disorders of pituitary hormones

Question 1

acromegaly

ak - roh - MEG - ah - lee

Answer 1

enlargement of the head, face, hands and feet due to excess growth hormone in an adult

Question 2

adenoma

AD - eh -NOH - mah

Answer 2

a benign neoplasm of epithelial tissue

Question 3

diabetes insipidus

die - ah - BEE - teez in - SIP - ih - dus

Answer 3

excretion of large amounts of dilute urine as a result of inadequate ADH production

Question 4

dwarfism

DWORF - izm

Answer 4

short stature due to underproduction of growth hormone

Question 5

gigantism

jie - GAN - tizm

Answer 5

abnormal height and size of entire body

Question 6

hypopopituitarism

HIGH - poh - pih - TYU - ih - tah - rizm

Answer 6

condition of one or more deficient pituitary hormones

Question 7

panhypopituitarism

pan - HIGH - poh - pih - TYU - ih - tah - rizm

Answer 7

deficiency of all the pituitary hormones

Question 8

polyuria

pol - ee - YOU - ree - ah

Answer 8

excessive production of urine

Question 9

prognathism

PROG - nah - thizm

Answer 9

condition of a forward projecting jaw

Question 10

prolactinoma

proh - lak - tih - NOH - mah

Answer 10

prolactin producing tumor