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pituicyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pi-tu-icyte
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small branching cell in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin pītuīta Latin pītuītāriuslbor. English pituitary Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English pituicyte From pituitary + -cyte.

Inflected Forms

pituicytes (plural)

Derived Forms

pituicytoma

Questions

What does pituicyte mean?
A small branching cell in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Where does pituicyte come from?
Etymology tree Latin pītuīta Latin pītuītāriuslbor. English pituitary Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English pituicyte From pituitary + -cyte.

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