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Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| cortic/o | outer surface |
| gonad/o | gonads |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pituitar/o, hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| thym/o | thymus |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid |
| gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o | sugar |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| ket/o | ketone body |
| -tropin | stimulating hormone |
| -uria | urine condition |
| adrenal virilism | adrenal man/condition |
| -arche | beginning |
| hirsutism | excessive growth of facial and body hair in women |
| men/o | menstrual |
| gynec/o | women |
| mast/o, thei/o | breast |
| dips/o | thirst |
| phag/o | eating |
| acro | extremities |
| galact/o | milk |
| pituitary dwarfism/gigantism | abnormal height caused by over/under secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland |
| goiter | swollen thyroid gland |
| kal- | potassium |
| natr- | sodium |
| ur- | urine |
| -ine | chemical |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| -agon | lead |
| insul | island |
| meta- | over |
| bol | throw |
| chol- | bile |
| drome | running |
| con | with |
| genit | birth |
| diabet | diabetes |
| farc | stuff |
| -ion | process |
| laparo | abdomen |
| ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| BS | blood sugar |
| CGM | continuous glucose monitor |
| DI | diabetes insipidus |
| DM | diabetes mellitus |
| ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
| FBS | fasting blood sugar |
| GDM | gestational diabetes mellitus |
| GH | growth hormone |
| GTT | glucose tolerance test |
| HbA1C | hemoglobin A1C test (used by diabetic patients to test blood sugar) |
| HRT | hormone replacement therapy |
| TFT | thyroid function test |
| TSH | thyroid-stimulating hormone (thyrotropin) |
| T3 | triiodothyronine |
| T4 | thyroxine |