Pituitary

pit′ū-i-tā-ri, adj. mucous—also Pit′ūital , Pit′ūitous .— ns. Pitūī′ta , Pit′uite , phlegm.— Pituitary body , a rounded body of the size of a small bean, situated in the sella turcica in the sphenoid bone on the floor of the cavity of the skull. [L. pituitarius — pituita , mucus.]