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Unit 3
Chapters 7-9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aden/o | gland |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| TSH | Thyroid Stimulating Hormone |
| NIDDM | non insulin dependent |
| BS | Blood sugar |
| GH | growth hormone |
| FBS | fasting blood sugar |
| splen/o | spleen |
| Leukocytes | white blood cells (fight infections) |
| Hematology hemat/ology | Hemat (meaning blood) ology (the study of) |
| Myelodysplasia myelo/dys/plasia | Myelo (bone marrow) dys (bad) plasia (formation) |
| Hem/o, hemat/o | Blood |
| Thrombocytes | platelets/clots |
| Immunoglobulin | Immun/o (immune, protection) globulin (protein) |
| hypogonadism | Hypo (under) gonad (gonad) ism (condition) |
| Uremia | Ur (urine) emia (blood condition) = presence of urinary |
| adenomegaly | abnormal enlargement of gland |
| sept/o | septum |
| ventricul/o | ventricles |
| coron/o | heart |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| hypertension- hyper/rension | hyper (high or over) tension (pressure) |
| CPR | cardiopulmonary resusatation |
| aneurysm | a weakened blood vessel area that bulges |