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‖ pituita Physiol.|pɪtjuːˈaɪtə|
Also (after F.) 7 pituit, 8 pituite.
[L. pītuīta slime, phlegm, rheum; F. pituite (Paré c 1575).]
The secretion of the mucous membrane; phlegm, mucus. Also attrib. = pituitary.
1699Evelyn Acetaria (1729) 134 Orach..allays the Pituit Humour. 1707Floyer Physic. Pulse-Watch 62 A Saliva, or thin Pituita. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 338 Vessels..obstructed with a viscous Pituite. 1794T. Taylor tr. Plotinus 102 The pituita, or the bile, or the like disorders. 1895in Syd. Soc. Lex.
Hence pituital |pɪˈtjuːɪtəl| a. = pituitary.
1890in Cent. Dict. 1895in Syd. Soc. Lex., Pituital. |