- hypophysial dwarfism
- pituitary d.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hypophysial dwarfism
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hypophysial infantilism — old name for pituitary dwarfism … Medical dictionary
Pituitary dwarfism — Dwarfism caused by a lack of growth hormone, usually due to malfunction of the pituitary gland. Children with growth hormone deficiency may grow normally for the first two to three years of life but they then fall behind their peers in height.… … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
dwarf — An abnormally undersized person with disproportion among the bodily parts. See dwarfism. [A.S. dweorh] hypophysial d. dwarfism as result of failure of growth hormone production because of hypothalamic or pituitary abnormality. SYN: pituitary d … Medical dictionary
panhypopituitarism — A state in which the secretion of all anterior pituitary hormones is inadequate or absent; caused by a variety of disorders that result in destruction or loss of function of all or most of the anterior pituitary gland. Rare forms of PHP are… … Medical dictionary
infantilism — 1. A state marked by slow development of mind and body. SYN: infantile dwarfism. 2. Childishness, as characterized by a temper tantrum of an adolescent or adult. 3. Underdevelopment of the sexual organs. Bri … Medical dictionary
hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… … Universalium
dystrophy — Progressive changes that may result from defective nutrition of a tissue or organ. SYN: dystrophia. [dys + G. trophe, nourishment] adiposogenital d. a disorder characterized primarily by obesity and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism … Medical dictionary
pituitary dwarf — a person with pituitary dwarfism. Called also hypophysial d … Medical dictionary
