Endocrine definition

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Somatostatin

Answer 1

Substance (that makes the) body to be standing still (without growth)

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Endocrinologist

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One who specializes in the study of (glands) that secrete within (the blood vessels)

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Biopsy

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Process of viewing living tissue

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Adrenalectomy

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Surgical removal of the adrenal gland

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Gynecomastia

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Condition of female like breasts in the male

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Puberty

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State of growing up

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Neuropathy

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Disease in the nerve

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Polyphagia

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State of eating too much

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Glycosuria

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Condition of glucose (in the blood excreted) in the urine

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Hyperglycemia

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More than normal glucose in the blood

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Hypercalcemia

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More than normal calcium in the blood

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Postpartum

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Structure after childbirth

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Hyperthyroidism

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Disease from a specific of an excessive amount of thyroid hormone

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Exopthalmos

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Condition of eyes bulging out

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Thryomegaly

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Enlargement of the thyroid gland

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Hyperparathyroidism

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Process of excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone

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Galactorrhea

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Milk discharge

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Gigantism

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Process of an excess amount of GH released before puberty

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Acromegaly

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Enlargement of the extremities (excess amount of GH released after puberty)

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Polyuria

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Condition of too much urine

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Polydipsia

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Condition of much thirst

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Uterine

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Pertaining to the uterus

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Stimulation

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Process that excites

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Inhibition

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Action to block

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Synergism

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Process of working together

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Antagonism

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Process of working against

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Adenoma

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tumor in the (pituitary) gland

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Panhypopituitarism

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Process of having a deficiency of all the pituitary gland hormones

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Estrogen

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that which females produce

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Androgen

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that which males produce

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Glucocorticoid

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Substance resembling sugar from the outer region

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Adrenal

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Pertaining to toward the kidney

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Insulin

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Substance (secreted by) an island

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Glucose

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Full of sugar

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Glycogen

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that which produces sugar

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Glucagon

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Substance that lead to sugar

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Pancreatic

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Pertaining to the pancreas

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Thymic

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Pertaining to the thymus gland

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Parathyroid

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Resembling 2 parts of a pair on the thyroid gland

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Euthyroidism

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Process of a good or normal thyroid gland

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Triiodothyronine

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Pertaining to a substance of thyronine with 3 (atoms of) iodine attached

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Thyroid

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Resembling the thyroid gland

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Adrenocorticotropic

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Pertaining to a substance that acts on the outer region of the adrenal glands

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Prolactin

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Substance before milk

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Gonadotropin

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Substance that stimulates the ovaries and testes

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Neurohypophysis

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State of growth below the nerves

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Neurohypophysis

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State of growth below the nerves

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Adenohypophysis

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State of a gland growing below (anterior pituitary gland)

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Pituitary = Hypophysis

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Pertaining to the pituitary gland

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Homestasis

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Condition of staying the same (or maintaining sameness)

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Endocrine

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(gland) that secrete (hormones) into the blood vessels