Pineal \Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus
of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pin['e]ale.]
Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
Pineal gland (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the
third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also
pineal body, epiphysis, conarium. In some animals it
is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal
eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant
of a dorsal median eye.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Epiphysis \E*piph"y*sis\, n.; pl. Epiphyses. [NL., fr. Gr.
'epi`fysis, fr. 'epify`ein to grow upon; 'epi` upon + fy`ein
to grow.]
(Anat.)
(a) The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which
ossifies separately from the central portion, or
diaphysis.
(b) The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal
gland, under Pineal.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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