Terminology
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adren/o | adrenal glands
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home/o | same, alike
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adrenal/o | adrenal glands
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insulin/o | insulin
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andr/o | male
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kal/i | potassium
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calc/o | calcium
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pancreat/o | pancreas
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crin/o | secrete
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parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands
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chrom/o | colour
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phe/o | dusky, dark
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cyt/o | cell
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pituitar/o | pituitary gland
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dips/o | thirst
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thorac/o | chest
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glyc/o | sugar, sweetness
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thym/o | thymus gland
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glycos/o | sugar, sweetness
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thyr/o | thyroid gland
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gluc/o | sugar, sweetness
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thyroid/o | thyroid gland
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glucos/o | sugar, sweetness
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toxic/o | poison
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-crine | secrete
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-logist | specialist in the study of
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-dipsia | thirst
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-logy | study of
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-ectomy | excision, removal
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-megaly | enlargement
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-emia | blood condition
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-oid | resembling
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-gen | forming, producing, origin
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-oma | tumour
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-genesis | forming, producing, origin
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-stasis | standing still
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-gram | record, writing
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-tomy | incision
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-graph | instrument for recording
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-toxic | poison
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-graphy | process of recording
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-tropin | stimulate
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-ism | condition
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-uria | urine
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endo- | in, within
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hyper- | excessive, above normal
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eu- | good, normal
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hypo- | under, below, deficient
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exo- | outside, outward
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poly- | many, much
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ABG | arterial blood gases
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ADH | antidiuretic hormone
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BE | barium enema
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BUN | blood urea nitrogen
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C&S | culture and sensitivity
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C&T | crossmatch and type
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CBC | complete blood count
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CK | creatine kinase
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CT | computed tomography
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CXR | chest x-ray
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DM | diabetes mellitus
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ECG | electrocardiogram/graph
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ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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FSH | follicle-stimulating hormone
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GH | growth hormone
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GTT | glucose tolerance test
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Hb | hemoglobin
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HbA1c | glycocylated hemoglobin
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Hct | hematocrit
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HDL | high-density lipoprotein
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HIV | human immunodeficiency virus
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IDDM | insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
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INR | international normalized ratio
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IVP | intravenous pyelogram
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K | potassium
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KUB | (x-ray of the) kidney, ureter and bladder
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LDH | lactic dehydrogenase
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LDL | low-density lipoprotein
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MCHC | mean corpuscular (cell ) hemoglobin concentration
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Mg | magnesium
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MRI | magnetic resonance imaging
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Na | sodium
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NIDDM | non-insulin-dependent diabetes
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OB | occult blood
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PFT | pulmonary function test
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PGH | pituitary growth hormone
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PRL | prolactin
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PSA | prostate-specific antigen
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PT | prothrombin time
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PTT/aPTT/APTT | partial thromboplastin time
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RAIU | radioactive iodine uptake
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RBC | red blood cell
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T&S | type and screen
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T3 | triiodothyronine
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T4 | thyroxine
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TFT | thyroid function test
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UA | urinalysis
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UGI | upper gastrointestinal series
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US | ultrasound
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WBC | white blood cell
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