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CH 14 Word Building
Endocrine System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adren/o/megaly | enlargement of adrenal glands |
| adrenal/ectomy | excision of adrenal glands |
| hyper/calc/emia | excessive calcium in the blood |
| endo/crin/ology | study of endocrine glands |
| gluc/o/genesis | forming or producing sugar |
| hypo/glyc/emia | under or below sugar blood condition |
| glycos/uria | glucose in the urine |
| home/o/stasis | same standing still |
| kal/emia | potassium blood condition |
| pancreat/o/tomy | incision of the pancreas |
| parathyroid/ectomy | incision of the parathyroid |
| thym/oma | tumor of the thymus gland |
| thyr/o/megaly | enlargement of the thyroid gland |
| hyper/thyroid/ism | condition of excessive thyroid gland |
| toxic/o/logist | specialist in the study of poisons |
| endo/crine | to secrete within |
| poly/dipsia | means excessive thirst |
| andr/o/gen | forming or producing male |
| thyr/o/toxic | poison thyroid gland |
| glycos/uria | sugar in the urine |
| eu/thyr/oid | resembling a good thyroid gland |
| exo/crine | secrete outward |
| hyper/glyc/emia | excessive sugar blood condition |
| hypo/insulin/ism | condition of under or below insulin |