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Everest 345 mod f week 4

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acr/o   extremities  
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aden/o   gland  
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adren/o   gland  
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-al   pertaining to  
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cortic/o   cortex, outer region  
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crin/o   secrete  
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-dipsia   thirst  
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-emia   blood  
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glyc/o   sugar, glucose  
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gonad/o   gonads, sex glands  
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gynec/o   woman, female  
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hyper-   excessive, increased  
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hypo-   decreased, deficient  
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-ism   condition  
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-megaly   large  
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-otomy   surgical incision  
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-pathy   disease suffering  
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-physis   to grow  
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pituit/o   pituitary  
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poly-   many  
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ren/o   kidney  
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supra-   above, upper, excessive  
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thym/o   thymus gland  
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thyr/o   thyroid gland  
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thyroid-   thyroid gland  
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-troph   food nutrition  
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acromegaly   excessive growth hormone after puberty  
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adrenopathy   any disease of the adrenal gland  
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endocrinopathy   any disease due to a disorder of the endocrine system  
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gonadotropic   hormonal substance that stimulates the function of the testes or ovaries  
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hypergonadism   condition of excessive hormone secretion of the sex glands  
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hyperthyroidism   excessive secretion of the thyroid gland  
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hypoglycemia   abnormally low blood sugar level  
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hypophysis   deficient growth  
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pancreatotomy   surgical incision into the pancreas  
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aldosterone   adrenal gland hormone that regulates fluid level in the body  
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cretinism   lack of hormones causing retardation in physicial and mental growth  
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dwarfism   lack of growth hormone  
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GH   growth hormone  
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gigantism   excessive growth hormone before puberty  
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LH   luteinizing hormone  
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melatonin   hormone secreted by the pineal gland that sets the body's rhythm  
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epinephrine   hormone secreted by adrenal gland  
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norepinephrine   hormone secreted by the adrenal gland  
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oxytocin   hormone that causes the uterus to contract during labor  
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diabetes   condition causing defects in insulin secretion  
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IDDM   insulin dependent diabetes mellitus  
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NIDDM   non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus  
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hypercrinism   condition caused by excessive secretion of any gland  
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