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| adrenal/o | adrenal glands | adrenal/ectomy:excision of (one or both) adrenal glands
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| calc/o | calcium | hyper/calc/emia:excessive calcium in the blood
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| crin/o | secrete | endo/crin/o/logy (e˘n-do¯-kr˘ın-O˘ L-o¯-je¯): study of endocrine glands (and their functions)
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| gluc/o | sugar, sweetness | gluc/o/genesis: forming or producing glucose
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| glyc/o | sugar, sweetness | hypo/glyc/emia: abnormally low level of glucose in the blood
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| glycos/o | sugar, sweetness | glycos/uria: abnormal amount of glucose, in the urine
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| home/o | same, alike | home/o/stasis: state of equilibrium in the internal environment of the body
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| kal/i | potassium (an electrolyte) | kal/emia: potassium in the blood
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| pancreat/o | pancreas | pancreat/o/tomy: incision of the pancreas
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| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands | parathyroid/ectomy:excision of (one or more of the) parathyroid glands
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| thym/o | thymus gland | thym/oma: tumor of the thymus gland
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| thyr/o | thyroid gland | thyr/o/megaly: enlargement of the thyroid gland
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| thyroid/o | thyroid gland | hyper/thyroid/ism: condition of excessive thyroid gland
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| toxic/o | poison | toxic/o/logist: specialist in the study of poisons
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| adren/o | adrenal glands | adren/o/megaly:enlargement of adrenal glands
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