GLAND DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gland disease mean? 

• GLAND DISEASE (noun)
  The noun GLAND DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a disorder of the glands of the body

  Familiarity information: GLAND DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLAND DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder of the glands of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

adenosis; gland disease; glandular disease; glandular disorder

Hypernyms ("gland disease" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gland disease"):

hyperparathyroidism (excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis))

hypoparathyroidism (inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood)

hyperpituitarism (excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone))

Addison's disease; Addison's syndrome; hypoadrenalism; hypoadrenocorticism (a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin)

adenopathy (a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands))

aldosteronism; hyperaldosteronism (a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone)

Cushing's disease; hyperadrenalism (a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity)

Cushing's syndrome; hyperadrenocorticism (a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol)

hyperthyroidism; thyrotoxicosis (an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones)

hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones)