Term | Definition |
endocrine system | glands, hormones |
adeno, | gland |
adreno | adrenal gland |
crin/o | secrete |
glyc/o | sugar |
acr/o | extremities |
toxic/o | poison |
acromegaly | excessive growth hormone results in enlargement of bones of head and extremities |
adrenal feminization | development of female secondary sexual characteristics in male as result of increased estrogen secretion |
adrenal virilism | development of male secondary sexual characteristics in female as result of increased androgen secretion |
blood serum test | blood test to measure hormone levels |
corticosteroids | hormones secreted by adrenal cortex - anti-inflammatory action used to treat rheumatoid arthritis |
cretinism | congenital condition causing lack of thyroid hormones |
Cushing syndrome | condition resulting from hypersecretion of adrenal cortex - weakness, edema, excess hair growth, skin discoloration, osteoporosis |
diabetes insipidus (DI) | caused by insufficient antidiuretic hormone, polyuria and polydipsia |
diabetes mellitus (DM) | chronic disorder of sugar metabolism |
IDDM | type 1 diabetes mellitus (juvenile) |
NIDDM | type 2 diabetes mellitus |
dwarfism | being excessively short in height - can result from lack of growth hormone |
exophthalmos | eyeballs protrude |
FBS | fasting blood sugar - test to measure amount of sugar in bloodstream after 12 hour test |
gigantism | excessive growth of body |
GTT | glucose tolerance test - test for initial diagnosis of diabetes mellitus |
goiter | enlargement of thyroid gland |
Graves disease | results from hypersecretion of thyroid hormone |
Hashimoto disease | chronic autoimmune form of thyroiditis |
hormone replacement therapy | artificial replacement of hormones |
myxedma | hyposecretion of thyroid hormones - anemia, slow speech, swollen facial features, puffy and dry skin |
pheochromocytoma | usually benign tumor of adrenal medulla |
radioactive iodine uptake | test of thyroid function that measures how much radioactively tagged iodine is removed from bloodstream by thyroid gland |
radioimmunoassay | test used to measure levels of hormones in plasma of blood |
tetany | nerve irritability and painful muscle cramps resulting from hypocalcemia |
thyroid function test | blood test to evaluate thyroid function |
thyroid scan | test where thyroid gland is visualized with scanning device, able to detect tumors |
thyrotoxicosis | condition resulting from extreme hypersecretion of thyroid hormones |