pituite

pituite (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of pituita (“mucus; phlegm”).

• “pituite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Learned borrowing from Latin pītuīta. Doublet of pépie.

• IPA^(key): /pi.tɥit/

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pituite f (plural pituites)

1. (historical) phlegm
2. (medicine) mucus

• pituitaire

• “pituite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.