HYPOPITUITARISM

Etymology

Noun

hypopituitarism (usually uncountable, plural hypopituitarisms)

(medicine) A decrease in secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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