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endorcine
endorcrine
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -arche | beginning |
| eu- | normal |
| -poesis | formation |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -uria | urine |
| -mastia, -thelo, -mammo | breast |
| -dipsia | drink |
| retro- | backwards |
| -lith | stone |
| pan- | all |
| infarction | death |
| Hirsutism | excessive body hair |
| Exophthalmos | bulging of the eye ball |
| goiter | thyrocele |
| Adrenocorticalhyperplasia | excessive development of the adrenal cortex |
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| cortex | outer layer of gland |
| gonad/o | gonads |
| gonad | sex organs (ovaries, testes) |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pituitar/o, hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| thym/o | thymus |
| thryr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o | glucose |
| crin/o | secretion |
| hormon/o | hormones |
| ket/o | ketones |
| men/o | menstruation |
| gynec/o | female |
| acr/o | extrimities |
| galact/o | galactose (type of milk) |
| chlor/o | chlorine |
| calce | calcium |
| kale | potassium |
| natre | sodium |
| phosphat/o | phosphate |