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Neurohormone
a hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin)
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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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hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.the energy released by a nuclear reaction
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions)…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.an antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike stru…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hormone, released, nerve, impulses, norepinephrine.
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