n
(physiology) Soft or liquid animal fat.
adj
Converted into adipocere.
n
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis
n
(anatomy, medicine) The process of converting fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes.
n
Alternative form of adipopexis [(physiology) The storage of fat in tissue.]
n
(physiology) The storage of fat in tissue.
n
(medicine) adiposity; obesity
n
(pathology) Any disease etc. caused by an excessive amount of body fat
n
An adipose tissue organoid.
n
congenital adrenal hyperplasia
n
(pathology) An adrenal tumour that produces aldosterone
n
(medicine) Any of a group of disorders in which the fibrous protein amyloid is deposited in an organ of the body.
n
(pathology) The lack of a pituitary, or the loss of its function.
n
(biology, medicine) Physiological absence of splenic function; either substantial or total splenic dysfunction; splenic nonfunction.
adj
That makes one prone to atherosclerosis
n
(pathology) An adenoma that secretes adrenocorticotropic hormone
n
(pathology) A rare hereditary disease characterized by a near complete inability of the liver to process bilirubin, which leads to death by kernicterus if untreated.
n
(pathology) A disorder caused by abnormal metabolism of cystine.
n
(pathology) Any condition due to incorrect secretion of the pituitary gland
adj
that tends to accumulate in the adipose tissue of the body
n
Alternative form of fat pad [A mass of closely-packed adipose tissue]
n
(pathology) A deposition of minerals (typically containing iron) on the walls of blood vessels
n
(medicine) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.
adj
cytotoxic to the liver
n
(pathology) deficiency of parathyroid hormone.
n
(medicine) A decrease in secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland.
n
(pathology) The abnormal clumping together of leukocytes
n
A chronic disorder of adipose tissue, generally affecting the legs.
n
(pathology) Any disease caused by or associated with a lipid
n
(medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
n
(pathology) A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
n
Any of a family of neurodegenerative disorders resulting from excessive accumulation of lipofuscin in the body's tissues.
n
(pathology) hyperplasia involving lipocytes
n
(pathology) A fatty swelling on the skin, typically at the site of insulin injection
n
The presence of anisotropic lipoids in the cells.
adj
(medicine) Characterized by the involvement of lipids and melanin.
adj
Producing obstruction due to inflammation and fibrosis.
adj
(pathology) Relating to oligoanuria
n
A form of hypopituitarism affecting most of the pituitary hormones.
n
(pathology) disease of the parathyroid glands
n
(pathology) An accumulation of fatty tissue
n
(medicine) Pituitary dysfunction.
n
(medicine) An extract from the pituitary gland.
adj
(biology) Describing a cell or tissue that may be stimulated to become adipose
n
A benign tumour (adenoma) of the pituitary gland.
n
(uncountable) the act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland
n
Alternative form of somatotropinoma [(pathology) An adenoma associated with excessive production of the growth hormone somatotropin]
n
(pathology) An adenoma associated with excessive production of the growth hormone somatotropin
n
(pathology) An adenoma of the thyrotropic cells of the pituitary gland
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