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.Estradiol
the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer
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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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a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.Words that are commonly used together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's im…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with va…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.a naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat est…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: powerful, female, hormone, occurs, naturally.Explore Academic Dictionary
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