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English
Etymology
From pineal + gland, from its pine-cone shape.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpaɪ.niːəl ˌɡlænd/, /ˈpɪ.niːəl ˌɡlænd/
Noun
pineal gland (plural pineal glands)
- (anatomy, neuroanatomy) A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin.
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Translations
small endocrine gland
- Arabic: غُدَّة صَنَوْبَرِيَّة f (ḡudda ṣanawbariyya), جِسْم صَنَوْبَرِيّ m (jism ṣanawbariyy)
- Azerbaijani: əzgiləbənzər cisim, epifiz
- Basque: guruin pineal
- Bulgarian: епифизна жлеза f (epifizna žleza)
- Catalan: glàndula pineal f, epífisi (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 松果腺 (zh) (sōngguǒxiàn)
- Czech: šišinka (cs) f, epifýza f
- Dhivehi: ޕިނިއަލް ގްލޭންޑް (pinial glēn̊ḍ)
- Dutch: epifyse (nl) f, pijnappelklier (nl) m or f
- Esperanto: pineala glando
- Finnish: käpyrauhanen (fi), epifyysi
- French: glande pinéale (fr) f
- Galician: glándula pineal f
- German: Zirbeldrüse (de) f
- Greek: κωνάριον n (konárion), επίφυση (el) f (epífysi)
- Hebrew: בלוטת האצטרובל (he)
- Hindi: पीनियल ग्रंथि (pīniyal granthi)
- Hungarian: tobozmirigy (hu)
- Icelandic: heilaköngull m
- Irish: faireog phinéalach f
- Italian: ghiandola pineale f
- Japanese: 松果体 (ja) (しょうかたい, shōkatai), 松果腺 (ja) (しょうかせん, shōkasen)
- Kabuverdianu:
- Badiu: glândula pinial f
- Santiago: glândula pinial f
- São Vicente: glândula p’nial, glândula pinial f
- Korean: 송과선(松果腺) (ko) (songgwaseon)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: rijênê kajî m
- Latin: glandula pinealis f
- Latvian: epifīze f
- Lithuanian: kankorėžinė liauka (lt)
- Macedonian: епифиза f (epifiza)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: konglekjertel m, epifyse (no) m
- Nynorsk: epifyse m
- Polish: szyszynka (pl) f
- Portuguese: glândula pineal (pt) f
- Romanian: glandă pineală (ro) f
- Russian: шишкови́дная железа́ f (šiškovídnaja železá), эпифи́з (ru) m (epifíz)
- Slovak: šuškovité teliesko
- Slovene: češarika f
- Spanish: glándula pineal f, epífisis (es) f
- Swedish: tallkottkörteln (sv) c
- Turkish: epifiz (tr)
- Ukrainian: епіфі́з m (epifíz)
- Vietnamese: tuyến tùng
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