Medical Terminology: Chapter 11
The Endocrine System
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- Androgen
- Hormones that produce or stimulate the development of male characteristics
- Gigantism
- A condition of being abnormally large
- Acromegaly
- A chronic disease marked by enlargment of the extremities cause by excessive growth hormones
- Virilism
- The condition of masculinity developed in a woman
- Pineal
- An endocrine gland that is shaped like a small pine cone
- Cortisone
- A glucocorticoid hormone that is isolated from the adrenal cortex; used as an anti-inflammatory agent
- Myxedema
- A condition of muscus swelling resulting from hypofunction of the thyroid gland
- Diabetes
- A disease characterized by excessive discharge of urine
- Catecholamines
- Biochemical substances, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine
- Iodine
- A trace mineral that aids in the development and functioning of the throid gland
- Acidosis
- A condition of excessive acidity of body fluids
- Hirsutism
- An abnormal condition characterized by excessive growth of hair
- Vasopressin
- A hormone produced by the thyroid gland; important in growth and development and regulation of the body's metabolic rate and metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
- Progeria
- A condition of premature old age occurring in childhood
- Cushing's Disease
- Results from hypersecretion of cortisol
- Glucocorticoid
- A general classification of the adreneal cortical hormones
- Aldosterone
- A mineralocorticoid hormone that helps regulate metabolism of sodium, chloride, and potassium
- Adrenal
- Pertaining to toward the kidney
- Parathyroid
- An endocrine gland located beside the thyroid gland
- Epinephrine
- A hormone produced by the adrenal medulla
- Dopamine
- An intermediate substance in the synthesis of norepinephrine; used to treat shock as it acts to elevate blood pressure and increase urinary output
- Dwarfism
- A condition of being abnormally small
- Endocrine
- A ductless gland that produces an internal secretion
- Cretinism
- A congential deficiency in secretion of the thyroid hormones T3 and T4
- Euthroid
- Normal activity of the throid gland
- Exophthalmic
- Pertaining to an abnormal protrusion of the eye
- Addison's Disease
- Results from a deficiency in the secretion of adrenocortical hormones
- Galactorrhea
- Excessive secretion of milk after cessation of nursing
- Somatotropin
- Growth-stimulating hormone produced by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland