ch 11 wpa/ab Flashcards by Valerie Knox

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acr/o

A

extremities

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aden/o

A

gland

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adip/o

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fat

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adren/o; adrena/o

A

adrenal gland

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anter/o

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front

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calc/o

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calcium

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cortic/o

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cortex

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crin/o

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secrete

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gigant/i

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abnormally large

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gluc/o; glyc/o

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sugar; glucose

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gonad/o

A

sex glands

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gynec/o

A

female; woman

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home/o

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similar

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immun/o

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immune; protection

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insulin/o

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insulin

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kal/i

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potassium

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ket/o

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ketone

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lob/o

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lobe

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mast/o

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breast

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myx/o

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mucus

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natr/o

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sodium

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neur/o

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nerve

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opthalm/o

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eye

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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parathyroid/o

parathyroid gland

pituitar/o

pituitary gland

radi/o

x-ray

retin/o

retina

thym/o

thymus

thyr/o; thyroid/o

thyroid

tox/o; toxic/o

poison

anti-

against

pan-

everything; all

endo-

in; within

exo-

outward

para-

near; beside; alongside

poly-

many

post-

after

ultra-

beyond

-assay

to analyze

-carcinoma

cancerous tumor

-dipsia

thirst

-edema

swelling; fluid retention

-emia

blood condition

-megally

enlargement

-oid

like; resembling

-oma

tumor; mass

-phagia

eating; swallowing

-stasis

stoppage of flow

-tropin

hormone

-uria

urination; condition of urine

-y

process; state

ACTH

adrenocorticotropic hormone

ADH

antidiuretic hormone

CDE

certified diabetes educator

CRH

corticotropin releasing hormone

DI

diabetes insipidus

DM

diabetes mellitus

FBS

fasting blood sugar

FSH

follicle stimulating hormone

GH

growth hormone

GHIH

growth-hormone inhibiting hormone

GHRH

growth-hormone releasing hormone

GnRH

gonadotropin releasing hormone

GTT

glucose tolerance test

HCG

human chorionic gonadotropin

IDDM

insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

LATS

long-acting thyroid stimulator

LH

luteinizing hormone

mg/dl

milligrams per deciliter

MSH

melanocyte stimulating hormone

NIDDM

non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

PBI

protein-bound iodine

PTH

parathyroid hormone

RIA

radioimmunoassay

SIADH

syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion

T3

triiodothyronine

T3RU

triiodothyronine resin uptake

T4

thyroxine

TBG

thyroxine-building globulin

TFT

thyroid function test

TRH

thyrotropin releasing hormone

TSH

thyroid stimulating hormone

Tx, tx

treatment