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.Internal secretion
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
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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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One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days u…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are ex…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from ev…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: secretion, endocrine, gland, transmitted, blood.Explore Academic Dictionary
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