hypopituitarism
/ˌhaɪpəʊpɪˈt(j)uːɪtəˌɹɪzəm/noun
hypopituitarism is a noun meaning “A decrease in secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-O-P-I-T-U-I-T-A-R-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hypopituitarism is hypopituitarisms.
What does hypopituitarism mean?
noun
- 1
A decrease in secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hypopituitarism?
- /ˌhaɪpəʊpɪˈt(j)uːɪtəˌɹɪzəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hypopituitarism
- hypopituitarisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hypopituitarism?
Hypopituitarism appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hypopituitarism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense decrease in secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by :
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hypopituitarisme |
| Portuguese | hipopituitarismo |
| Spanish | hipopituitarismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hypopituitarism come from?
From hypo- + pituitary + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).