pituitan.

Brit.

/pᵻˈtjuːᵻtə/,

/pᵻˈtʃuːᵻtə/, U.S.

/pəˈt(j)uədə/

Forms:

α. 1500s– pituita.

β. 1600s pituit, 1600s–1800s pituite.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pītuīta.

Etymology: < classical Latin pītuīta mucus, phlegm, disease of poultry, pip, probably a derivative form < the same Indo-European base as pine n.² Compare Middle French, French pituite nasal phlegm (1541), one of the four humours of the body (c1575), substance found in vomit (1814).In β. forms perhaps after French. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pitiuˌəi·tă) /pɪtjuːˈʌɪtə/.

Medicine. Now rare and historical.

Glutinous mucus; phlegm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > types of gland > [adjective]

pituita1598

pituitary1615

lymphatic1649

conglomerated1656

conglobate1666

conglomerate1666

conglobated1676

lymphic1681

conglobulate1709

sudoriferous1713

sudorific1721

sebaceous1728

trajectory1747

cryptal1754

cryptous1804

muciparous1825

racemose1834

racemiform1837

ganglionary1842

muciferous1842

sudoriparous1851

sebiparous1853

racemous1854

sebiferous1858

perilymphangial1873

lymphadenoid1877

perilymphatic1877

mucigenous1881

pituital1890

tubuloracemosec1900

acinic1903

holocrine1905

merocrine1905

exocrine1911

endocrine1914

endocrinic1914

endocrinous1914

endocrinal1923

apocrine1926

eccrine1931

psychoendocrine1946

acinar1949

nodal1954

mucigenic1965

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > mucus > [noun]

phlegmc1250

rheuma1398

dropping1398

gleimc1440

horeness1495

flobbage1535

mucus1597

pituita1598

1579 S. Novimola Despauterii Grammaticæ Institutionis Lib. VII (new ed.) iii. 89 Pituita, flewme from the heid discending, or the roup.]

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 48^v/2 The great toughenes of the..Pituita [Du. Pituita, Fr. pituite].

1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6138 A noysom pituita is discharged by the Salival glanduls.

1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 49 Orach..allays the Pituit Humor.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 338 Vessels..obstructed with a viscous Pituite.

1794 T. Taylor tr. Plotinus Five Bks. 102 The pituita, or the bile, or the like disorders.

1848 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 11 179 A cough, with expectoration of a thin pituite.

1901 M. Foster Lect. Hist. Physiol. 155 He appears to have considered that the mucus (pituita as it was called) clinging to the interior of the intestine was in reality the remains of the swallowed saliva.

1948 Jrnl. Amer. Dietetic Assoc. 24 381 [The cardinal humors included] the phlegm or pituita (supposedly secreted by the brain which drained through the nose) corresponding to water, moist and cold.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pituita
释义	pituitan. Brit. /pᵻˈtjuːᵻtə/, /pᵻˈtʃuːᵻtə/, U.S. /pəˈt(j)uədə/ Forms: α. 1500s– pituita. β. 1600s pituit, 1600s–1800s pituite. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pītuīta. Etymology: < classical Latin pītuīta mucus, phlegm, disease of poultry, pip, probably a derivative form < the same Indo-European base as pine n.² Compare Middle French, French pituite nasal phlegm (1541), one of the four humours of the body (c1575), substance found in vomit (1814).In β. forms perhaps after French. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pitiuˌəi·tă) /pɪtjuːˈʌɪtə/. Medicine. Now rare and historical. Glutinous mucus; phlegm. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > types of gland > [adjective] pituita1598 pituitary1615 lymphatic1649 conglomerated1656 conglobate1666 conglomerate1666 conglobated1676 lymphic1681 conglobulate1709 sudoriferous1713 sudorific1721 sebaceous1728 trajectory1747 cryptal1754 cryptous1804 muciparous1825 racemose1834 racemiform1837 ganglionary1842 muciferous1842 sudoriparous1851 sebiparous1853 racemous1854 sebiferous1858 perilymphangial1873 lymphadenoid1877 perilymphatic1877 mucigenous1881 pituital1890 tubuloracemosec1900 acinic1903 holocrine1905 merocrine1905 exocrine1911 endocrine1914 endocrinic1914 endocrinous1914 endocrinal1923 apocrine1926 eccrine1931 psychoendocrine1946 acinar1949 nodal1954 mucigenic1965 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > mucus > [noun] phlegmc1250 rheuma1398 dropping1398 gleimc1440 horeness1495 flobbage1535 mucus1597 pituita1598 1579 S. Novimola Despauterii Grammaticæ Institutionis Lib. VII (new ed.) iii. 89 Pituita, flewme from the heid discending, or the roup.] 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 48^v/2 The great toughenes of the..Pituita [Du. Pituita, Fr. pituite]. 1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6138 A noysom pituita is discharged by the Salival glanduls. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 49 Orach..allays the Pituit Humor. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 338 Vessels..obstructed with a viscous Pituite. 1794 T. Taylor tr. Plotinus Five Bks. 102 The pituita, or the bile, or the like disorders. 1848 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 11 179 A cough, with expectoration of a thin pituite. 1901 M. Foster Lect. Hist. Physiol. 155 He appears to have considered that the mucus (pituita as it was called) clinging to the interior of the intestine was in reality the remains of the swallowed saliva. 1948 Jrnl. Amer. Dietetic Assoc. 24 381 [The cardinal humors included] the phlegm or pituita (supposedly secreted by the brain which drained through the nose) corresponding to water, moist and cold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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