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7.4
Diagnosis and Pathology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adenitis (AD-eh-NAIT-is) | inflammation of a gland |
| adenopathy (AD-en-AWP-ah-thee) | gland disease |
| adenosis (AD-eh-NOH-sis) | gland condition |
| dysmetabolic syndrome (dis-MET-ah-BAWL-ik SIN-drohm) | combination of medical disorders associated with faulty metabolism |
| ketosis (kee-TOH-sis) | condition characterized by elevated levels of ketone bodies in the blood |
| polyadenopathy (PAWL-ee-AD-en-AWP-ah-thee) | disease involving many glands |
| adrenal insuffciency (ah-DREE-nal IN-suh-FISH-en-see) | condition in which the adrenal glands underproduce necessary hormones |
| adrenalitis (ah-DREE-nah-LAI-tis) | inflammation of the adrenal gland |
| adrenocortical insuffciency (ah-DREE-noh-KORT-ih-kal IN-suh-FISH-en-see) | condition in which the adrenal cortex underproduces necessary hormones |
| adrenocorticohyperplasia (ah-DREE-noh-KORT-ih-koh-HAI-per-PLAY-zhah) | overdevlopment of the cortex of the adrenal gland |
| congenital adrenal hyperplasia (kon-JEN-ih-tal ah-DREE-nal HAI-per-PLAY-zhah) | genetic disease in which the adrenal gland is overdeveloped, resulting in a deficiency of certain hormones and an overproductioon of others |
| diabetes mellitus (DAI-ah-BEET-eez MEL-ih-tis) | metabolic disease characterized by excessive urination and hyperglycemia (Dibetes is an ancient greek word that refers to any condition that causes excessive urination. Mellitus (which means honey) |
| diabetic ketoacidosis (DAI-ah-BET-ik KEET-oh-ASS-ih-DOH-sis) | acidity 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 (PANG-kree-at-ik SOO-doh-sist) | abnormally expanded area in the pancreas resembling a cyst |
| pancreatitis (PANG-kree-ah-TAIT-is | inflammation of the pancreas |
| pancreatolith (PAN-kree-AT-oh-lith) | stone in the pancreas |
| pancreatolithiasis (PAN-kree-ah-toh-lih-THAI-ah-sis) | presence of a stone in pancreas |
| hyperpituitarism (HAI-per-pih-TOO-ih-tar-IZM) | overfunctioning of the pituitary gland |
| hypophysitis | inflammation of the pituitray gland |
| hypopituitarism (HAI-poh-pih-TOO-ih-tar-IZM) | condition caused by the undersecretion of the pituitary gland |
| panhypopituitarism (PAN-HAI-poh-pih-TOO-ih-tar-IZM) | defective or absent function of the entire pituitray gland |
| pituitary infraction (pih-TOO-ih-TEH-ree in-FARK-shun) | death of the pituitray gland (infarction means blocked blood vessel or block to death of tissue) |
| hyperparathyroidism (HAI-per-PAR-ah-THAI-roid-IZM) | overproduction by the parathryroid glands |
| hyperthyroidism (HAI-per-THAI-roid-IZM) | overproduction by the thyroid |
| hypoparathyroidism (HAI-poh-PAR-ah-THAI-roid-IZM) | underproduction by the parathyroid |
| hypothyroidism (HAI-poh-THAI-roid-IZM) | underproduction by the thyroid |
| thyroiditis (THAI-roid-AI-tis) | inflammation of the thyroid |
| thyrotoxicosis (THAI-roh-TOK-sih-KOH-sis) | condition caused by the exposure of body tissue to excessive levels of thryoid hormone (an extreme version of this is known as "thyroid storm") |
| adenocarcinoma (AD-en-oh-KAR-sin-OH-mah) | cancerous tumor of a gland |
| adenoma (AD-en-OH-mah) | glandular tumor |
| adrenal adenoma (ad-REE-nal Ad-en-OH-mah) | tumor of the adrenal gland |
| adenocortical carcinoma (ah-DREE-noh-KORT-in-kal KAR-sin-OH-mah) | cancerous tumor originiating in the cortex of the adrenal gland |
| Insulinoma (IN-suh-oih-NOH-mah) | tumor that secretes insulin (found in the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas) |
| parathryoidoma (PAR-ah-THAI-roid-OH-mah) | tumor of the parathryroid |
| pituitary adenoma (pih-TOO-ih-TEH-ree AD-en-Oh-ma) | tumor on the pituitary gland |
| thymoma (thai-MOH-mah) | tumor of the thymus |