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type of hyperpituitarism in which an overactive pituitary gland after adulthood causes abnormal continued growth of bones and tissues of the face and extremities

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acromegaly

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illness characterized by gradual adrenal-gland failure, resulting in insufficient production of steroid hormones and the need for hormone replacement therapy; also called hypoadrenalism and adrenocortical insufficiency

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Addison’s disease

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congenital condition of thyroid hormone deficiency, characterized by arrested physical and mental development; formerly called cretinism

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congenital hypothyroidism

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disorder caused by hypersecretion of cortisol by the adrenal gland, resulting in altered fat distribution and muscle weak- ness; also called hyperadrenocorticism, hypercortisolism and hyper- adrenalism

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Cushing’s disease

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disorder unrelated to diabetes mellitus, characterized by excessive output of dilute urine

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diabetes insipidus

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condition of severe hyperglycemia

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diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

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chronic metabolic disorder in which the pancreas secretes insufficient amounts of insulin or the body is insulin resistant

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diabetes mellitus (DM)

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hyposecretion of growth hormone during childhood, result- ing in an abnormally small adult

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dwarfism

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abnormal protrusion of the eyeballs

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exophthalmos

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type of hyperpituitarism that causes hypersecretion of growth hormone during childhood, resulting in an abnormally large adult

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giantism

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enlarged thyroid gland

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goiter

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hyperthyroidism caused by an autoimmune response, which may cause exophthalmos; also called thyrotoxicosis

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Graves’ disease

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chronic, inflammatory condition that leads to the most common type of thyroiditis; also called chronic lymphocytic thy- roiditis and autoimmune thyroiditis

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

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