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Question | Answer |
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acid/o | acid |
acr/o | extremities |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
anter/o | front |
calc/o | calcium |
cortic/o | cortex |
crin/o | secrete |
gigant/i | abnormally large |
gluc/o, glyc/o | sugar; glucose |
gonad/o | sex glands |
gynec/o | female; woman |
home/o | similar |
immun/o | immune; protection |
insulin/o | insulin |
kal/i | potassium |
ket/o | ketone |
lob/o | lobe |
mast/o | breast |
myx/o | mucus |
natr/o | sodium |
neur/o | nerve |
ophthalm/o | eye |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
radi/o | X-rays |
retin/o | retina |
thym/o | thymus |
thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
tox/i, toxic/o | poison |
anti- | against |
endo- | in; within |
exo- | outward |
hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
hypo- | below; below normal; deficient |
pan- | everything; all |
para- | near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal |
poly- | many; much |
post- | after; behind |
ultra- | beyond; excess |
-al, -ary, -ic | pertaining to |
-assay | to analyze |
-carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
-dipsia | thirst |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-edema | swelling; fluid retention |
-emia | blood condition |
-ia | condition |
-ism | process; condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | like; resembling |
-oma | tumor; mass |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-phagia | eating; swallowing |
-stasis | stoppage of flow |
-tropin | hormone |
-uria | urination; condition of urine |
-y | process; state |
ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone |
LH | luteinizing hormone |
ADH | antidiuretic hormone |
mg/dl | milligrams per deciliter |
CDE | certified diabetes educator |
MSH | melanocyte- stimulating hormone |
CRH | corticotropin- releasing hormone |
NIDDM | non-insulin- dependent diabetes mellitus |
DI | diabetes insipidus |
PBI | protein-bound iodine |
DM | diabetes mellitus |
PTH | parathyroid hormone |
FBS | fasting blood sugar |
RIA | radioimmunoassay |
FSH | follicle-stimulating hormone |
SIADH | syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion |
GH | growth hormone |
T3 | triiodothyronine |
GHIH | growth-hormone- inhibiting hormone |
T3 RU | triiodothyronine resin uptake |
GHRH | growth-hormone- releasing hormone |
T4 | thyroxine |
GnRH | gonadotropin- releasing hormone |
TBG | thyroxine-binding globulin |
GTT | glucose tolerance test |
TFT | thyroid function test |
HCG | human chorionic gonadotropin |
TRH | thyrotropin- releasing hormone |
IDDM | insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus |
TSH | thyroid- stimulating hormone |
LATS | long-acting thyroid stimulator |
Tx, tx | treatment |