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A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland
From pineal + gland, from its pine-cone shape.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
غُدَّة صَنَوْبَرِيَّة
(ḡudda ṣanawbariyya)
— small endocrine gland
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Arabic:
جِسْم صَنَوْبَرِيّ
(jism ṣanawbariyy)
— small endocrine gland
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Azerbaijani:
əzgiləbənzər cisim
— small endocrine gland
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Azerbaijani:
epifiz
— small endocrine gland
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Basque:
guruin pineal
— small endocrine gland
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Bulgarian:
епифизна жлеза
(epifizna žleza)
— small endocrine gland
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Catalan:
glàndula pineal
— small endocrine gland
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Catalan:
epífisi
— small endocrine gland
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Chinese Mandarin:
松果腺
(sōngguǒxiàn)
— small endocrine gland
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Chinese Mandarin:
松果體 /松果体
(sōngguǒtǐ)
— small endocrine gland
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Czech:
šišinka
— small endocrine gland
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Czech:
epifýza
— small endocrine gland
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Dhivehi:
ޕިނިއަލް ގްލޭންޑް
(pinial glēn̊ḍ)
— small endocrine gland
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Dutch:
epifyse
— small endocrine gland
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Dutch:
pijnappelklier
— small endocrine gland
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Esperanto:
pineala glando
— small endocrine gland
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Finnish:
käpyrauhanen
— small endocrine gland
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Finnish:
epifyysi
— small endocrine gland
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French:
glande pinéale
— small endocrine gland
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Galician:
glándula pineal
— small endocrine gland
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German:
Zirbeldrüse
— small endocrine gland
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Greek:
κωνάριον
(konárion)
— small endocrine gland
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Greek:
επίφυση
(epífysi)
— small endocrine gland
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Hebrew:
בלוטת האצטרובל
— small endocrine gland
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Hindi:
पीनियल ग्रंथि
(pīniyal granthi)
— small endocrine gland
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Hungarian:
tobozmirigy
— small endocrine gland
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Icelandic:
heilaköngull
— small endocrine gland
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Irish:
faireog phinéalach
— small endocrine gland
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Italian:
ghiandola pineale
— small endocrine gland
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Japanese:
松果体
(shōkatai)
— small endocrine gland
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Japanese:
松果腺
(shōkasen)
— small endocrine gland
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Kabuverdianu:
glândula pinial
— small endocrine gland
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Kabuverdianu:
glândula pinial
— small endocrine gland
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Kabuverdianu:
glândula p’nial
— small endocrine gland
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Kabuverdianu:
glândula pinial
— small endocrine gland
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Korean:
송과선
(songgwaseon)
— small endocrine gland
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Northern Kurdish:
rijênê kajî
— small endocrine gland
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Latin:
glandula pinealis
— small endocrine gland
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Latvian:
epifīze
— small endocrine gland
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Lithuanian:
kankorėžinė liauka
— small endocrine gland
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Macedonian:
епифиза
(epifiza)
— small endocrine gland
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Norwegian Bokmål:
konglekjertel
— small endocrine gland
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Norwegian Bokmål:
epifyse
— small endocrine gland
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
epifyse
— small endocrine gland
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Polish:
szyszynka
— small endocrine gland
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Portuguese:
glândula pineal
— small endocrine gland
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Romanian:
glandă pineală
— small endocrine gland
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Russian:
шишкови́дная железа́
(šiškovídnaja železá)
— small endocrine gland
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Russian:
эпифи́з
(epifíz)
— small endocrine gland
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Slovak:
šuškovité teliesko
— small endocrine gland
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Slovene:
češarika
— small endocrine gland
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Spanish:
glándula pineal
— small endocrine gland
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Spanish:
epífisis
— small endocrine gland
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Swedish:
tallkottkörteln
— small endocrine gland
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Turkish:
epifiz
— small endocrine gland
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Turkish:
epifiz bezi
— small endocrine gland
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Turkish:
pineal bez
— small endocrine gland
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Ukrainian:
епіфі́з
(epifíz)
— small endocrine gland
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Vietnamese:
tuyến tùng
— small endocrine gland