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| excessive, abnormally high, above |
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| near, alongside, departure from normal |
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| tree bark, outer covering, cortex |
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| glycogen (a storage form of sugar) glucose, sugar, sweet |
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| ketone bodies (a by-product of fat metabolism) |
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| abnormal reduction in number, deficiency |
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| controls growth and development |
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| control catabolic metabolism and protein synthesis in most body cells |
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| increases calcium levels in blood and decreases phosphate levels |
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| prolong the conditions responsible for fight or flight |
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glucagon-glycogen->glucose
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| stimulates maturation of T ymphocytes |
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| abnormal accumulation of waste materials that are acidic |
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| abnormal protrusion of the eyes |
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| abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland caused by tumor, lack of iodine in diet, or infection |
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| abnormal increase in horomone production |
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| abnormal decrease in horomone production |
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| excessive amountof ketone bodies in the blood and urine |
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| abnormal state of excessive thrist |
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| excretion of abnormally large volumes of urine |
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| enlargement of bone structure most prominent in the face and hands |
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| chronic syndrome caused by hyposecretion of the adrenal cortex |
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| abnormal condition of a gland |
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| excessive production of androgen by the adrenal cortex |
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| abnormal development of the adrenal cortex |
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| abnormal enlargement of the adrenal glands |
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| general disease of the adrenal glands |
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| results in reduced mental development and dwarfed physical structure |
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| hyposecretion of the adrenal cortex, obseity, moon face, muscle weakness |
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| caused by hyposecretion of ADH by the posterior lobe of the pituary gland |
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| chronic disorder of carb metabolism |
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| general disease of the endocrine system |
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| presence of excessive body hair |
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| abnormally high glucose levels i he blood |
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| excessive amounts of insulin on blood |
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| abmormally high K levels in the blood |
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| hyposecretion of the parathyroid glands |
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| hypersecertion of the thyroid gland |
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| abnormally low calcium levels |
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| abnormally low blood sugar levels |
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| abnormally low K levels in the blood |
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| abnormally low Na levels in blood |
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| hyposecertion of the parathyroid gland |
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| hyposecertion of the thyroid gland |
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| advanced hypothyroidism in adults |
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| tumor of the parathyroid gland |
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| hypo,early age, slows growth and causes short but proportioal stature |
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| hypo, before puberty, abnormally large stature |
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| deficiency of parathyroid horomone, muscle spasms, exciation of nerves |
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| condition that results from excessive thyroid horomone levels |
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| disorder with an array of symptoms and involves multiple organs |
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| surgical excision of the adrenal gland |
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| physician specializing in the treatment of endocrine disorders |
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| field of medicine that focuses on the study and treatment of endocrine disorders |
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| dx test to determone blood sugar levels after a 12 hour fast |
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| dx test to confirm a dx of diabetes mellitus and to determine abnormalities in glucose metabolism |
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| horomone replacement therapy |
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| the use of a drug that replaces a horomone to correct hormone deficiency |
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| surgical excision of one or more parathyroid glands |
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| a measurement of blood sugar levels over two hours after a meal |
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| dx procedure that measures thyroid function |
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| the use of radioactive iodine to treat a disease of the thyroid gland |
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| dx procedure that records an image of the thyroid gland following oral admin of a labeled substance, detect thyroid tumors |
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| surgical excision of the thyroid gland |
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| incision into thyroid gland |
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| surgical excision of the thyroid and parathyroid glands |
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| a direct measurement of the amount of thyroxine in blood to determine hypo/hyper thyroidism |
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