See Also: hypophyseal cachexia(medicine)
Differential Interference Contrast(medicine)
hypophyseal(medicine)
hypophyseal pouch(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
hypothalamo-hypophyseal system(medicine)
cachexia(dictionary)
cachexia(medicine)
Cachexia(health)
cachexia aquosa(medicine)

Differential Interference Contrast (medicine) and hypophyseal cachexia (medicine)


Differential Interference Contrast (medicine)


differential interference contrast
<technique> A mode of contrast generation in microscopy that yields an image with a shadow relief. The relief reflects the gradient of optical path difference. Differential Interference Contrast, which is a form of interferenc microscopy that uses polarizing beam splitters, can be of the Smith or Nomarski type.

Acronym: DIC


hypophyseal cachexia (medicine)


hypophyseal cachexia -->
panhypopituitarism


A state in which the secretion of all anterior pituitary hormones is inadequate or absent; caused by a variety of disorders that result in destruction or loss of function of all or most of the anterior pituitary gland. Rare forms of PHP are inherited as autosomal recessive or as an X-linked recessive.

Synonym: ateliotic dwarfism, hypophyseal cachexia, hypophysial cachexia.