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Enlargement of the extremities caused by excessive growth hormone
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| Pertaining to toward the kidney |
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| A congenital deficiency in secretion of the thyroid hormones T3 and T4 |
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| Chronic disease of insulin deficiency or resistance |
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| Underproduction of growth hormone |
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| Ductless gland that produces an internal secretion |
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| External secretion of a gland |
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| Overproduction of growth hormone |
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| Excessive growth of hair, especially in women |
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| Excessive secretion of thyroid gland |
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| Mucus swelling resulting from hypofunction of thyroid gland |
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| Endocrine gland that is shaped like a small pine cone |
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| Pertaining to phlegm; pituitary body or gland, the hypophysis |
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| Resembling a shield, one of the endocrine glands |
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| Mineral corticoids hormone secreted by adrenal cortex that helps regulate metabolism of sodium, chloride and potassium |
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| Hormones that produce or stimulates development of male characteristics |
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| Used as an anti-inflammatory agent |
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| Intermediate substance in the synthesis of norepinephrine; used in treatment of shock as it acts to elevate BP and increase urinary output |
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| Used a vasoconstrictor, as a cardiac stimulator |
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| Chemical substance produced by endocrine glands, secreted into the bloodstream |
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| Hormone produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas |
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| Used as a vasoconstrictor of peripheral blood vessels in acute hypotensize states |
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| Hormone produced by pituitary gland that stimulates uterine contraction during childbirth and stimulates release of milk during nursing |
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| Hormone produced by corpus leteum of the ovary, the adrenal cortex, or placenta; released during second half of menses |
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| Group of chemical substances that includes: hormones, vitamins, sterols, cardiac glycosides and certain drugs |
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