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| adren/o adren/o/megaly -megaly: enlargement adrenal/o adrenal/ectomy -ectomy: incision / removal | adrenal glands
enlargement of an adrenal glands -megaly (enlargement)
excision of (one or both) adrenal glands -ectomy (excision, removal)
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| calc/o hyper/calc/emia hyper- excessive, above normal -emia blood condition | calcium
excessive calcium in the blood
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| crin/o endo/crin/o/logy endo- in, within -logy study of | secrete
study of endocrine glands (and their functions)
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| gluc/o gluc/o/genesis -genesis forming, producing, orgin glyc/o hypo/glyc/emia | sugar, weakness
forming or producing glucose
abnormally low level of glucose in the blood
abnormal amount of glucose in the urine
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| home/o home/o/stasis -stasis: standing still | same, alike
state of equilibrium in the internal environment of the body
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| kal/I kal/emia -emia: blood condition | potassium (an electrolyte)
potassium in the blood
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| pancreat/o pancreat/o/tomy -tomy: incision | pancreas
incision in the pancreas
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| thym/o thym/oma -oma: condition | thymus gland
tumor in the thymus gland
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| thyr/o thyr/o/megaly -megaly: enlargement thyroid/o hyper/throid/ism | thyroid gland
enlargement of the thyroid gland
condition of excessive thyroid gland (function)
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| toxic/o toxic/o/logist -logist: specialist in the study of | poison
specialist in the study of poisons
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