pancreatic cholera
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pancreatic cholera syndrome — Verner Morrison s … Medical dictionary
Cholera — A devastating and sometimes lethal disease with intense vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea leading to dehydration which, unless immediately treated, may be fatal. Cholera was discovered in 1883 to be due to infection with Vibrio cholerae, a… … Medical dictionary
endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… … Universalium
Verner-Morrison syndrome — Ver·ner Mor·ri·son syndrome vər nər mȯr ə sən , mär n a syndrome characterized esp. by severe watery diarrhea and hypokalemia that is often due to an excessive secretion of vasoactive intestinal peptide from a vipoma esp. of the pancreas called… … Medical dictionary
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Diarrhea — A familiar phenomenon with unusually frequent or unusually liquid bowel movements, excessive watery evacuations of fecal material. The opposite of constipation. The word “diarrhea” with its odd spelling is a near steal from the Greek “diarrhoia”… … Medical dictionary
VIPoma — Infobox Disease Name = VIPoma Caption = DiseasesDB = 13877 ICD10 = ICD10|C|25|4|c|15 or ICD10|E|16|8|e|15 ICD9 = ICDO = 8155/3 OMIM = MedlinePlus = 000228 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2379 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|med|2399… … Wikipedia
VIPoma — An endocrine tumor, usually originating in the pancreas, which produces a vasoactive intestinal polypeptide believed to cause profound cardiovascular and electrolyte changes with vasodilatory hypotension, watery diarrhea … Medical dictionary
VIPoma — n. a usually malignant tumour of islet cells of the pancreas that secretes large amounts of VIP. This results in severe watery diarrhoea (‘pancreatic cholera’ or the Verner Morrison syndrome), with loss of potassium and bicarbonate and a low… … The new mediacal dictionary