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pituita

UK/pɪˈtjuːɪtə/

pituita noun: phlegm; mucus.

Noun

pituita (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Phlegm; mucus.
    • Pituita, or phlegm, is a cold and moist humour, begotten of the colder part of the chylus […], Book I (New York 2001 edition), p.148

Origin of pituita

From Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm”). Doublet of pip.

Questions about pituita

What does pituita mean?
Pituita means phlegm; mucus.
What part of speech is pituita?
Pituita is a noun.
How do you pronounce pituita?
Pituita is pronounced /pɪˈtjuːɪtə/ (UK).

Words near pituita in the dictionary

  1. pituicyte
  2. pituicytes
  3. pituicytic
  4. pituicytoma
  5. pituicytomas
  6. pituita
  7. pituital
  8. pituitaries
  9. pituitarism
  10. pituitarisms
  11. pituitary

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