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Noun

S: (n) anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, adenohypophysis (the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature)

part meronym
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

S: (n) thyroid gland, thyroid (located near the base of the neck)
S: (n) parathyroid gland, parathyroid (any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland)
S: (n) adrenal gland, adrenal, suprarenal gland (either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney)
S: (n) prostate gland, prostate (a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen)
S: (n) thymus gland, thymus (a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age)
S: (n) pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis (the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain)
S: (n) anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, adenohypophysis (the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature)
S: (n) pars distilis, pars anterior (the anterior part of the anterior pituitary)
S: (n) pars intermedia (a thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary)
S: (n) posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa (the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature)
S: (n) pineal gland, pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis (a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin)
S: (n) islands of Langerhans, isles of Langerhans, islets of Langerhans (cell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ; secrete insulin and other hormones)
S: (n) adrenal cortex (the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones)
S: (n) adrenal medulla (the medulla of the adrenal gland; secretes epinephrine)
S: (n) corpus luteum (yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun)
S: (n) gonad, sex gland (a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced)

part holonym