| desiccated pituitary | The cleaned, dried, and powdered posterior lobe obtained from the pituitary body of domestic animals used for food by humans; an oxytocic, vasoconstrictor, antidiuretic, and a stimulant of intestinal motility. Synonym: desiccated pituitary, hypophysis sicca. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dwarfism, pituitary | A form of dwarfism due to absence or hypofunction of the anterior pituitary gland. (12 Dec 1998) |
| enlarged pituitary infundibulum | <radiology> Histiocytosis X, eosinophilic granuloma, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Letterer-Siwe disease, sarcoidosis (12 Dec 1998) |