vipoma
[ vĭ-pō′mə ]
n.
An endocrine tumor, usually originating in the pancreas, that produces a vasoactive intestinal polypeptide believed to cause profound cardiovascular and electrolyte changes with vasodilatory hypotension, watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and dehydration.
Nearby words
- viper's bugloss,
- viperfish,
- viperine,
- viperous,
- viperously,
- vir,
- vir chakra,
- vir-,
- vira saiva,
- viraemia
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