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novapsycheSo, covering my tracks, I looked up the word pituitary, and inadvertently came across its etymology:
Latin pituita phlegm; from the former belief that the pituitary gland secreted phlegm -- more at PIP
[At this point, I'd just like to say that "pituita" itself sounds like what it sounds like when you spit out phlegm.]
Pip. Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch (akin to Old High German pfiffIz), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pipita, alteration of Latin pituita phlegm, pip; perhaps akin to Greek pitys pine.
Latin pituita phlegm; from the former belief that the pituitary gland secreted phlegm -- more at PIP
[At this point, I'd just like to say that "pituita" itself sounds like what it sounds like when you spit out phlegm.]
Pip. Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch (akin to Old High German pfiffIz), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pipita, alteration of Latin pituita phlegm, pip; perhaps akin to Greek pitys pine.