pituitary extract

noun

1. a preparation of the pituitary gland, used in medicine for the therapeutic effects of its hormones

Example Sentences

Hypothesizing that the disease arose from low levels of pituitary hormone, they proposed a treatment in which eating-disordered patients were injected with pituitary extract.

From Slate

Hypothesizing that the disease arose from low levels of pituitary hormone, they proposed a treatment in which eating-disordered patients were injected with pituitary extract.

From Slate

Umbaugh perfected a process of "super-ovulation"�injecting the cows with a pituitary extract which causes them to produce an average of 23 ova.

From Time Magazine Archive

Injections of pituitary extract directly into the blood stream were tried at first, but they caused disagreeable reactions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scientific research into the pituitary was not pushed until the 1920s, when Herbert McLean Evans of the University of California caused rats to become giants by injecting them with crude pituitary extract.

From Time Magazine Archive