pineal

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But there was a third eye at the back of the head, the atrophied remnant of which is now known as the pineal gland_.

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  1. adjective Having the form of a pine cone.
  2. adjective Of or relating to the pineal body.

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  • Because it is mature, the pineal or "third" eye has virtually disappeared. —  SEPTEMBER, 1953 Vol
  • And all those poor freaks in sideshows, too — dwarfs and giants, you know — all pineal or pituitary, and they come right again. —  The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Dorothy L Sayers
  • Application of transcerebral, weak (1 micro T) complex magnetic fields and mystical experiences: are they generated by field-induced dimethyltryptamine release from the pineal organ? —  Brain Blogger
  • Hormones originate primarly from the pituitary, pineal, thymus, thyroid, adrenal glands and pancreas. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • But there was a third eye at the back of the head, the atrophied remnant of which is now known as the pineal gland_. —  The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria
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  1. French pinéal, from Latin pīnea, pine cone, from feminine of pīneus, of pine, from pīnus, pine tree; see peiə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French pinéale = Spanish Portuguese pineal = Italian pineale, from Latin pinea, a pine-cone; properly feminine of pineus, of the pine, from pinus, pine: see pine.
 

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