(a.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study was designed to compare these levels in hirsute women, normal premenopausal and postmenopausal women, and in men and to correlate each measurement with skin 5 alpha-reductase activity (5 alpha-RA), an excellent correlate of androgenicity.
(2) The results suggest that spironolactone is suitable for the treatment of hirsutism.
(3) Menstrual irregularity is a recognized side effect of spironolactone when used as a treatment for hirsutism in women.
(4) In 33 hirsute patients, not family related, plasma 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone (170H-P) was measured under basal conditions and after ACTH stimulation.
(5) Serum levels of testosterone (T), 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), androstenedione (A), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S), 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-P), and cortisol (F) were measured in 33 hirsute women.
(6) We found that electroepilation (electrolysis) helps control hirsutism, and 93% of the patients improved.
(7) In the first episode, 24-year-old Lauren, whose hirsutism (due to polycystic ovary syndrome) has rendered her a virtual recluse, sees her symptoms alleviated, and her confidence so improved that she puts on a swimsuit and visits her local pool.
(8) Assessing changes in scalp hair growth may be difficult, however, and hirsutism provides a useful model for testing the efficacy of topical antiandrogens.
(9) Plasma testosterone; androstenedione and DHA were measured by radio-immunoassay before (J1) under (J2) and 24-hour after (J3) oral metyrapone (4,5 g) in 10 normal and 12 hirsute women.
(10) There can be recurrences when hirsutism is being treated in females, because of vellus hairs which have their roots in the dermis.
(11) These features distinguish patients with true Cushing's syndrome from those who have some of the clinical findings often associated with the syndrome, such as obesity, hypertension, striae and hirsutism.
(12) Other side effects including thrombocytopenia, hirsutism, headaches, tremor, and parasthesiae were common in the treated group but not of sufficient severity to warrant adjustment in the dosage or discontinuation of therapy.
(13) Hirsutism developed in a 23-year-old woman during pregnancy.
(14) Cyclosporin side effects included hirsutism, hypertension, increased blood levels of urea and creatinine, and abnormalities in liver function tests.
(15) The control of overweight may be a goal for treating hirsutism in some patients.
(16) Hirsutism was manifest in 10.5% of the patients with neuro-endocrine adiposity and disturbance of the menstrual cycle.
(17) We determined the total and free T3, T4, TSH, TBG, Plasma Cortisol transcortin, delta-4-androstenedione, FSH, LH, prolactin, total and free testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) and 17 hydroxyprogesterone (17 OH Pg) levels in serum or plasma in a group of female patients who were taking L-T4 daily, regularly at least for 6 months and complaining of the occurrence of hirsutism.
(18) Pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism was diagnosed in a 14-year-old Arabian mare with chronic weight loss, hirsutism, polyuria, and polydipsia.
(19) The degrees of hirsutism and acne, and of seborrhea and hair loss when present, were scored by means of a modified version of the Ferriman and Gallway criteria.
(20) Similar to previous cases in the literature this girl presented with proportionate intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, normocephaly, triangular face with bulbous nose, long eyelashes, short upper lip, small vermilion border of upper lip, dorsally rotated ears, deep nuchal hair line, hirsutism, and clinodactyly of little fingers.
Hirsuteness
Definition:
(n.) Hairiness.
Example Sentences:
(1) This study was designed to compare these levels in hirsute women, normal premenopausal and postmenopausal women, and in men and to correlate each measurement with skin 5 alpha-reductase activity (5 alpha-RA), an excellent correlate of androgenicity.
(2) The results suggest that spironolactone is suitable for the treatment of hirsutism.
(3) Menstrual irregularity is a recognized side effect of spironolactone when used as a treatment for hirsutism in women.
(4) In 33 hirsute patients, not family related, plasma 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone (170H-P) was measured under basal conditions and after ACTH stimulation.
(5) Serum levels of testosterone (T), 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), androstenedione (A), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S), 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-P), and cortisol (F) were measured in 33 hirsute women.
(6) We found that electroepilation (electrolysis) helps control hirsutism, and 93% of the patients improved.
(7) In the first episode, 24-year-old Lauren, whose hirsutism (due to polycystic ovary syndrome) has rendered her a virtual recluse, sees her symptoms alleviated, and her confidence so improved that she puts on a swimsuit and visits her local pool.
(8) Assessing changes in scalp hair growth may be difficult, however, and hirsutism provides a useful model for testing the efficacy of topical antiandrogens.
(9) Plasma testosterone; androstenedione and DHA were measured by radio-immunoassay before (J1) under (J2) and 24-hour after (J3) oral metyrapone (4,5 g) in 10 normal and 12 hirsute women.
(10) There can be recurrences when hirsutism is being treated in females, because of vellus hairs which have their roots in the dermis.
(11) These features distinguish patients with true Cushing's syndrome from those who have some of the clinical findings often associated with the syndrome, such as obesity, hypertension, striae and hirsutism.
(12) Other side effects including thrombocytopenia, hirsutism, headaches, tremor, and parasthesiae were common in the treated group but not of sufficient severity to warrant adjustment in the dosage or discontinuation of therapy.
(13) Hirsutism developed in a 23-year-old woman during pregnancy.
(14) Cyclosporin side effects included hirsutism, hypertension, increased blood levels of urea and creatinine, and abnormalities in liver function tests.
(15) The control of overweight may be a goal for treating hirsutism in some patients.
(16) Hirsutism was manifest in 10.5% of the patients with neuro-endocrine adiposity and disturbance of the menstrual cycle.
(17) We determined the total and free T3, T4, TSH, TBG, Plasma Cortisol transcortin, delta-4-androstenedione, FSH, LH, prolactin, total and free testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) and 17 hydroxyprogesterone (17 OH Pg) levels in serum or plasma in a group of female patients who were taking L-T4 daily, regularly at least for 6 months and complaining of the occurrence of hirsutism.
(18) Pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism was diagnosed in a 14-year-old Arabian mare with chronic weight loss, hirsutism, polyuria, and polydipsia.
(19) The degrees of hirsutism and acne, and of seborrhea and hair loss when present, were scored by means of a modified version of the Ferriman and Gallway criteria.
(20) Similar to previous cases in the literature this girl presented with proportionate intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, normocephaly, triangular face with bulbous nose, long eyelashes, short upper lip, small vermilion border of upper lip, dorsally rotated ears, deep nuchal hair line, hirsutism, and clinodactyly of little fingers.