ACTH-producing adenoma

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A pituitary tumor causing Cushing's syndrome, composed of basophilic, densely granulated corticotrophs.basophil adenoma

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In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At the time, screen quotas were far more common among film producing industries.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their decay proceeded without a ready supply of oxygen, producing hydrocarbons like methane instead of oxygen-bearing molecules.
Methane on Mars: Life or Just Gas?|Matthew R. Francis|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One of five top agencies in Novosibirsk, Elite Stars, recently was producing over 200 models every two to three months.
Is 9-Year-Old Russian Model Kristina Pimenova Too Sexualized?|Anna Nemtsova|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Where, however, will be the wine producing countries of the future?
Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In this case, I suspect, there was co-operant a strongly marked childish characteristic, the love of producing an effect.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Like art, too, on its representative side, play aims at producing an imitation or semblance of something.
Children's Ways|James Sully
In suppurations of the urinary tract pus-producing organisms may be found.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Niopo is a powerful stimulant, a small portion of it producing violent sneezing in persons unaccustomed to its use.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Great Britain is full of wealth, not entirely but mainly because her people are constantly producing.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley