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American Heritage Dictionary:

pi·tu·i·cyte

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(pĭ-tū'ĭ-sīt', -tyū'-) pronunciation
n.
A small branching cell of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.

[PITUI(TARY) + -CYTE.]


American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:

pi·tu·i·cyte

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(pĭ-tū'ĭ-sīt', -tyū'-)
n.

A small branching cell of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.

Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:

pituicyte

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Any of the distinctive fusiform cells comprising most of the neurohypophysis.

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American Heritage Dictionary The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Read more
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more

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