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Pineal Body

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Noun

1. epiphysis, epiphysis cerebri, pineal body, pineal gland

a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin

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Pineal Body

see synonyms of pineal body
a small, grayish, cone-shaped, glandular outgrowth from the brain of all vertebrates that produces the hormone melatonin: in lower vertebrates, often visible as an external median eye

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