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74 Cards in this Set
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Pertaining to |
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Crine |
To secrete |
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Ectomy |
Surgical removal |
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Emia |
Blood condition |
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eu |
Good,normal |
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Genic |
To produce, origin |
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Hyper |
Above, more than normal |
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ia |
State of, condition of process |
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Ism |
Condition or state of |
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Itis |
Inflammation |
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lytic |
Destruction |
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acr/o |
Extremity |
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Adeno |
Gland |
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Adreno |
Andrenal gland |
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Calc/i |
Lime, stone, or calcium |
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Cortic/o |
Cortex or outer layer of a gland |
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Dips/o |
Thirst |
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End/o |
Inside |
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Endocrin/o |
Internal secretion |
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Ex/o |
Outside |
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gluc/o |
Glucose, sugar, sweet |
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Glyc/o |
Glycogen, sugar, sweet |
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Hormone |
To excite, urge on |
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Malacia |
Softening |
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megaly |
Enlarged |
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oid |
Resembling, like |
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Oma |
Tumor |
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Para |
Beside, beyond, near |
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Pathy |
Disease |
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Phagia |
Eating |
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Plasia |
Formation, growth |
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Poly |
Many, excess |
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Tropic |
Influencing, affect |
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Uria |
Urine |
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Hyp/o |
Below, less than normal |
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Kal/i |
Potassium |
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Natr/i |
Sodium |
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Pancreat/o |
Pancreas |
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Phag/o |
Eating |
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Pineal/o |
Pineal gland, pine cone shaped |
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Pituit/o |
Pituitary gland |
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Thym/o |
Thymus gland |
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Thyr/o |
Thyroid gland |
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Toxic/o |
Poison, toxic |
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Endocrinologist |
One who studies the endocrine system |
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Endocrine |
To secrete within the blood or the endocrine system |
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Exocrine |
To secrete outside in ducts or small tubes |
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Glucoroid |
Resembling sugar from the cortex |
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Hormone |
To excite, urging on |
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Pineal |
Pertaining to the pineal gland |
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Pituitary |
Pertaining to the pituitary gland |
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Thyrogenic |
Produced by the thyroid gland |
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Thyrotropic |
Pertaining to influencing the thyroid gland. |
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Euthyroid |
Resembling normal thyroid function |
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Acromegaly |
Enlargement of extremities |
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Adenoma |
Tumor of a gland |
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Adenomalacia |
Softening of the gland |
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Adrenalectomy |
Removal of the adrenal gland |
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Adrenocorticohyperplasia |
Increased development(growth) of the adrenal cortex |
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Adrenocorticotropic |
Pertaining to influencing the adrenal gland and cortex |
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Adrenopathy |
Disease of the adrenal gland |
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Endocrinopathy |
Disease of the endocrine glands or system |
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Hyperglycemia |
Above normal levels of blood in the sugar |
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Hyperparathyroidism |
Condition of excessive parathyroid secretion |
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Hypoparathyrodism |
Condition of low thyroid secretion |
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Parathyroidoma |
Tumor in the parathyroid |
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Polydipsia |
Excessive thirst |
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Polyphagia |
Excessive hunger |
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Thymetomy |
Removal of the thymus gland |
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Thymolytic |
Destruction of the thymus tissue |
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Thymoma |
Tumor of the thymus gland |
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Thyroidectomy |
Removal of the thyroid gland |
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Thyroparathyroidectomy |
Removal of the thyroid and parathyroid glands |
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Thyrotoxicosis |
Toxic condition of the thyroid gland |