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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pineal gland
pineal gland
n : a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the
back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin
[syn:
pineal body,
epiphysis cerebri,
epiphysis]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pineal gland
Pineal
\Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus
of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pin['e]ale.]
Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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