The adrenal medullaâthe inner part of the glandâproduces nonessential (that is, you donât need them to live) hormones, such as adrenaline (which helps your body react to stress). When you think of the adrenal glands (also known as suprarenal glands), stress might come to mind.
Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency (PDCD) is a rare disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by a deficiency of one of the three enzymes in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC). The age of onset and severity of disease depends on the activity level of the PDC enzymes.
Medical Definition of complex carbohydrate. : a polysaccharide (as starch or cellulose) consisting of usually hundreds or thousands of monosaccharide units; also : a food (as rice or pasta) composed primarily of such polysaccharides.