英语词汇pituitary的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pituitary
词源	pituitary adj. 1610s, "secreting or containing mucus," originally in reference to the small glands under the cerebrum, from Latin pituitarius "mucous," from pituita "clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime," a word of unknown etymology. Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899. Entries linking to pituitary pip n.2 "disease of poultry consisting of a secretion of thick mucus which forms a white scale around the tongue," late 14c., pippe, probably from Middle Dutch pippe "mucus," from West Germanic pipit (source also of East Frisian pip, Middle High German pfipfiz, German Pips), an early borrowing from Vulgar Latin pippita, an unexplained alteration of Latin pituita "phlegm" (see pituitary). updated on August 02, 2020
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pituitary adj.