See Also: communications media(medicine)
Conn.(dictionary)
Smythe, Conn(encyclopedia)
Conn's syndrome(medicine)
Conn, Harold(medicine)
Conn, Jerome(medicine)
Conn syndrome(health)
syndrome, conn's(medicine)
Hucker-Conn stain(medicine)
SBC Communications(finance)

Conn syndrome (health) and communications media (medicine)


Conn syndrome (health)


Overproduction of the hormone aldosterone (pronounced al-do-ster-one) by a tumor that contains tissue resembling that normally present in the outer portion (cortex) of the adrenal gland. The excess aldosterone results in a potassium level (hypokalemia), underacidity of the body (alkalosis), muscle weakness, excessive thirst (polydipsia), excessive urination (polyuria), and high blood pressure (hypertension).





communications media (medicine)


Communications media


The means of interchanging or transmitting and receiving information. Historically the media were written: books, journals, newspapers, and Other publications; in the modern age the media include, in addition, Radio, Television, Computers, and information networks.