polyglandular
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
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pol·y·glan·du·lar
(pŏl'ē-glăn'jə-lər)
adj.
adj.
Pluriglandular.
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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polyglandular
Pertaining to or affecting several glands.
- p. syndrome — immune-mediated disease of more than one organ or endocrine gland in the animal, associated with the presence of autoantibodies. A heritable disorder in humans. In dogs, hypothyroidism and hypoadrenocorticism (Addison's disease) are the most frequent findings. Called also Schmidt's syndrome.
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