Category: E

The innermost layer of any hydatid cyst.  

Any disease resulting from a disorder of an endocrine gland or glands. A condition resulting from an endocrine gland disorder.  

A pituitary adenoma that does not secrete a clinically important concentration of hormones. Endocrine-inactive tumors were formerly known as chromophobe adenomas. They are the most commonly detected neoplasms of the pituitary gland.  

A chemical that may imitate or block the function of natural hormones if it is absorbed by the body. Many pesticides and plasticizing compounds, e.g., phthalates, are thought to disrupt endocrine pathways, especially if they are absorbed by pregnant women during embryonic and fetal development.  

Intracranial or within the cranium.  

Inflammation of the mucosa of the colon.  

One of the two types of bone formation in skeletal development. Each long bone is formed as a cartilage model before bone is laid down, replacing the cartilage.  

A double-lumen tube used in anesthesia. One tube may be used to aerate a portion of the lung, while the other is occluded to deflate the other lung or a portion of it.  

To an organism living parasitically in the host.  

Auscultation by an esophageal tube passed into the stomach or by a tube passed into the heart.