pineal body
noun
(formerly) the pineal gland.
Origin of pineal body
First recorded in 1830–40
Words nearby pineal body
pine tree shilling,
pine tree state,
pine warbler,
pineal,
pineal apparatus,
pineal body,
pineal eye,
pineal gland,
pineal stalk,
pinealectomy,
pinealocyte
Medical definitions for pineal body
pineal body
n.
A small, unpaired, flattened glandular structure lying in the depression between the two superior colliculi of the brain and secreting the hormone melatonin.
conarium epiphysis pineal gland