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Medical Terminolgy
Part 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| crin/o | secrete |
| dipsia | thrist |
| gen | forming |
| eu | good |
| acromegaly | enlargment of face |
| diuresis | increased secretion of urine |
| Glysocuria | Glucose in the urine |
| Graves Disease | enlarged throid gland |
| hirsutism | excessive body hair |
| Insulinoma | tumor of the islets of Langerhans |
| Pheochromocytoma | small chromaffin cell tumor |
| Virile | masculine characteristics of a man |
| Virilism | development of male characteristics in women |
| exophthalmometry | measures the degree of forward displacemnt of the eyeball, seen in Graves Disease |
| Protein Bound Iodine | thyroxine in a blood sample |
| Microneurosurgery of the Pituritary Gland | Microdissection of a tumor using binocular surgical microscope for magnification |
| Antiduretics | control extretion of urine |
| antithryiods | treat hypertension |
| Corticosteriods | replace hormone loss |
| Growth Hormone Replacements | increase sketal growth in teh children |
| Insulin | Lower glood glucose |
| NPH | Nuetral Protamine Hagedorn |
| PRL | Prolactin |
| RAI | radioactive Iodine |