Category: H

Inflammation of the submandibular salivary gland.  

A decreased response to stimuli.  

Deficient development of a callus at the site of a bone fracture.  

Diminished secretion of the pineal gland.  

An inflammation of the pituitary gland. Lymphocytic or autoimmune hypophysitis is the most common type of pituitary gland inflammation. A typical patient is a woman, who, after delivering a child, develops excess prolactin secretion (“hyperprolactinemia”) and an enlarged pituitary gland.  

The series of vessels that lead from the hypothalamus to the anterior lobe of the pituitary. The releasing hormones are carried to the pituitary through this system.  

Concerning the portal system of the pituitary gland.  

Decreased excretion of phosphate in the urine.  

Having an abnormally low blood phosphate concentration.  

Abnormally decreased amount of phosphates circulating in the blood.