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extrapituitary

extrapituitary adjective: outside of the pituitary gland.

Adjective

extrapituitary (not comparable)

  1. Outside of the pituitary gland

Origin of extrapituitary

From extra- + pituitary.

Questions about extrapituitary

What does extrapituitary mean?
Extrapituitary means outside of the pituitary gland.
What part of speech is extrapituitary?
Extrapituitary is an adjective.

Words near extrapituitary in the dictionary

  1. extraphilosophical
  2. extraphysical
  3. extraphysiologic
  4. extraphysiological
  5. extrapineal
  6. extrapituitary
  7. extraplacental
  8. extraplacodal
  9. extraplanar
  10. extraplanetary
  11. extraplasmatic

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