| aldosterone |
a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex, that controls salt and water balance in the kidney. Abnormally high levels of this hormone cause sodium retention, high blood pressure, heart rhythm irregularities and possibly paralysis . (source)
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| aldosterone a. |
a compound that blocks the action of aldosterone. A class of potassium-sparing diuretics, typified by spironolactone, competes with aldosterone for receptor sites, thus blocking the aldosterone-dependent exchange of sodium and potassium in the distal tubule.
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| aldosterone e. |
a secondary response to the continuous presence of mineralocorticoids, in which the usual renal sodium-retaining effects of mineralocorticoids are time-limited, so that excessive retention of salt and water is limited.
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| aldosterone-producing a. |
a benign aldosteronoma, usually small and unilateral.
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| aldosterone-producing c. |
a rare malignant form of aldosteronoma; it is larger than an aldosterone-producing adenoma.
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