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Chapter 18 med term
basic terminology for chapt 18
| Questio | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Adenectomy | Removal of a gland |
| Adren/o Adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| Adrenopathy | Disease of the Adrenal gland |
| Adrenalectomy | Removal of an adrenal gland |
| Gonad/o | sex glands (ovaries and testes) |
| Gonadotropin | to act on (stimulate) the sex glands |
| Hypogonadism | condition of deficient sex glands |
| Pancreat/o | pancreas |
| Pancreatectomy | removal of the pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| Parathyroidectomy | removal of the parathyroid gland |
| Hypopituitarism | condition of deficient pituitary glands |
| thyr/o thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| thyrotropic hormone | pertaining to stimulating the thyroid gland |
| thyroiditis | inflammation of the thyroid gland |
| Andr/o | male |
| Androgen | a substance that males produce |
| calc/o calci/o | calcium |
| hypercalcemia | excessive calcium in the blood |
| hypocalcemia | deficient calcium in the blood |
| hypercalciuria | excessive calcium in the urine |
| Cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| corticosteroid | resembling the outer solid structure |
| crin/o | secrete |
| endocrinologist | specialist of the endocrine (secrete within) system |
| dips/o | thirst |
| polydipsia | much thirst |
| estr/o | female |
| estrogenic | pertaining to a substance that a female produces |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glucagon | assemble sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hyperglycemia | condition of excesive sugar in the blood |
| glycemic | pertaining to sugar in the blood |
| glycogen | substance that produces sugar |
| home/o | sameness |
| homeostasis | to control sameness |
| hormone/o | hormone |
| hormonal | pertaining to hormone |
| kal/i | potassium |
| hypokalemia | deficient potassium in the blood |
| lact/o | milk |
| prolactin | a substance before milk |
| myx/o | mucus |
| myxedema | mucus like material accumulates under the skin, swelling of mucus |
| Natr/o | sodium |
| hyponatremia | deficient sodium in the blood |
| phys/o | growing |
| hypophysectomy | removal of a defiant growing |
| somat/o | body |
| somatotropin | to act on the body |
| ster/o | solid structure |
| steroid | resembling a solid structure |
| toc/o | childbirth |
| oxytocin | rapid childbirth |
| toxic/o | poison |
| thryrotoxicosis | pertaining to poison of the thyroid gland |
| ur/o | urine |
| antidiuretic hormone | pertaining to against urine |
| agon | assemble, gather together |
| glucagon | assemble sugar |
| emia | blood condition |
| in, ine | a substance |
| epinephrine | a substance above the kidney |
| tropin | stimulating the function of |
| Adrenocorticotropin | stimulating the outer region of the adrenal gland |
| uria | urine condition |
| glycosuria | sugar in the urine |
| eu | good, normal |
| euthyroid | normal thyroid |
| hyper | excessive |
| hyperkalemia | excessive potassium in the blood |
| hypo | deficient |
| hypoinsulinism | deficient secretion of insulin |
| oxy | rapid, sharp, acid |
| oxytocin | rapid childbirth |
| pan | all |
| panhypopituitarism | condition of deficiency in all the pituitary glands |
| tetra | four |
| tetraiodothyronine | a substance of 4 iodine and thyroid |
| tri | three |
| triiodthyronine | a substance of 3 iodine and thyroid |
| iod/o | iodine |
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