The nurse encourages the client to maintain a steady weight in the recommended range to decrease risk of the most common endocrine disease observed in the elderly, which is:
a. hypothyroidism
b. hyperthyroidism
c. diabetes mellitus
d. diabetes insipidus

that would be called plucking : )

explanation:

''plucking, also referred to as quarrying, is a glacial phenomenon that is responsible for the erosion and transportation of individual pieces of bedrock, especially large "joint blocks". as a glacier moves down a valley, friction causes the basal ice of the glacier to melt and infiltrate joints (cracks) in the bedrock."

answer; blending inheritnace;