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Ch. 12 Endocrine System Flashcards

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glandul/o

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glandule, gland

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aden/o

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gland

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crin/o

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to secrete

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-crine

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to secrete

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apic/o

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tip, summit, end

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hol/o

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whole, entire

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mer/o

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partial, part

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pine/o

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pineal gland, pine cone

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pineal/o

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pineal gland, pine cone

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland

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thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid gland

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pitui/o

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pituitary gland, hypophysis (‘outgrowth’)

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pituitar/o

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pituitary gland, hypophysis

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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hypophys/o

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hypophysis, pituitary gland

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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ovari/o

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ovary

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oophor/o

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ovary

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test/o

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testicle, testis, witness

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testicul/o

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testicle, testis, witness

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orch/o

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testicle; orchid (the flower)

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orchid/o

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testicle; orchid (the flower)

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gonad/o

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testicle or ovary

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adren/o

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adrenal gland, suprarenal gland

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supraren/o

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suprarenal gland, adrenal gland

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cortic/o

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cortex, outer surface, bark

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medull/o

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medulla, marrow

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hormon/o

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hormone

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-in

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hormone or chemical substance

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-ine

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hormone or chemical substance

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trop/o

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hormone that stimulates something: a turn, turning, change

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troph/o

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growth, nourishment

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ag/o

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hormones that promotes something: leading forth, duct

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agog/o

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hormones that promotes something: leading forth, duct

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-agogue

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hormones that promotes something: leading forth, duct

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gest/o

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hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear

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-gest

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hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear

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ger/o

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hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear

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-ger

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hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear

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poiet/o

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hormone that stimulates the production/making of something (-poietin); to make or produce

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-poiesis

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hormone that stimulates the production/making of something (-poietin); to make or produce

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stat/o

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hormone that inhibits/stops something (-statin); to stand or stop

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gen/o

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hormone that produces something, become, produced, born

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-gen

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hormone that produces something, become, produced, born

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kin/o

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hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action

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cin/o

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hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action

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-kinesis

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hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action

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-cinesis

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hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action

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gynec/o

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female, woman, pistil of a flower

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gyn/o

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female, woman, pistil of a flower

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andr/o

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male, man, stamen of a flower

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liber/o

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a hormone or chemical that releases another hormone (-liberin), to free

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estr/o

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estrogen, estrus cycle (breeding period), sexual desire

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insul/o

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insulin (hormone produced in pancreas that regulates amount of glucose in blood), island

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gluc/o

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sugar, glucose

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glyc/o

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sugar, glucose

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lact/o

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milk, lactose

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ton/o

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a hormone that produces a healthy strength or tension (-tonin) of something; tension, stretching, tone (esp. in muscles)

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toc/o

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labor, parturition

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tok/o

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labor, parturition

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gigant/o

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giant, large

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meg/o

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large

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megal/o

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large

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-megaly

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large

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nan/o

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dwarf, very small, one billionth

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nann/o

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dwarf, very small, one billionth

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cretin/o

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cretinism

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mel/o

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limb

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melit/o

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honey, sugar, bees

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mel/o (1st def.)

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honey, sugar, bees

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ur/o

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urine

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-uria

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urine

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sial/o

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saliva

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orex/i

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appetite

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-orexia

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appetite

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phag/o

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to swallow, eat

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dips/o

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thirst

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hirsut/o

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hairy

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myx/o

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mucus

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priv/o

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deprived of

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-privia

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deprived of

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bubon/o

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a swollen gland

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glans

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‘acorn’ in Classical Latin

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glandula

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‘little acorn’ in Classical Latin

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merocrine

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partial secretion; A gland whose secretions include part of the secretion cell (ex. salivary gland)

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holocrine

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whole secretion (whole cell); A gland whose altered cells make up the product of its secretion (ex. sebaceous gland)

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apocrine

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tip or top of the cell becomes the secretion; A gland whose apical portion of the cell becomes a part of the secretion (ex. mammary glands)

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crinogenic

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creates secretion

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autocrine

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self-secreting

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heterocrine

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secreting something other than probably what they’re supposed to

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exocrine gland

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a gland that secretes its products outside the gland via a duct

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endocrine gland

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a gland that secretes its products into the blood vessels inside of the gland; hormones are associated with endocrine glands

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endocrinologist

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physician who specializes in hormones and the glands that produce them

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glycosialia

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sugar in the saliva

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hyperthyroidism

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excessive secretion of the thyroid gland

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hypothyroidism

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diminished secretion of the thyroid gland

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hyperorexia

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a marked increase in appetite

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hyporexia

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marked decrease in appetite

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polyuria

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frequent urination

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polydipsia

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excessive thirst

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hyperdipsia

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excessive thirst

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glucosuria

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presence of glucose in the urine

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glycosuria

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presence of glucose in the urine

105
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hyperglycemia

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excessive amount of glucose in the blood

106
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monomelic

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one limb

107
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nanomelic

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small limbs

108
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hyperkalemia

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abnormally increased potassium in the blood

109
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exophthalmos

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bulging eyes

110
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acromegaly

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enlarged limbs

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cretinism

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underactivity of the thyroid gland (hypothyroidism) in children that produces dwarfism and arrest mental development

112
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achondroplasia

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inhibits the growth plates in the long bones

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