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| a chronic metabolic condition characterized by the gradual noticeable enlargement and elongation of the bones of the face, jaw, and extremities due to hypersecretion of the human growth hormone after puberty. |
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| a condition caused by a deficiency in the secretion of antidiuretic hormone ADH by the posterior pituitary gland, characterized by large amounts of urine and sodium being excreted from the body. |
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| generalized growth retardation of the body due to the defeciency of the human growth hormone. also known as hypopituitarismor hypopituitarism. |
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| a proportional overgrowth of the bodys tissue due to the hypersecretion of the human growth hormone before puberty. |
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hypopittuitarism
high-poh-pih-TOO-ihtah-rizm |
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| a complex syndrome resulting from the absence or deficiency of the pituitary hormone. |
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| malignant tumor of the thyroid gland, which leads to dysfunction of the gland and thus inadequate or excessive secretion of the thyroid hormone. |
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| hyperplasia of the thyroid gland. |
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graves' disease
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| hypertrophy of the thyroid gland resulting in an excessive secretion of the thyroid hormone that causes and extremely high body metabolism. thus creating multisystem changes. |
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| a conditionn in which there is a shortage of thyroid hormone, causing and extremely low body metabolism due to a reduced usage of oxygen; also called myxedema in the most severe form. |
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| chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland, leading to enlargement of the thyroid gland. |
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thyrotoxicosis
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| an acute, sometimes fatal, incident of overactivity of the thyroid gland resulting in excessive secretion of thyroid hormone. |
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| overactivity of any one of the parathyroid glands, which leads to high levels of calcium in the blood and low levels of calcium in the bones. |
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| decreased production of parathyroid hormone resulting in hypocalcemia, characterized by nerve and muslce weakness with muscle spasms or tetany (a state of continual contraction of the muscles). |
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| a life-threatening disease process due to failure of the adrenal cortex to secrete adequate mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids resulting from and autoimmune process, a neoplasm, an infection, or a hemorrhage in the gland. |
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| A condition characterized by excretion of excessive amounts of aldosterone, the most influential of the mineralocorticoids, which causes the body to retain extra sodium and extrete extra potassium, leading to an increased volume of blood(hypervolemia) and hypertension. |
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| A condition of the adrenal gland in which a cluster of symptoms occur as a result of an excessive amount of cortisol or ACTH circulating in the blood. |
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pheochromocytoma
fee-oh-kroh-moh-sigh-toh-mah |
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| a vasular tumor of the adrenal medulla that produces extra epinephrine and norephinephrine, leading to persistent or intermittent hypertension and heart palpitations. |
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| development of male secondary sex characteristics in the female due to the excessive secretion of adrenocortical androgens from the adrenal cortex. |
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| a disorder of the pancreas in which the beta cells of the islets of langerhans of the pancreas fail to produce an adequate amount of insulin or to use insulin appropriately , resulting in the bodys inability to metabolize carbohydrates, fats and proteins appropriately. |
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| a disorder of the blood vessels of the retina of they eye, in which the capillaries of the retina experience localized areas of bulging(microaneurysms), hemmorrhages, leakage, and scarring. |
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| a disorder in which women who are not diabetic before pregnancy develop diabetes during the pregnancy; that is they develop an inability to metabolize carbohydrates (glucose intolerance) with resultant hyperglycemia. |
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| a life-threatening primary malignant neoplasm typically found in the head of the pancreas. |
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| an acute or chronic destructive inflammatory condition of the pancreas. |
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