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2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pi·ne·al
a.
Of
or
pertaining
to
a
pine
cone
;
resembling
a
pine
cone
.
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
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
pineal
body
n
:
a
small
endocrine
gland
in
the
brain
;
situated
beneath
the
back
part
of
the
corpus
callosum
;
secretes
melatonin
[
syn
:
pineal gland
,
epiphysis cerebri
,
epiphysis
]
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