Pituitary

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.

2. Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa. Pituitary body or gland (Anat.), a glandlike body of unknown function, situated in the pituitary fossa, and connected with the infundibulum of the brain; the hypophysis. -- Pituitary fossa (Anat.), the ephippium.