Questio | Answer |
Aden/o | Gland |
Adenectomy | Removal of a gland |
Adren/o Adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
Adrenopathy | Disease of the Adrenal gland |
Adrenalectomy | Removal of an adrenal gland |
Gonad/o | sex glands (ovaries and testes) |
Gonadotropin | to act on (stimulate) the sex glands |
Hypogonadism | condition of deficient sex glands |
Pancreat/o | pancreas |
Pancreatectomy | removal of the pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
Parathyroidectomy | removal of the parathyroid gland |
Hypopituitarism | condition of deficient pituitary glands |
thyr/o thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
thyrotropic hormone | pertaining to stimulating the thyroid gland |
thyroiditis | inflammation of the thyroid gland |
Andr/o | male |
Androgen | a substance that males produce |
calc/o calci/o | calcium |
hypercalcemia | excessive calcium in the blood |
hypocalcemia | deficient calcium in the blood |
hypercalciuria | excessive calcium in the urine |
Cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
corticosteroid | resembling the outer solid structure |
crin/o | secrete |
endocrinologist | specialist of the endocrine (secrete within) system |
dips/o | thirst |
polydipsia | much thirst |
estr/o | female |
estrogenic | pertaining to a substance that a female produces |
gluc/o | sugar |
glucagon | assemble sugar |
glyc/o | sugar |
hyperglycemia | condition of excesive sugar in the blood |
glycemic | pertaining to sugar in the blood |
glycogen | substance that produces sugar |
home/o | sameness |
homeostasis | to control sameness |
hormone/o | hormone |
hormonal | pertaining to hormone |
kal/i | potassium |
hypokalemia | deficient potassium in the blood |
lact/o | milk |
prolactin | a substance before milk |
myx/o | mucus |
myxedema | mucus like material accumulates under the skin, swelling of mucus |
Natr/o | sodium |
hyponatremia | deficient sodium in the blood |
phys/o | growing |
hypophysectomy | removal of a defiant growing |
somat/o | body |
somatotropin | to act on the body |
ster/o | solid structure |
steroid | resembling a solid structure |
toc/o | childbirth |
oxytocin | rapid childbirth |
toxic/o | poison |
thryrotoxicosis | pertaining to poison of the thyroid gland |
ur/o | urine |
antidiuretic hormone | pertaining to against urine |
agon | assemble, gather together |
glucagon | assemble sugar |
emia | blood condition |
in, ine | a substance |
epinephrine | a substance above the kidney |
tropin | stimulating the function of |
Adrenocorticotropin | stimulating the outer region of the adrenal gland |
uria | urine condition |
glycosuria | sugar in the urine |
eu | good, normal |
euthyroid | normal thyroid |
hyper | excessive |
hyperkalemia | excessive potassium in the blood |
hypo | deficient |
hypoinsulinism | deficient secretion of insulin |
oxy | rapid, sharp, acid |
oxytocin | rapid childbirth |
pan | all |
panhypopituitarism | condition of deficiency in all the pituitary glands |
tetra | four |
tetraiodothyronine | a substance of 4 iodine and thyroid |
tri | three |
triiodthyronine | a substance of 3 iodine and thyroid |
iod/o | iodine |