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MED104 Mrs. D
Flashcard ch. 17 - 18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -phobia | fear |
| thry- | thyroid |
| pituit- | pituitary |
| adren/o- | adrenal |
| dwarf- | miniature |
| gigant- | giant |
| pituitar- | pituitary |
| emac/i- | make thin |
| calc- | calcium |
| cortic- | cortisone |
| -ster- | steroid |
| gluc- | glucose |
| -agon | contest |
| -neo- | new |
| pancreat- | pancreas |
| glyc- | glucose |
| dips- | thirst |
| poly- | many, much, excessive |
| delus- | deceive |
| hallucin- | imagination |
| hom/i- | man |
| cid/e | to kill |
| psych/o- | mind |
| pyr/o- | fire |
| -mania | frenzy |
| schiz/o- | to split, cleave |
| -phren- | mind |
| somn- | sleep |
| agor/a- | marketplace |
| claustr/o- | confined space |
| mute | silent |
| noia- | to think |
| su/i- | self |
| klept/o- | to steal |
| narciss- | self love |
| comorbidity | presence of two or more diseases at the same time |
| homicide | to kill man |
| delusion | condition to deceive |
| hallucination | process of imagination |
| insanity | condition of not sound mind |
| psychiatry | treatment of mind |
| psychology | study of the mind |
| pyromania | frenzy with fire |
| schizophrenia | condition to split or cleave the mind |
| mania | frenzy |
| phobia | fear |
| insomina | inability to sleep |
| posttraumatic | occurring after by trauma |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| agoraphobia | fear of public places |
| claustrophobia | fear of confined spaces |
| mute | unable or unwilling to speak |
| suicide | to kill self |
| amensia | forgetfulness |
| kleptopmania | frenzy to steal |
| narcissism | a process of self-love |
| psychopath | disease of mind |
| comorbidity | presence of two or more diseases at the same time |
| endocrine | to secrete within |
| hormone | chemical messenger |
| parathyroid | beside the thyroid |
| pituitary | pertaining to the pituitary |
| adrenal | pertaining near the kidney |
| acromegaly | enlargement of the head, face, hands, and feet |
| dwarfism | condition of miniature |
| gigantism | condition of giant |
| hypopituitarism | deficient of pituitary hormones |
| panhypopituitiarism | deficient of all the pituitary hormones |
| hypercalcemia | excessive calcium in the blood |
| euthyroid | normal thyroid function |
| exophthalmos | protrusion of the eyeball |
| hyperthyroidism | condition of excessive thyroid hormones |
| hypothyroidism | condition of deficient thyroid hormones |
| diabetic | pertaining to diabetes |
| hypoglycemia | low blood sugar |
| hyperglycemia | high blood sugar |
| polydipsia | excessive thirst |
| polyphagia | excessive eating |
| polyuria | excessive production of urine |
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Mrs.Debo
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