Diagnoses & Biomarker Lexicon

Adrenal insufficiency happens when the adrenal glands don’t produce enough steroid hormones. One...

Not getting your period is a condition called amenorrhea. It’s important for fertility...

Anorexia is a type of eating disorder where you severely limit what you...

Bulimia (or bulimia nervosa) is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and...

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD). It often has no symptoms....

A typical menstrual cycle lasts between 21 and 35 days, with bleeding for...

The cytomegalovirus, CMV for short, causes the viral disease cytomegaly. In many cases,...

Diabetes mellitus, later just referred to as “diabetes”, is a condition where the...

Diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) means that the majority of the eggs in your...

Dysmenorrhea is the medical term for period pain. You may get cramps or...

Dyspareunia means persistent or recurrent pain that happens right before, during, or after...

Endometriosis is a condition where tissue like your uterine lining grows outside the...

Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate (vitamin B9). Folate is an...

Excess vitamin B12 during pregnancy can increase the risk of health complications for...

Folate deficiency means that your body doesn’t have enough folic acid to function...

Folic acid deficiency means that your body doesn’t have enough folic acid. Folic...

Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a...

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly...

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly...

This test checks if you have antibodies to the hepatitis C virus. Hepatitis...

The hepatitis B core antibodies test looks for an active infection with the...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the immune system and...

Hyperandrogenemia is a health condition that means that the body (ovaries or adrenal...

Hyperglycemia means that your blood sugar (glucose) level is very high. Your body...

Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism (suspected POI) means that the ovaries produce too few reproductive hormones....

Hyperprolactinemia means that you have high levels of the hormone prolactin. Prolactin is...

Hyperprolactinemia means that you have elevated prolactin levels, and it’s a relatively common...

Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) means that the thyroid gland produces and releases more thyroid...

Hypervitaminosis D, also known as vitamin D toxicity or vitamin d overdose, is...

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism means that the ovaries don’t produce enough reproductive hormones due to...

Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) means that the thyroid gland doesn’t create and release the...

You can use transglutaminase antibodies to determine if you have a predisposition to...

Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) means that the ovaries stop working normally before the...

Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that regulates your body’s blood...

Iron deficiency means that you don’t have enough iron in your body. Iron...

Iron deficiency anemia is a health condition where the body doesn’t have enough...

Varicella, commonly known as chickenpox, is a viral infection that causes an itchy...

Leukocytosis means your white blood cell (or leukocyte) count is above the normal...

Leukopenia means that you have a low white blood cell count. White blood...

Macrocytic hyperchromic anemia means that your bone marrow produces unusually large and dark...

Microcytic hypochromic anemia means that your body has too few red blood cells...

Normocytic normochromic anemia means that you have a low red blood cell count,...

Ovarian insufficiency means that the ovaries aren’t working as they should, leading to...

Being overweight means that you have a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 25....

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common hormonal disorder affecting women, and...

The glucose tolerance test checks how well your body responds to sugar after...

Rapid plasma reagin (RPR) is a test used to screen for syphilis. Syphilis...

If you’ve had 3 or more miscarriages in a row (pregnancy loss before...

Rubella, also known as German measles, is a preventable illness caused by a...

Hyperandrogenemia is a common hormonal disorder where the body has an excess of...

Subclinical hypothyroidism means that you have higher-than-normal levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and...

Thrombocytopenia means that you have a low platelet count. Platelets, or thrombocytes, are...

Being underweight means that you have a Body Mass Index (BMI) under 18.5....

Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that our bodies need to work properly....

Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia is a condition where your body doesn’t have enough...

Vitamin D deficiency means that you’re not getting enough of this essential vitamin...