pituitary extract
Britishnoun
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Umbaugh perfected a process of "super-ovulation"�injecting the cows with a pituitary extract which causes them to produce an average of 23 ova.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Adolph Edward Roome Jr., his father, corpulent Los Angeles physician, who wanted to administer pituitary extract to make his son stop growing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scientific research into the pituitary was not pushed until the 1920s, when Herbert McLean Evans of the University of California caused rats to become giants by injecting them with crude pituitary extract.
From Time Magazine Archive
Injections of pituitary extract directly into the blood stream were tried at first, but they caused disagreeable reactions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The blood pressure rise from epinephrin is quickly over; that from the pituitary extract lasts longer.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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