See Also: recognition factors(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
recognition(dictionary)
recognition(dictionary)
recognition time(medicine)
recognition sequence(medicine)
recognition (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
pattern recognition(medicine)
speech recognition(encyclopedia)
RECOGNITION, contracts(law)

hyperpituitarism (medicine) and recognition factors (medicine)


hyperpituitarism (medicine)


hyperpituitarism


A condition that results from the excess production of growth hormone in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Acromegaly is characterised by enlarged facial features, enlarged jaw, enlarged frontal bone of skull, widely spaced teeth and enlargement of the bones of the extremities, Other features include enlargement of the lips and nose, thickening of the soft tissues of the face, somnolence, moodiness and decreased libido.


recognition factors (medicine)


recognition factors
Factors which effect "recognition" of target antigens by polymorphonuclear leukocytes; apparently the Fc portion of antibody molecules and the activated third component of complement (C3), for both of which phagocytes have receptor sites.