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Endocrine System
prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| oxy | rapid, sharp, acid |
| hypo | below, under, deficient |
| tetr | four |
| tri | three |
| acr/o | extremities, height |
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| calc/o | calcium |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer layer of a body organ |
| dips/o | thirst |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| endocrin/o | endocrine |
| home/o | sameness |
| kal/i | potassium |
| myx/o | mucus |
| natr/o | sodium |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| phys/o | growing |
| pituitary/o | pituitary gland |
| somat/o | body |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| drome | run, running together |