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pituitary_gland
has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain
Synonyms Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)The name thyroid-stimulating_hormone ( TSH ) has been given to a substance found in the anterior pituitary_gland of all species of animal so_far tested for its presence . This connection was clarified by Smith and Smith ( 1922 ) , who showed that saline extracts of fresh bovine pituitary_glands could re-activate the atrophied thyroids of hypophysectomised tadpoles . |
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