7.4 Diagnosis and Pathology

Question 1

adenitis

Answer 1

inflammation of a gland

Question 2

adenopathy

Answer 2

gland disease

Question 3

adenosis

Answer 3

gland condition

Question 4

dysmetabolic syndrome

Answer 4

combination of medical disorders associated with faulty metabolism

Question 5

ketosis

Answer 5

condition characterized by elevated levels of ketone bodies in the blood

Question 6

adrenal insufficiency

Answer 6

condition in which the adrenal glands underproduce necessary hormones

Question 7

adrenalitis

Answer 7

inflammation of the adrenal gland

Question 8

adrenocortical insufficiency

Answer 8

condition in which the adrenal cortex underproduces necessary hormones

Question 9

adrenocorticohyperplasia

Answer 9

overdevelopment of the cortex of the adrenal gland

Question 10

congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Answer 10

genetic disease in which the adrenal gland is overdeveloped, resulting in a deficiency of certain hormones and an overproduction of others

Question 11

diabetes mellitus

Answer 11

metabolic disease characterized by excessive urination and hyperglycemia

Question 12

diabetic ketoacidosis

Answer 12

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

Question 13

pancreatic pseudocyst

Answer 13

abnormally expanded area in the pancreas resembling a cyst

Question 14

pancreatitis

Answer 14

inflammation of the pancreas

Question 15

pancreatolith

pancreas
lith - stone

Answer 15

stone in the pancreas

Question 16

pancreatolithiasis

Answer 16

presence of a stone in the pancreas

Question 17

hyperpituitarism

hyper - excessive
ism conidition

Answer 17

over functioning of the pituitary gland

Question 18

hypophysitis

Answer 18

inflammation of the pituitary gland

Question 19

hypopituitarism

Answer 19

condition caused by the under secretion of the pituitary gland

Question 20

panhypopituitarism

Answer 20

defective or absent function of the entire pituitary gland

Question 21

pituitary infarction

Answer 21

death of the pituitary gland

Question 22

hyper-para-thyroid-ism

Answer 22

overproduction by the parathyroid glands

Question 23

hyper-thyroid-ism

Answer 23

overproduction by the thyroid

Question 24

hypo-para-thyroid-ism

Answer 24

underproduction by the parathyroid

Question 25

hypothyroidism

Answer 25

underproduction by the thyroid

Question 26

thyroiditis

Answer 26

inflammation of the thyroid

Question 27

thyro- toxic-osis

Answer 27

condition caused by the exposure of body tissue to excessive levels of thyroid hormone

Question 28

adrenal adenoma

Answer 28

tumor of the adrenal gland

Question 29

adrenocortical carcinoma

Answer 29

cancerous tumor originating in the cortex of the adrenal gland

Question 30

insulinoma

Answer 30

tumor that secretes insulin

Question 31

parathyroidoma

Answer 31

tumor of the parathyroid

Question 32

pituitary adenoma

Answer 32

tumor on the pituitary gland

Question 33

thymoma

Answer 33

tumor of the thymus