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ary

Pertaining to

Crine

To secrete

Ectomy

Surgical removal

Emia

Blood condition

eu

Good,normal

Genic

To produce, origin

Hyper

Above, more than normal

ia

State of, condition of process

Ism

Condition or state of

Itis

Inflammation

lytic

Destruction

acr/o

Extremity

Adeno

Gland

Adreno

Andrenal gland

Calc/i

Lime, stone, or calcium

Cortic/o

Cortex or outer layer of a gland

Dips/o

Thirst

End/o

Inside

Endocrin/o

Internal secretion

Ex/o

Outside

gluc/o

Glucose, sugar, sweet

Glyc/o

Glycogen, sugar, sweet

Hormone

To excite, urge on

Malacia

Softening

megaly

Enlarged

oid

Resembling, like

Oma

Tumor

Para

Beside, beyond, near

Pathy

Disease

Phagia

Eating

Plasia

Formation, growth

Poly

Many, excess

Tropic

Influencing, affect

Uria

Urine

Hyp/o

Below, less than normal

Kal/i

Potassium

Natr/i

Sodium

Pancreat/o

Pancreas

Phag/o

Eating

Pineal/o

Pineal gland, pine cone shaped

Pituit/o

Pituitary gland

Thym/o

Thymus gland

Thyr/o

Thyroid gland

Toxic/o

Poison, toxic

Endocrinologist

One who studies the endocrine system

Endocrine

To secrete within the blood or the endocrine system

Exocrine

To secrete outside in ducts or small tubes

Glucoroid

Resembling sugar from the cortex

Hormone

To excite, urging on

Pineal

Pertaining to the pineal gland

Pituitary

Pertaining to the pituitary gland

Thyrogenic

Produced by the thyroid gland

Thyrotropic

Pertaining to influencing the thyroid gland.

Euthyroid

Resembling normal thyroid function

Acromegaly

Enlargement of extremities

Adenoma

Tumor of a gland

Adenomalacia

Softening of the gland

Adrenalectomy

Removal of the adrenal gland

Adrenocorticohyperplasia

Increased development(growth) of the adrenal cortex

Adrenocorticotropic

Pertaining to influencing the adrenal gland and cortex

Adrenopathy

Disease of the adrenal gland

Endocrinopathy

Disease of the endocrine glands or system

Hyperglycemia

Above normal levels of blood in the sugar

Hyperparathyroidism

Condition of excessive parathyroid secretion

Hypoparathyrodism

Condition of low thyroid secretion

Parathyroidoma

Tumor in the parathyroid

Polydipsia

Excessive thirst

Polyphagia

Excessive hunger

Thymetomy

Removal of the thymus gland

Thymolytic

Destruction of the thymus tissue

Thymoma

Tumor of the thymus gland

Thyroidectomy

Removal of the thyroid gland

Thyroparathyroidectomy

Removal of the thyroid and parathyroid glands

Thyrotoxicosis

Toxic condition of the thyroid gland