pineal body

noun

1. (formerly) the pineal gland.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pineal body¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Nevertheless, he supposed that communications between them took place through a part of the brain called the pineal body.

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

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