Endocrine Terms
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| acromegaly | show 🗑
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| carpal spasm | show 🗑
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| Chvostek sign | show 🗑
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| show | (a condition characterized by short stature) insufficient pituitary growth hormone
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| exophthalmos | show 🗑
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| show | enlarged thyroid gland, may be seen in Graves disease
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| tetany | show 🗑
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| Trousseau sign | show 🗑
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| show | also called somatotropin, stimulates growth of the body by signaling cells to increase protein production and by stimulating the epiphyseal plates of the long bones
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| TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone | show 🗑
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| ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone | show 🗑
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| ADH antidiuretic hormone | show 🗑
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| show | blood test used to evaluate the secretion of growth factor and to identify GH deficiency or excess
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| Thyroxine (T4) | show 🗑
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| Triodothyronine (T3) | show 🗑
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| Parathyroid hormone (PTH) | show 🗑
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| Aldosterone | show 🗑
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| Cortisol | show 🗑
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| show | essential function related to the synthesis of insulin in the beta cells. Often used in diagnostic tests to prove that an individual with type 1 diabetes is not producing insulin. Helps differentiate type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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| Fasting Blood Glucose/Sugar | show 🗑
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| HbA1C or A1C (glycosylated hemoglobin) | show 🗑
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| show | also known as adrenal insufficiency., the patient suffers from decreased cortisol levels as well as a decrease in aldosterone levels
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| Addisonian crisis | show 🗑
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| Cushing disease | show 🗑
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| Diabetes insipidus | show 🗑
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| Euthyroid | show 🗑
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| show | usually results from an over secreting of GH as a result of hyperplasia of the anterior pituitary; this hyperplastic tissue may develop into a tumor.
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| show | Chronic, untreated hypothyroid state in adults. There is an accumulation of non-pitting edema in connective tissues throughout body
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| show | Life-threatening complication of long-standing, untreated hypothyroidism
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| thyrotoxicosis | show 🗑
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| show | most common form of hyperthyroidism in children, caused by autoantibodies to the TSH receptor causing excess release of TH
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| show | most common cause of thyroid disease and goiter in children and adolescents
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