Definition: 'Diabetogenic Factor'
diabetogenic factor
Type: Term
Definitions:
1. rarely used term for a factor in crude extracts of the anterior lobe of the hypophysis that produces degenerative changes in the islet cells of the pancreas and causes permanent diabetes.
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