pineal body

noun

1. (formerly) the pineal gland.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pineal body¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The epiphysis, or pineal body, is quite as degenerate as in mammals, although still forming a long stalk as in reptiles.

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The superior pair of these bodies is overlapped by the pineal body and forms part of the lower visual centres.

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A similar reminiscence is found in the pineal body, a small and useless object, about the size and shape of a hazel-nut, in the centre of the brain.

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At the posterior end of this is the pineal body, which the section has just escaped.

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From its broad anterior end two white bands, the peduncles of the pineal body, pass forward, one on the inner side of each optic thalamus.

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