Metabolic Disorder

(MEH-tuh-BAH-lik dis-OR-der) A condition in which normal metabolic processes are disrupted, usually because of a missing enzyme.

Common metabolic diseases of the body's endocrine glands are: (1) Pancreas , Islet cell of the Langerhans, diabetes mellitus. (2) Thyroid ' hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism. (3) Parathyroid , hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism. (4) Pituitary , diabetes insipidus, hyperpituitarism, hypopituitarism, hypophysitis. (5) Adrenal hyperfunction of adrenal cortex (Cushing's disease), hypofunction of adrenal gland (Addison's disease), adrenal medulla hyperfunction. (6) Gonads , ovaries, testes.