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An abnormal amount of guanidine in the blood.  

A compulsion to write. It is found in persons with temporal lobe epilepsy and right hemispheric strokes a strokes and tumors, among other brain disorders.  

Excessive conversion of glycogen into glucose by hydrolysis.  

An accumulation of glycine in the blood. It is caused by a congenital defect in the ability to metabolize the amino acid glycine. There are at least six forms of this disease, all of which are associated with mental and growth retardation.  

Having excessive glandular secretions.  

An excessive development of the genital organs, caused by disturbances in endocrine secretions of the adrenal gland or gonads or by hypothalamic disorders.  

The tendency of women to reproduce with men of equal or higher social standing.  

An excessive amount of immunoglobulin G (IgG) in the blood. It may occur in patients with monoclonal gammopathy, multiple myeloma, and in some chronic infections.  

the treatment of a tumor with radiation applied in several small doses several hours apart on the same day instead of in a once-a-day dose. Hyper-fractionation decreases the side effects of delivery and may permit a tumor to be treated with a greater total radiation dose than traditional fractionation.