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Red Mod Term
Red Mod Endocrine Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anti- | against |
| ad- | toward |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| eu- | good |
| pan- | all |
| hyper- | excessive |
| poly- | many, much |
| para- | near |
| hypo- | deficiency |
| -crine | secrete |
| -oma | tumor |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -physis | growth |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -tropic | stimulating, influencing |
| -tropia | turning |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -phagia | swallow, eat |
| -toxic | poison |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| acr/o | extremity |
| calc/o | calcium |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| ket/o | ketone bodies |
| lact/o | milk |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| somat/o | body |
| glycos/o | sugar, sweetness |
| adrenal/o | adrenalin gland |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| home/o | same, alike |
| lute/o | yellow |
| pituit/o | pituitary gland |
| ren/o | kidney |
| toxic/o | poison |
| andr/o | male |
| gonad/o | gonads, sex glands |
| glyc/o | sugar, sweetness |
| kal/o | potassium |
| medull/o | medula |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| thry/o | thyroid gland |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| crin/o | secrete |
| gynec/o | female |
| hypophys/o | pituitary body |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| thym/o | thymus gland |