Category: S

A cell or adenoma in the pituitary gland that secretes growth hormone.  

Concerning the correspondence between a particular part of the body and a particular area of the brain. Organizational pattern related to the accurate arrangement of the body.  

Concerning the body and sexual characteristics.  

Response produced by small, painless electrical stimuli administered to large sensory fibers in mixed nerves of the hand or leg. The electroencephalographical record of the character of the subsequent waves produced helps to determine the functional state of the nerves involved.  

Any psychological disorder that is a symptom of a bodily disease.  

The age-related decline in the secretion of growth hormone, typically noticeable after age 60. Treatments may include formal exercise programs or, in some instances, growth hormone replacement.  

To organic illness, as distinguished from functional illness.  

A device for cutting the body of the fetus.  

A nerve cell in which the nucleus is completely surrounded by cytoplasm.  

The consciousness of the body; bodily sensation.