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Definition of Pituita
1. phlegm [n -S] - See also: phlegm
Medical Definition of Pituita
1. A thick nasal secretion. Synonym: glairy mucus. Origin: L. Phlegm or thick mucous secretion (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pituita
Literary usage of Pituita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"pituita, Mucus, Phlegm—p. ... (from pituita.) Consisting of, or resembling, or
lull of mucus or phlegm. ..."
2. A commentary on Catullus by Robinson Ellis (1889)
"18, to be the thicker, pituita the more liquid, discharge from the nose. ...
Thus Celsus speaks of the gum secreted by the eyes as pituita oculorum, ..."
3. A History of Dentistry from the Most Ancient Times Until the End of the by Vincenzo Guerini (1909)
"Teeth are eroded and become decayed partly by pituita, and partly by food, when
they are by nature weak and badly fixed in the gums." Hippocrates, therefore ..."
4. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"pituita, Mucus, Phlegm—p. ... (from pituita.) Consisting of, or resembling, or
lull of mucus or phlegm. ..."
5. A commentary on Catullus by Robinson Ellis (1889)
"18, to be the thicker, pituita the more liquid, discharge from the nose. ...
Thus Celsus speaks of the gum secreted by the eyes as pituita oculorum, ..."
6. A History of Dentistry from the Most Ancient Times Until the End of the by Vincenzo Guerini (1909)
"Teeth are eroded and become decayed partly by pituita, and partly by food, when
they are by nature weak and badly fixed in the gums." Hippocrates, therefore ..."
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