Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pituita .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Mucus, phlegm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
mucus ;phlegm
Etymologies
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Latin pituita.
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Examples
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My sister au second is given up entirely to her children, who always have the pituite.
The Newcomes 2006
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My sister au second is given up entirely to her children, who always have the pituite.
The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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“Au reste, je ne puis pas me persuader qu’il y ait des tubercules au poumon, parce que j’ai ne jamais crache de pus, ni autre chose que de la pituite qui a beaucoup de ressemblance au blanc des oeufs.
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