Meaning

root

pituitar/o

pituitary gland

LatinEndocrine

Terms built from pituitar/o

One term in the TermDecode library uses this word part. Where a term’s breakdown names the part, the term is shown split into its parts with pituitar/o marked.

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hypopituitarism

  1. The prefix hypo- means “below”.
  2. The root pituitar/o means “pituitary”.
  3. The suffix -ism means “condition”.
  4. Together: Underactivity of the pituitary gland.

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pituitary

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