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Week 1 words
AP
Question | Answer |
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acromegaly | excessive growth hormone after puberty |
adrenopathy | any disease of the adrenal gland |
cretinism | lack of hormones causing retardation in physicial and mental growth |
dwarfism | lack of growth hormone |
gigantism | excessive growth hormone before puberty |
diabetes | condition causing defects in the secretion of insulin |
IDDM | insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
NIDDM | non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
hyperthyroidism | excessive secretion of hormones from the thyroid gland |
hypothyroidism | insufficient secretion of hormones from the thyroid gland |
hyperglycemia | elevated blood sugar level |
hypoglycemia | low blood sugar level |
thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
hyper- | increased, excessive |
hypo- | decreased, insufficient |
-pathy | diease |
-megaly | large |
-ism | condition |
-emia | blood |
glyc/o | sugar, glucose |