enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by o…
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Corpus luteum
yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun
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enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by o…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria; "when doctors say ‘diabetes’ they usual…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria; "when doctors say ‘diabetes’ they usual…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.an adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive product…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Endocrinology.abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet
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early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; du…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; du…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, bu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.Having a ruptured belly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of Lieberk/hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other repro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immuni…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: yellow, endocrine, tissue, forms, ruptured.Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-ni…
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