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Unit 10
health careers internship
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| are/o | air, with oxygen |
| bacill/o | bacillus |
| bi/o | life |
| cocc/i | round-shaped bacteria |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| drom/o | running, a series |
| endocrin/o | endocrine |
| erg/o | work |
| gen/o | forming, generating |
| gluc/o | glucose |
| glyc/o | glycogen, sweet |
| gnos/o | to know, knowledge of |
| immun/o | immune |
| lys/o | destruction |
| malari/o | malaria |
| myc/o | fungus |
| pharmac/o | drugs |
| py/o | pus |
| sept/o, seps/o | poisoned, toxic |
| staphyl/o | growing in bunches |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| test/o, orchid/o, orchi/o | testis |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| a-, an- | without, lack of |
| anti- | against |
| dia- | through |
| diplo- | two, double |
| endo- | inside |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| mal- | bad |
| poly- | too many |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| syn, sym- | joined, fused |
| -crine | secrete |
| -ism | theory, condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ity | ability |
| -logy | study of |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -pathy | disease |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -therapy | treatment |
| ACTH | adrenocoricotropic hormone |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| APC | aspirin, phenacetin, caffeine |
| Bx | biopsy |
| DC | doctor of Chiropractic |
| DPM | doctor of Podiatric medicine |
| DTaP, DTP | diptheria, pertussis, tetanus |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| FAS | fetal alcohol syndrome |
| FSH | follicle stimulating hormone |
| Hep B | hepatitis b vaccine |
| Hib | Haemophilus influenzae bacteria |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HPV | human papillomavirus |
| Hx | history |
| IDDM, type I | insulin-dependent diabetes melllitus |
| IgG, IgM, IgE | immunoglobulins |
| IPV | inactivated polio vaccine |
| LH | leutinizing hormone |
| MMR | measles, mumps, rubella (vaccine) |
| MSH | melanocyte stimulating hormone |
| NIDDM | non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
| Px | prognosis |
| RPH | registered pharmacist |
| SIDS | sudden infant death syndrome |
| Staph | staphylococcus |
| STH | somatotropic hormone |
| STI | sexually transmitted infections |
| Strep | streptococcus |
| Sx | symptoms |
| T3, T4 | thyroid hormones |
| Td | tetanus vaccine |
| TSH | thyroid stimulating hormone |
| Tx | treatment |
| Var | varicella (chicken pox) |