pituitary body

noun

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It is true that brain tumors, gliomatous and cystic and, above all, the overgrowth of the pituitary body in acromegaly give rise to agonizing pains.

The prevailing trend of opinion is that this condition is due to irregular action of the pituitary body which controls osseous development.

The morphological anterior end of the central nerve tube is the point of the infundibulum which is in contact with the pituitary body.

Sight, spiritual, accompanies development of pineal gland and pituitary body, 66; varieties of, 67.

Pressure on the optic chiasma, for example by a tumour of the pituitary body, is associated with bilateral temporal hemianopsia.

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