“adrenal hyperplasia”

We have one entry that includes the term adrenal hyperplasia.

congenital adrenal hyperplasia

noun

: any of several disorders that are marked by an inadequate synthesis of cortisol and often aldosterone, are typically characterized by excessive production of androgens, virilization of female external genitalia, and hypertension, and include a severe form resulting in dangerously low levels of sodium and high levels of potassium in the blood shortly after birth abbreviation CAH


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