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14751863-n:
hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium
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00069295-v:
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
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00299341-v:
fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
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05331171-n:
either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney
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05407119-n:
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
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05490578-n:
the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
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14002279-n:
a state of equilibrium
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14650807-n:
a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
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14655371-n:
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
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14751417-n:
a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
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14845743-n:
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
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15010703-n:
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
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14117317-n:
a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone
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14305149-n:
disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis; usually caused by a benign tumor of the cortex of the adrenal gland that leads to excess secretion of aldosterone
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