different between pituitary vs gonadarche

English

Etymology

1610s, from Latin p?tu?t?rius (“mucous”), from p?tu?ta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”). Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??tju??t(?)?i/, /p??t??u??t(?)?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??tu???t??i/

Adjective

pituitary (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
2. Mucous.

   Synonyms: pituital, pituitous

Translations

Noun

pituitary (plural pituitaries)

1. (anatomy) The pituitary gland.
2. (anatomy) The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk.
3. (medicine) An extract from the pituitary gland.

Synonyms

• hypophysis

Derived terms

• hypopituitarism
• hyperpituitarism
• juxtapituitary
• pituitary gland

Translations

English

Noun

gonadarche (uncountable)

1. The earliest gonadal changes of puberty, when (in response to pituitary gonadotropins), the ovaries in girls and the testes in boys begin to grow and increase the production of the sex steroids, especially estradiol and testosterone.

Related terms

• menarche
• spermarche
• thelarche