agyalapi mirigy

Hungarian

Etymology

agyalapi (“basicranial”) + mirigy (“gland”), from agy (“brain”) + alap (“base”) + -i (“adjective-forming suffix”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒɟɒlɒpimiriɟ]

Noun

agyalapi mirigy (plural agyalapi mirigyek)

  1. (anatomy) pituitary gland (an endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation)

Declension
  • See at mirigy. The adjective agyalapi is not declined.
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