PINEAL GLAND

Meaning of PINEAL GLAND in English

a small, cone-shaped endocrine organ in the posterior forebrain, secreting melatonin and involved in biorhythms and gonadal development. Also called epiphysis . See diag. under brain .

[ 1705-15 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PINEAL GLAND — noun Date: 1712 a small usually conical appendage of the brain of all craniate vertebrates that functions primarily as an …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PINEAL GLAND — or pineal body Endocrine gland in the brain that produces melatonin . It is large in children and begins to …
Английский словарь Британика
PINEAL GLAND — noun see pineal body
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINEAL GLAND — epiphysis, small endocrine gland which is located in the center of the brain and secretes the hormone melatonin (Anatomy)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PINEAL GLAND — Date: 1712 : a small usually conical appendage of the brain of all craniate vertebrates that functions primarily as an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINEAL GLAND — Function: noun Date: 1712 : a small usually conical appendage of the brain of all craniate vertebrates that functions primarily …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PINEAL GLAND — [ 'pɪnɪəl , 'pʌɪ- ] (also pineal body ) ■ noun a pea-sized conical mass of tissue behind the third …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PINEAL GLAND — [pineal gland] n (1712): a small usu. conical appendage of the brain of all craniate vertebrates that functions primarily as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PINEAL GLAND — also called Pineal Body, or Epiphysis Cerebri, an endocrine gland found in vertebrates that regulates the production of the hormone …
Britannica English vocabulary
PINEAL GLAND — ➡ pineal
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PINEAL GLAND — or pineal body Endocrine gland in the brain that produces melatonin . It is large in children and begins to …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PINEAL GLAND — A small gland located in the brain.
English Dictionary of Medicine
PINEAL GLAND — A tiny organ in the cerebrum that produces melatonin. Also called pineal body or pineal organ.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
PINEAL GLAND — (зоология) (анатомия) эпифиз, шишковидная железа
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINEAL GLAND — Эпифиз
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PINEAL GLAND — = pineal body
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PINEAL GLAND — = pineal body
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PINEAL GLAND — = pineal body
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PINEAL GLAND — эпифиз мозга, шишковидная железа
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PINEAL GLAND — эпифиз мозга, шишковидная железа
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PINEAL GLAND — шишковидное тело
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
PINEAL GLAND — (зоология) (анатомия) эпифиз, шишковидная железа
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINEAL — adj pineal; glandula pineal pineal gland
Interlingua English vocab
PINEAL — adjective Etymology: French pinéal, from Middle French, from Latin pinea pinecone, from feminine of pineus of pine, from pinus Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GLAND — I Collection of cells or tissue that removes specific substances from the blood, alters or concentrates them, and then either …
Английский словарь Британика
GLAND — I. ˈgland, -aa(ə)- noun ( -s ) Etymology: French glande gland (organ of secretion), glandular swelling especially on the neck, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINEAL — ˈpinēəl, ˈpīn- adjective Etymology: French pinéal, from Middle French pineal, from Latin pinea pinecone (from feminine of pineus of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINEAL — (a.) Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
Английский словарь Webster
GLAND — (n.) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, …
Английский словарь Webster
PINEAL — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GLAND — ( n. ) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PINEAL — /pin"ee euhl, puy"nee-, puy nee"-/ , adj. 1. resembling a pine cone in shape. 2. of or pertaining to the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLAND — gland 1 — glandless , adj. — glandlike , adj. /gland/ , n. 1. Anat. a. a cell, group of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PINEAL — adj. resembling a pine cone; pertaining to the pineal gland, pertaining to the small endocrine gland in the brain which …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GLAND — I. ˈgland noun Etymology: French glande, from Old French, glandular swelling on the neck, gland, ultimately from Latin gland-, glans …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINEAL — adjective Etymology: French pinéal, from Middle French, from Latin pinea pinecone, from feminine of pineus of pine, from pinus Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINEAL — adj of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
Webster English vocab
GLAND — noun any very small prominence. 2. gland ·noun the crosspiece of a bayonet clutch. 3. gland ·noun a special organ …
Webster English vocab
PINEAL — [pi.ne.al] adj [F pineal, fr. MF, fr. L pinea pinecone, fr. fem. of pineus of pine, fr. pinus] (1681): of, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GLAND — [gland] n [F glande, fr. OF, glandular swelling on the neck, gland, ultim. fr. L gland-, glans acorn; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GLAND — in animals, cell or tissue that removes specific substances from the blood, alters or concentrates them, and then either releases …
Britannica English vocabulary
PINEAL — pineal BrE AmE ˈpɪn i‿əl ( ˌ ) paɪ ˈni ː ‿əl ▶ ˈ pineal gland BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GLAND — gland BrE AmE ɡlænd ▷ glands ɡlændz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PINEAL — / paɪˈniːəl; NAmE / (also piˈneal gland ) noun ( anatomy ) a small organ in the brain that releases …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLAND — gland /ɡlænd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: glande , from Latin glans 'acorn' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PINEAL — adj. shaped like a pine cone. øpineal body (or gland) a pea-sized conical mass of tissue behind the third ventricle …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GLAND — n. 1 a an organ in an animal body secreting substances for use in the body or for ejection. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PINEAL — adj. shaped like a pine cone. pineal body (or gland) a pea-sized conical mass of tissue behind the third ventricle …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PINEAL — adj. shaped like a pine cone. Phrases and idioms: pineal body (or gland) a pea-sized conical mass of tissue behind …
Oxford English vocab
GLAND — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES mammary gland salivary gland sweat gland COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE adrenal ▪ Pieters became …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GLAND — n. adrenal gland suprarenal gland mammary gland parathyroid gland pineal gland pituitary gland prostate gland salivary gland sebaceous gland sweat …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GLAND
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PINEAL — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PINEAL — adj. Pineal is used with these nouns: ↑ gland
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GLAND — n. 25B6; noun . See list. glandular, adeno-. Human Glands adrenal gland meibomian gland apocrine gland ovary Bartholin's gland parathyroid …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PINEAL — прил.; анат. шишковидный Syn : cone-shaped (анатомия) шишковидный, конусовидный pineal анат. шишковидный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GLAND — I сущ.; анат. железа; мн. шейные железки; гланды pituitary gland ≈ гипофиз adrenal glands ≈ надпочечные железы eccrine glands ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PINEAL — Шишковидный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PINEAL — a анат. шишковидный, конусовидный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GLAND — gland.ogg _I glænd n 1. анат. 1> железа; лимфатический узел lachrymal sweat gland - слёзная потовая железа 2> pl шейные …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GLAND — 1) уплотнение, уплотнитель; набивка; сальник; прокладка сальника 2) крышка сальника • - electrode gland - expansion gland - jet gland …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GLAND — 1) уплотнение, уплотнитель; набивка; сальник; прокладка сальника 2) крышка сальника • - electrode gland - expansion gland - jet gland - labyrinth gland - packing gland - rubber …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
GLAND — 1) манжетка 2) прокладка 3) сальник; уплотнение 4) водонепроницаемая втулка • - cable gland - pack gland - stern-tube gland
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PINEAL — прил.; анат.шишковидный Syn:cone-shaped
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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