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medical terminology

medical terms unit 7

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Aden/o- gland
Cortic/o- outer surface (cortex)
Gonad/o- gonads (ovaries in females, testes in males)
Pancreat/o pancreas
Pituitar/o, hypophsy/o pituitary gland
Hyper/pituitar/ism overactive pituitary gland function
Thym/o- thymus gland 
Thym/oma tumor of the thymus gland
thymectomy removal of the thymus gland
Thyr/o, thyroid/o thyroid 
Gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o- sugar
Glucos/uria sugar in the urine
hypoglycemia – condition of low sugar in the blood
Crin/o- secret 
-tropin- stimulating hormone
-emia- blood
-uria- urine
Poly/uria excessive urine production
a/meno/rrhea lack of menstruation
gyneco/mastia breast development in males
hyper/gonad/ism over secretion of the sex glands
Hypo/glyc/emic pertaining to low blood sugar
polydipsia excessive thirst (sign of high blood sugar as related to diabetes)
Poly/uria excessive urine production (sign of high blood sugar as related to diabetes)
calciuria calcium in the urine
Created by: Kritibaj
 

 



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