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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small branching cell of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
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- noun a small branching
cell in theposterior lobe of thepituitary gland
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[pitui(tary) + –cyte.]
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