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64 Cards in this Set
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ad
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toward
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anti
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against, opposing
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endo
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within
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ex, exo
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outside
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hyper
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excessive, abnormally high, above
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hypo
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under, below normal
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near, alongside, departure from normal
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para
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syn
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together, joined
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acid
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a solution with a ph less than 7
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acr
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extremity
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aden
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gland
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acid
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a solution with a ph less than 7
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andr
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male
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acr
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extremity
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calc
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calcium
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aden
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gland
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cortic
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tree bark, outer covering, cortex
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andr
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male
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crin
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to secrete
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calc
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calcium
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dips
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thirst
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cortic
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tree bark, outer covering, cortex
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gluc
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glucose, sugar, sweet
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crin
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to secrete
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glyc, glycos
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glycogen (a storage form of sugar), glucose, sugar, sweet
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dips
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thirst
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gluc
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glucose, sugar, sweet
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glyc, glycos
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glycogen (a storage form of sugar), glucose, sugar, sweet
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hormon
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to set in motion
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kal
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potasium
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ket, keton
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ketone bodies ( a by-product of fat metabolism)
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lob
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a rounded part, lobe
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myx
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mucus
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natr
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sodium
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ophthalm
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eye
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pancreat
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sweetbread, pancreas
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ren
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kidney
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thyr
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sheild, thyroid
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tox
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poison
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ur
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urine
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drome
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run, running
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edema
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swelling
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emia
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condition of blood
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ism
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condition or disease
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megaly
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abnormally large
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oid
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resembling
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osis
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condition of
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penia
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abnormal reduction in number, deficiency
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plasia
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shape, formation
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Addisons's disease
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chronic syndrome caused by hyposecretion of the ADRENAL CORTEX; characterized by darkening of the skin, loss of appetite, mental depression, and muscle weakness
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Cushing's syndrome
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you grow fat cushions- syndrome that results from hypersecretion of the adrenal cortex; characterized by obesity, moon face, hyperglycemia, and muscle weakness
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adrenocorticohyperplasia
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abnormal development of the adrenal cortex/ excessive size and secretion of hormones
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cretinism
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congenital hypothyroidism in childre- reduced mental developmetn and dwarfed physical stature
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diabetes insipidus
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lack of taste (in urine) not as bad as mellitus
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diabetes mellitus
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worse than diabetes insipidus (urine tastes sweet)
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hirsutism
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excessive body hair; hypersecretion of androgens by the adrenal cortex
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tetany
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caused by a deficiancy of parathyroid hormone; low calcium levels lead to excitation of nerves and muscle spasms
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postprandial blood sugar
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a measurement of blood sugar levels over 2 hrs after a meal
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radioactive iodine uptake
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diagnostic procedure that measures thyroid function, in which radioactive iodine uptake into the thyroid gland is measured (RAIU)
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radioiodine therapy
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the use of radioactive iodine to treat a disease of they thyroid gland, such as a tumor
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thyroxine test
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a direct measurement of the amount of thyroxine in the blood
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adrenal glands
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located above the kidneys
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adenosis
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abnormal condition of a gland
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calcipenia
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deficiency of calcium; also called hypocalcemia
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