hypophyseal cachexia

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• Cachexia — Physical wasting with loss of weight and muscle mass caused by disease. Patients with cancer, AIDS, or other major chronic diseases may appear cachetic. * * * A general weight loss and wasting occurring in the course of a chronic disease or… …   Medical dictionary

• panhypopituitarism — A state in which the secretion of all anterior pituitary hormones is inadequate or absent; caused by a variety of disorders that result in destruction or loss of function of all or most of the anterior pituitary gland. Rare forms of PHP are… …   Medical dictionary