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endocrinologist

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endocrinologist /en·do·cri·nol·o·gist/ (en″do-krĭ-nol´ah-jist) a specialist in endocrinology.
Endocrinologist
A medical specialist who treats endocrine (glands that secrete hormones internally directly into the lymph or bloodstream) disorders.

endocrinologist
[en′dōkrinol′əjist]
a physician who specializes in the endocrine system and its disorders.

endocrinology [en″do-krĭ-nol´o-je]
1. the study of hormones, the endocrine system, and their role in the physiology of the body.
2. a medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the endocrine system.

endocrinologist
an individual skilled in endocrinology, and in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the glands of internal secretion, i.e. the endocrine glands.

endocrinologist
A physician trained in managing–diagnosing and treating–disorders of the endocrine system–thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands, hypophyseal and hypothalamic axes, pituitary, pineal body, ovaries, testes, pancreas Meat & potatoes diseases Poorly controlled DM, early menopause, hyperthyroidism Salary $132K + 11% bonus. See Endocrine pancreas, Endocrinology.


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Professor Jiten Vora, consultant endocrinologist in the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, clarified the seriousness of diabetes and its spread in the short and long run, at the conference held to mark the World Diabetes Day in the InterContinental Hotel.
Costs of diabetes and complications will become a big challenge for the economy of any country by 2020," said Dr Maha Taysir Barakat, Medical & Research Director and Consultant Endocrinologist ICLDC.
 
 
 
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