pineal
In the shape of a pine cone.
Adjective
- In the shape of a pine cone.
- Pertaining to the pineal gland.
Origin
From French pinéal, from Middle French, from Latin pīnea (“pine cone, pine nut”), from pīneus (“of the pine”).
Forms
Derived
extrapineal parapineal pineal body pinealectomy pineal eye pineal gland pineal hormone pineally pinealocyte pinealocytoma pinealoma pineal recess pineocytoma pineocytomatous pinopsin postpineal
Noun
- The pineal gland.
- Because of its central location and its solitary nature — most structures in the brain come in pairs, but the pineal stands alone — the philosopher René Descartes concluded that the pineal is where the soul resides. -...