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Definition of Hypopituitarism
1. Noun. (medicine) A decrease in secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypopituitarism
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Medical Definition of Hypopituitarism
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypopituitarism
Literary usage of Hypopituitarism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Vital Function Testing Methods and Their Interpretation by Wilfred Mason Barton (1917)
"States of hypopituitarism This state is typically represented in the so-called
hypophyseal dystrophy of Frohlich, or dystrophia adiposo-genitalis. ..."
2. The Pituitary Body and Its Disorders: Clinical States Produced by Disorders by Harvey Cushing (1912)
"Terminal glandular insufficiency (hypopituitarism). Death. Autopsy. May 15, 1910.
John Turner, without occupation, 36 years of age, was referred for study ..."
3. A Manual of the practice of medicine by Arthur Albert Stevens (1915)
"Removal of the pituitary tumor has been successfully accomplished by Gushing and
others in a number of instances. hypopituitarism ..."
4. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Experimental hypopituitarism Complete removal of the pituitary gland is usually
and probably always followed by death ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Experimental hypopituitarism Complete removal of the pituitary gland is usually
and probably always followed by death. According to Gushing, adult dogs die ..."
6. Functional Pathology of Internal Diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Experimental hypopituitarism Complete removal of the pituitary gland is usually
mid probably always followed by death. ..."
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