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86 Cards in this Set
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-al
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pertaining to
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-crine
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to secrete, secreting
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-dipsia
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condition of thirst
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-emia
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blood condition
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-esthesia
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condition of feeling, sensation
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-ia
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condition
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-in
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substance
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-logy
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study of
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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instrument to measure
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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-orexia
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condition of appetite
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-phagia
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condition of eating
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-uria
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urinary condition
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-us
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structure, thing
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A1c
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average glucose level
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ACTH
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adrenocorticotropic hormone
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ADH
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antidiuretic hormone
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Ca
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calcium
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DI
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diabetes insipidus
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FPG
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fasting plasma glucose
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FSH
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follicle-stimulating hormone
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GH
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growth hormone
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hGH
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human growth hormone
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ICSH
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interstitial cell-stimulating hormone
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IDDM
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insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
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K
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potassium
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LH
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luteinizing hormone
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Na
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sodium
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NIDDM
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noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus
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OT
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oxytocin
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PGH
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pituitary growth hormone
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PRL
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prolactin
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PTH
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parathyroid hormone
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RAIU
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radioactive iodine uptake scan
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RIA
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radioimmunoassay
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SIADH
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syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
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STH
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somatotropic hormone
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T3
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triiodothyronine
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T4
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thyroxine
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TFT
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thyroid function test
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TSH
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thyroid-stimulating hormone
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UA
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urinalysis
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an-
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no, not, without
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acro-
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extremities
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endo-
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within
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exo-, ex-
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outward
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hypo-
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deficient, below, under
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hyper-
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excessive, above
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poly-
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excessive, much, many
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supra-
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above
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acid/o
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acid
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aden/o
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gland
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adren/o, adrenal/o
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adrenal gland
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calc/o
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calcium
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carcin/o
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cancer of epithelial origin
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chrom/o
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color
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cortic/o
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cortex, outer portion
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crin/o
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to secrete, secreting
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cyt/o
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cell
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esthesi/o
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feeling, sensation
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gluc/o, glyc/o, glucos/o
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glucose, sugar
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gonad/o
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gonad, sex organ
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hypophys/o
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hypophysis (pituitary gland)
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insulin/o
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insulin
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kal/i
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potassium
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ket/o, keton/o
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ketone
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lact/o
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milk
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lob/o
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lobe, section
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medull/o
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medulla, inner portion
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natr/o
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sodium
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid gland
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pituitar/o
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pituitary gland
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prolactin/o
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prolactin
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radi/o
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ray
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ren/o, nephr/o
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kidney
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son/o
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sound
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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thyr/o, thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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tom/o
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section, cutting
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trop/o
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to turn, turning
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ur/o, urin/o
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urine, urinary system
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