Hormones 2016

Glossary
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adipose
fat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 56, 68, 79, 206, 290
adrenarche
Adrenarche is known to be an ordinary bodily process that happens to
boys and girls as they begin to make the transition to being a teenager.
It is a development that happens before puberty, usually between
the ages of 6 and 8. During this time certain hormones (biological
messengers) begin to increase and may either go unnoticed or can
cause changes in the body like new hair growth (Leach, 2013) . . . . 277
agranulocytosis
An acute condition marked by severe depression of the bone marrow,
which produces white blood cells, neutropenia results, whereby the
body is severely depleted in its ability to defend itself. Fever, malaise,
and bleeding ulcers of the rectum, mouth, and vagina may be present
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alkaloid
any of a group of organic basic substances found in plants, many of
which are pharmacologically active, e.g., atropine, caffeine, morphine,
nicotine, quinine, and strychnine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
androgens
a male sex hormone, such as testosterone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
anti-androgen
counteracts the effects of androgens on various body organs and
tissues . . . 47, 52, 54, 124, 125, 130, 133, 139, 140, 195, 231, 232, 470, 561,
562, 646
Antiarrhythmics
used to control cardiac arrhythmia, including membrane-stabilizing
drugs (e.g. quinidine, lidocaine, flecainide), beta-blockers, amiodarone
and sotalol and calcium channel blockers (e.g. verapamil) . . . .
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