PINEAL

pineal

(adjective) having the form of a pine cone

pineal

(adjective) relating to the pineal body; “pineal hormone”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

pineal (comparative more pineal, superlative most pineal)

In the shape of a pine cone.

Pertaining to the pineal gland.

Noun

pineal (plural pineals)

The pineal gland.

Anagrams

• Alpine, Lapine, Nepali, alpine, apelin, penial, plaine

Source: Wiktionary


Pi"ne*al, a. Etym: [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pinéale.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. Pineal gland (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also pineal body, epiphysis, conarium. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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