the ancients to secrete the mucus of the nostrils.