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Lesson 5 Endocrine
Chapter 15 Endocrinology
| 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 |
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