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Hormone vs Hypopituitarism - What's the difference?

hormone | hypopituitarism |

As nouns the difference between hormone and hypopituitarism

is that hormone is while hypopituitarism is (medicine) a decrease in secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland.

hormone

English

(wikipedia hormone)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
  • (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
  • Any similar substance in plants.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * hormonal * hormone therapy

    Anagrams

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    hypopituitarism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hypopituitarism) (en-noun)
  • (medicine) A decrease in secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland.

    • Derived terms

    * panhypopituitarism