| LAP | laparoscopy; laparotomy; left arterial pressure; left atrial pressure; leucine aminopeptidase; leuke... |
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| LPH | lactase-phlorizin hydrolase; left posterior hemiblock; lipotropic pituitary hormone |
| MPHD | multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies |
| NPA | National Pharmaceutical Association; National Pituitary Agency; near point accommodation; Nurse Prac... |
| NPA-NIHHDP | National Pituitary Agency-National Institutes of Health Hormone Distribution Program |
| PACAP38 | Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide |
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| PACAP 38 | Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide 38 |
| PACAP | Pituitary adenylyl cyclase activating peptide |
| PACAP | Pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide |
| PTTG | Pituitary tumor transforming gene |
| Cushing's pituitary basophilism | <disease> An increased concentration of glucocorticoid hormone in the bloodstream (produced by the adrenal gland) secondary to a pituitary tumour that is secreting the hormone adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). ACTH serves to stimulate the adrenal gland to produce excess glucocorticoids. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| hyaline bodies of pituitary | Accumulations of a gelatinous neurosecretory substance in the axons of the hypothalamohypophyseal tract in the posterior lobe of the hypophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| desiccated pituitary | The cleaned, dried, and powdered posterior lobe obtained from the pituitary body of domestic animals used for food by humans; an oxytocic, vasoconstrictor, antidiuretic, and a stimulant of intestinal motility. Synonym: desiccated pituitary, hypophysis sicca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dwarfism, pituitary | A form of dwarfism due to absence or hypofunction of the anterior pituitary gland. (12 Dec 1998) |
| enlarged pituitary infundibulum | <radiology> Histiocytosis X, eosinophilic granuloma, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Letterer-Siwe disease, sarcoidosis (12 Dec 1998) |