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week 5
chapter 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| estr/o | female |
| aden/o | glands |
| endocrin/o | endocrine system |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| glu/o | sugar |
| galact/o | milk |
| gonad/o | gonads ( ovaries/ testes) |
| myx/o | mucus |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| lute/o | yellow ( hormone - producing tissue ) |
| balan/o | glucose regulation |
| melan/o | black ( used in melatonin context ) |
| morph/o | form/shape ( used in metabolic disorders) |
| natri/o | sodium |
| prostat/o | prostate gland ( endocrine/ urogenital hormone activity) |
| dipso/o | extreme thirst |
| pharmac/o | drugs/hormone-like substances |
| steroid/o | steroid hormones |
| thyrox/o | thyroxine ( t4 hormone ) |
| myx/o | mucus |
| -ism | condition of state |
| -tropin | stimulating effect of a hormone |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| triiod/o | iodine, used in trioodothyronine (t3) |
| chem/o | chemicals ( chemical messengers = hormones ) |
| bar/o | pressure (blood pressure controlled by thyroid hormones) |
| chron/o | time |