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Ch. 7
Diagnosis
Question | Answer |
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adenitis | inflammation of a gland |
adenopathy | gland disease |
adenosis | gland condition |
dysmetabolic syndrome | combination of medical disorders associated with faulty metabolism |
ketosis | condition characterized by elevated levels of ketone bodies in the blood |
polyadenopathy | disease involving many glands |
adrenal insufficiency | condition in which the adrenal glands underproduce necessary hormones |
adrenalitis | inflammation of the adrenal gland |
adrenocortical insufficiency | condition in which the adrenal cortex underproduces necessary hormones |
adrenocorticohyperplasia | overdevelopment of the cortex of the adrenal gland |
congenital adrenal hyperplasia | genetic disease in which the adrenal gland is overdeveloped, resulting in a deficiency of certain hormones and an overproduction of others |
diabetes mellitus | metabolic disease characterized by excessive urination and hyperglycemia |
diabetic ketoacidosis | acidity of the blood caused by the presence of ketone bodies produced when the body is unable to burn sugar; thus, it must burn fat for energy |
pancreatic pseudocyst | abnormally expanded area in the pancreas resembling a cyst |
pancreatitis | inflammation of the pancreas |
pancreatolith | stone in the pancreas |
pancreatolithiasis | presence of a stone in the pancreas |
hyperpituitarism | over functioning of the pituitary gland |
hypophysitis | inflammation of the pituitary gland |
hypopituitarism | condition caused by the under secretion of the pituitary gland |
panhypopituitarism | defective or absent function of the entire pituitary gland |
pituitary infarction | death of the pituitary gland |
hyperparathyroidism | overproduction by the parathyroid glands |
hyperthyroidism | overproduction by the thyroid |
hypoparathyroidism | underproduction by the parathyroid |
hypothyroidism | underproduction by the thyroid |
thyroiditis | inflammation of the thyroid |
thyrotoxicosis | condition caused by the exposure of body tissue to excessive levels of thyroid hormone |
adenocarcinoma | cancerous tumor of a gland |
adenoma | glandular tumor |
adrenal adenoma | tumor of the adrenal gland |
adrenocortical carcinoma | cancerous tumor originating in the cortex of the adrenal gland |
insulinoma | tumor that secretes insulin |
parathyroidoma | tumor of the parathyroid |
pituitary adenoma | tumor on the pituitary gland |
thymoma | tumor of the thymus |