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Webster 1913 Edition
Pineal
Pi′ne-al
,Adj.
[L.
pinea
the cone of a pine, from pineus
of the pine, from pinus
a pine: cf. F. pinéale
.] Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
Pineal gland
(Anat.)
, a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; – called also
pineal body
, epiphysis
, conarium
. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye.Webster 1828 Edition
Pineal
PIN'EAL
,Adj.