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7.2
Patient History, Problems, Complaints
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adenalgia (AD-enAL-jah) | pain in a gland |
| adrenal virilism (a-DREE-nal VIR-il-izm) | development of male secondary sexual characteristics caused by exessive secrection of the adrenal gland |
| adrenarche (AD-re-NAR-kee) | beginning of adrenal secretion (at puberty) |
| hirsutism (HIR-soo-tizm) | excessove growth of facial and body hair in women |
| amenorrhea (ah-MEN-oh-REE-ah) | lack of menstrual flow |
| gynecomastia (GAI-neh-koh-MAS-tee-ah) | development of breat tissue in males |
| hyper gonadism (HAI-per-GOH-nad-izm) | condition in which there is excessive secretion of sex glands |
| hypogonadsim (HAI-poh-GOH-nad-izm) | condition in which there is undersecretion of the sex glands |
| menarche (men-AH-kee) | beginning or first menstruation |
| thelarche (thee-LAR-kee) | beginning of breast development |
| hypoglycemic (HAI-poh-glai-SEE-mik) | pertaining to low blood sugar |
| pancreatalgia (PAN-kree-ah-TAL-jee-ah) | pain in the pancreas |
| polydipsia (PAWL-ee-DIP-see-ah) | excessive thirst |
| polyphagia (PAWL-ee-FAY-jee-ah) | excessive eating |
| polyuria (PAWL-ee-YOOR-ee-ah) | excessive uriniation |
| acromegaly (AK-roh-MEG-ah-lee) | abnormal enlargment of the extremities |
| galactorrhea (gah-LAK-toh-REE-ah) | discharge of milk |
| pituitary dwarfism (pih-TOO-ih-TER-ee DWAR-fizm) | abnormally short height caused by undersecrection of growth hormone from the pituitary gland |
| pituitray gigantism (pih-TOO-ih-TER-ee jai-GAN-tizm) | abnormally tall height caused by oversecretion of growth hormone from the pituitray gland |
| exophthalmos (EKS-of-THAL-mohs) | protrusion of the eyes out of the eye socket |
| goiter (GOYT-er) | swollen thyroid gland |
| thyrocele (THAI-roh-seel) | another name for goiter |
| thryomegaly (THAI-roh-MAG-ah-lee) | enlargemnet of the thyroid |
| thyroptosis (THAI-rop-TOH-sis) | downward displacment (drooping) of the thyroid |