endocrine gland vs pars intermedia

pars intermedia vs endocrine gland

endocrine gland and pars intermedia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
endocrine gland	Yes	No	No	No
pars intermedia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pars intermedia is a hyponym of endocrine gland; that is, pars intermedia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than endocrine gland:

endocrine gland: any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
pars intermedia: a thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary

Other hyponyms of endocrine gland include thyroid, thyroid gland, parathyroid, parathyroid gland, adrenal, adrenal gland, suprarenal gland, prostate, prostate gland, thymus, thymus gland, hypophysis, pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary gland, adenohypophysis, anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, pars anterior, pars distilis, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa, posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, epiphysis, epiphysis cerebri, pineal body, pineal gland, islands of Langerhans, isles of Langerhans, islets of Langerhans, adrenal cortex, adrenal medulla, corpus luteum, gonad, sex gland.

endocrine gland (noun)	pars intermedia (noun)
any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream	a thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary

Difference between endocrine gland and pars intermedia

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