adrenal oversecretion is a cause of Cushing's syndrome.
Cushing syndrome
Cushing's disease
Above the kidney is suprarenal, or sometimes adrenal.
The endocrine glands secerate Hormones and they are chemical secreations which travel through blood and exert their effect remote from their source of origin.
endocrinology
Hypothermia is the medical term meaning low temperature.
Scapul/o is the medical terminology combining for meaning scapula.
The medical term for excessive secretion of any gland is hypersecretion. It refers to when a gland produces and releases more hormones or other substances than normal.
Hyperthyroidism is overactivity of the thyroid, and hypothyroidism is undersecrection.
The medical term is "cortical," which means relating to or involving the cortex of the adrenal gland.
The autoimmune inflammation of the adrenal glands is Addison's disease.
Adrenal glands. The adrenal cortex supplies steroids, the adrenal medulla supplies epinephrine and norepinephrine (reference: Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictionary, version 7). They are also known as the suprarenal glands, b/c they are located above ("supra") the kidneys.
It is called an adrenalectomy.Adenectomy.
Adrenal glands
Above the kidney is suprarenal, or sometimes adrenal.
adrenal hyperplasia. Cushing Syndrome is a group of symptoms attributed to the excessive production of cortisol by the adrenal cortices (pl. cortex)
Thyroidopathy is the general term. Thyrotoxicosis (hypersecretion) is one such condition.Thyroidopathy is any disease of the thyroid gland.
Addison's disease is the result of inadequate secretion of cortisol by the adrenal cortex.When your adrenal glands don't produce enough cortisol, it is called adrenal insufficiency. It can also be referred to as Addison's disease or hypocortisolism.
congential adrenal hyperplasia