pineal gland

English

Etymology

pineal +‎ gland, from its pine-cone shape.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪ.niːəl ˌɡlænd/, /ˈpɪ.niːəl ˌɡlænd/

Noun

pineal gland (plural pineal glands)

(anatomy) A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin.

Synonyms

epiphysis
pineal body
conarion, conarium (obsolete)

Derived terms

Related terms

pinecone

Translations

small endocrine gland

Arabic: الغدّة الصنوبرية‎ f (al-ghuddah aS-Sanawbariyah)
Azerbaijani: əzgiləbənzər cisim, epifiz
Basque: guruin pineal
Catalan: glàndula pineal f, epífisi f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 松果腺 (zh) (sōngguǒxiàn)
Czech: šišinka (cs) f, epifýza f
Dhivehi: ޕިނިއަލް ގްލޭންޑް‎ (pinial glēnḍ)
Dutch: epifyse (nl) f, pijnappelklier (nl) m or f
Finnish: käpyrauhanen (fi), epifyysi
French: glande pinéale (fr) f
Galician: glándula pineal f
German: Zirbeldrüse (de) f
Greek: κωνάριον n (konárion), επίφυση (el) f (epífysi)
Hebrew: בלוטת האצטרובל‎
Hindi: पीनियल ग्रंथि (pīniyal granthi)
Hungarian: tobozmirigy (hu)
Irish: faireog phinéalach f
Italian: ghiandola pineale f
Japanese: 松果体 (しょうかたい, shōkatai), 松果腺 (しょうかせん, shōkasen)
Kabuverdianu:
Badiu: glândula pinial f

Santiago: glândula pinial f

São Vicente: glândula p’nial, glândula pinial f

Korean: 송과선 (ko) (songgwaseon) (松果腺 (ko))
Latin: glandula pinealis f
Latvian: epifīze f
Lithuanian: kankorėžinė liauka (lt)
Macedonian: епифиза f (epifiza)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: konglekjertel m, epifyse (no) m

Nynorsk: epifyse m
Polish: szyszynka (pl) f
Portuguese: glândula pineal (pt) f
Russian: шишкови́дная железа́ f (šiškovídnaja železá), эпифи́з (ru) m (epifíz)
Slovak: šuškovité teliesko
Slovene: češarika f
Spanish: glándula pineal f
Swedish: tallkottkörteln c
Turkish: epifiz (tr)
Ukrainian: епіфіз m (epifiz)
Vietnamese: tuyến tùng

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.