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Chapter 7
diagnosis and pathology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 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 | acididty 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 pancreas |
| pancreatolith | stone in the pancreas |
| pancreatolithiasis | presence of stone in the pancreas |
| hyperpituitarism | overfunctioning of the pituitary gland |
| hypophysitis | inflammation of pituitary gland. hypophys-pituitary |
| hypopituitarism | condition caused by the undersecretion of the pituitary gland |
| panhypopituitarism | defective or absent function of the entire pituitary gland |
| pituitary infarction | death of the pituitary gland |
| Thyrotoxicosis | condition caused by the exposure of body tisue to excessive levels of thyroid hormone |
| adrenocortical carcinoma | cancerous tumor originating in the cortex of adrenal gland |
| insulinoma | tumor that secretes insulin |