How to Use pituitary gland in a Sentence

pituitary gland

noun
  • Edouard had a pituitary gland tumor at the base of the brain.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Was the pituitary gland in his brain unable to make the hormone?
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Why didn’t the testicles evolve where the pituitary gland is?
    — Mike Sacks, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2022
  • The pituitary gland is just below the middle of the brain, at the level of the eyes.
    — New York Times, 15 June 2022
  • Shauna had cancer as a child, which stunted the growth of her pituitary gland.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • If that was high, the patient would need imaging of his brain to look for a tiny tumor on the pituitary gland.
    — New York Times, 29 Dec. 2021
  • One was prolactin, a hormone produced by the pituitary gland.
    — Jennifer Chesak, Verywell Health, 24 June 2024
  • Some of us have to be the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, the bile duct.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The disease is often caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland, and brain surgery is the first line of treatment.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Shauna Rae had a form of cancer as a young child, which stunted the growth of her pituitary gland.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Each model brain looks like a shriveled pituitary gland that has been pulled out through someone’s nose in a horror movie.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2018
  • Scans show tumors all over his skull, in the fluid of the lining of his brain and surrounding the pituitary gland.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Melanie had been battling the tumor on her pituitary gland since 2003.
    — Daniella Genovese, Fox News, 27 July 2022
  • When that lactic acid is produced in the body, the pituitary gland secretes growth hormone in response.
    — Outside Online, 13 May 2021
  • More scans showed tumors all over his skull, in the fluid of the lining of his brain and surrounding the pituitary gland.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Tumors in the adrenal glands or the pituitary gland (in the brain) can affect cortisol levels.
    — Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 3 Mar. 2025
  • More scans showed tumors all over his skull, in the fluid of the lining of his brain, surrounding the pituitary gland.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2020
  • The pituitary gland sends signals to the testicles, telling them how much testosterone to produce.
    — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Disorders of the pituitary gland can cause low testosterone levels.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
  • As boys become teenagers, the pituitary gland in the brain triggers the production of testosterone.
    — Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • She was diagnosed with a benign tumor on her pituitary gland and had to move back to England.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 10 May 2026
  • This is a rare genetic condition in which the pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Hormones made by the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, which are parts of the brain, play a key role in making sperm.
    — Karen Pallarito, Health, 12 May 2023
  • Prolactin is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland that enables moms to breastfeed their babies.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Testosterone is produced by the gonads, or testicles, but it’s controlled by the pituitary gland in the brain.
    — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2022
  • While your pituitary gland creates a lot of HGH as a child, this production slows with age.
    — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • This disorder is caused by an abnormal growth on the pituitary gland of the brain, a tumor that makes excess growth hormone.
    — New York Times, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The pituitary gland, which is located at the base of the brain, produces HGH.
    — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • To compensate for the fluid loss, the pituitary gland will release more vasopressin.
    — James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
  • His father is also a patient after a tumor was discovered on his pituitary gland.
    — Jenna Deangelis, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026

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