Houssay syndrome

Hous·say syn·drome

(ū'sā), the amelioration of diabetes mellitus by a destructive lesion in, or surgical removal of, the pituitary gland.

Houssay,

Bernardo A., Argentinian physiologist and Nobel laureate, 1887-1971. Houssay animal - an animal that has had its pancreas and hypophysis excised.Houssay phenomenonHoussay syndrome - the amelioration of diabetes mellitus by a destructive lesion in, or surgical removal of, the pituitary gland.

Hous·say syn·drome

(ūsā sindrōm) The amelioration of diabetes mellitus by a destructive lesion in, or surgical removal of, the pituitary gland.