0 an organ in the brain that produces a hormone called melatonin: --
1 in or on the pineal, or relating to the pineal: --
pineal dysfunction
a pineal tumour
Also, within the cranium, the pineal gland, which attaches to the thalamus, controls the body's 24 hour rhythms circadian rhythm through the release of melatonin.
Hair loss can also be induced by other hormones formed in other glands, including the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, thymus, pineal and the adrenals.
The doctors are able to operate on her pineal gland.
The depression of erythrosuchids is a remnant of the pineal foramen that was present in more primitive reptiles.
The pineal body lies just above the diencephalon.
The pineal gland and reproduction [review].
The mammalian pineal gland: structure and function.
The pineal and its hormones in the control of reproduction in mammals [review].
