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| Cushing's disease |
a disease caused by a tumor in the pituitary gland and characterized by obesity, hypertension, muscular weakness, and diabetes. |
| diabetes |
any of several metabolic diseases affecting the body's use of blood sugars or the intake and excretion of fluids, such as diabetes mellitus, which requires periodic injections of insulin. |
| diabetes mellitus |
a chronic and potentially fatal form of diabetes characterized by insulin deficiency, excess sugar in the blood and urine, and abnormal thirst and hunger. |
| diabetic |
of, having, or resulting from diabetes. [2 definitions] |
| hemochromatosis |
an iron metabolism disorder, characterized by brownish skin pigmentation, enlargement of the liver, and diabetes. |
| insulin |
any of the common preparations of this hormone, synthesized from the pancreas of an ox or pig, that are effective in the treatment of diabetes. [1/2 definitions] |
| ketoacidosis |
low blood pH due to high levels of ketone bodies in the blood, esp. occurring in cases of diabetes, alcoholism, and starvation. |
| somatostatin |
a hormone produced in the pancreas and brain, or made synthetically, that inhibits the release of somatotropin and insulin, and is used to treat diabetes. |
| sugar diabetes |
see "diabetes mellitus." |
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