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Endocrine
Endocrine medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| calc/o | calcium |
| crin/o | secrete |
| gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar, sweetness |
| home/o | same, alike |
| kal/i | potassium |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| toxic/o | poison |
| -crine | secrete |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -toxic | pertaining to poison |
| -uria | urine |
| eu- | good, normal |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| hyper- | excessive, normal |
| hypo- | under, below |
| poly | many, much |