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| aden/o | gland
adenectomy
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| adrenal/o | adrenal gland
adrenalectomy
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| gonad/o | sex glands (ovaries and testes)
Here, tropin means to act on. Gonadotropins act on (stimulate) gonads. Examples of gonadotropins are FSH, secreted by the pituitary gland.
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| pancreat/o | pancreas
pancreatectomy
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| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland
parathyroidectomy
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| pituitar/o | pituitary gland; hypophysis
hypopituitarism
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| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland
thyrotropic hormone
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is a thyrotropic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.
Thyroiditis- May result from bacterial or viral infection, or and autoimmune reaction.
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| andr/o | male
androgen: Androgens are produced by the tests in males and by the adrenal cortex in males and females.
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| calc/o, calci/o | calcium
hypercalcemia
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| cortic/o | cortex, outer region
corticosteroid
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| crin/o | secrete
endocrinologist
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| dips/o | thirst
polydipsia: Poly- means many or increased. Uncontrolled diabetes (mellitus or insipidus) causes increased thirst.
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| estr/o | female
estrogenic
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| gluc/o | sugar
glucagon-In this term, -agon means to assemble or gather together. Glucagon raises blood sugar by stimulating its release from glycogen into the bloodstream.
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| glyc/o | sugar
hyperglycemia
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| home/o | sameness
homeostasis
The suffix -stasis means to control
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| hormon/o | hormone
hormonal
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| kal/i | potassium
hypokalemia-This condition can occur in dehydration and with excessive vomiting and diarrhea. The heart is particularly sensitive to potassium loss.
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| lact/o | milk
prolactin
The suffix -in means a substance.
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| myx/o | mucus
myxedema-Mucus-like material accumulates under the skin
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| natr/o | sodium
hyponatremia_Occurs with hyposecretion of the adrenal cortex as salts and water leave the body.
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| phys/o | growing
hypophysectomy
The hypophysis is the pituitary gland, which is so named because it grows from the undersurface (hypo-) of the brain.
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| somat/o | body
somatotropin
Growth hormone.
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| ster/o | solid structure
steroid: This complex, solid, ring-shaped molecule resembles a sterol (such as cholesterol); many hormones (androgens, estrogens, glucocorticoids. and mineralocorticoids) are steroids.
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| toc/o | childbirth
oxytocin: Oxy- means rapid
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| toxic/o | poison
thyrotoxicosis: Condition caused by excessive thyroid gland activity and over secretion of thyroid hormone. Signs and symptoms are sweating, weight loss, tachycardia, and nervousness.
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| ur/o | urine
antidiuretic hormone: Posterior pituitary hormone that affects the kidneys and reduces water.
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