Medical term:
polyglandular
pluriglandular
[ploor″ĭ-glan´du-ler]pertaining to several glands or their secretions.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
plur·i·glan·du·lar
(plūr'i-glan'dyū-lăr),Denoting several glands or their secretions.
Synonym(s): multiglandular, polyglandular
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plur·i·glan·du·lar
(plūr'i-glan'dyū-lăr)Denoting several glands or their secretions.
Synonym(s): polyglandular.
Synonym(s): polyglandular.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
Patient discussion about polyglandular
Q. My boy has diabetes. Recently he was diagnosed with vitiligo. What is it and what can be the reason for this? My boy has diabetes. recently he was diagnosed with vitiligo. Our doctor said that he hopes it not a polyglandular autoimmune syndrome. what is vitiligo and what does this big phrase (polyglandular autoimmune syndrome) mean?
A. Vitiligo is a pigmentation disorder and the major cause of vitiligo is the autoimmunity. Some internal factor cause the destruction of melanocytes cell which produce the melanin a substance responsible for the coloration of skin. this lack of melanin infect results in <a href="http://www.antivitiligo.com/">white patch on skin</a> of hypo pigmentation.
Normally vitiligo is not related with other disease like diabetes. However a little inheritance may include in the occurence of vitiligo.
More discussions about polyglandularNormally vitiligo is not related with other disease like diabetes. However a little inheritance may include in the occurence of vitiligo.
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