ENDOCRINE terms Flashcards
1
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aden/o
A
gland
2
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adrenal/o
A
adrenal gland
3
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gonad/o
A
sex glands (ovaries and testes)
4
Q
pancreat/o
A
pancreas
5
Q
parathyroid/o
A
parathyroid gland
6
Q
pituitar/o
A
pituitary gland; hypophysis
7
Q
thyr/o, thyroid/o
A
thyroid gland
8
Q
andr/o
A
male
9
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calc/o, calci/o
A
calcium
10
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cortic/o
A
cortex, outer region
11
Q
crin/o
A
secrete
12
Q
dips/o
A
thirst
13
Q
estr/o
A
female
14
Q
gluc/o
A
sugar
15
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glyc/o
A
sugar
16
Q
home/o
A
sameness
17
Q
hormon/o
A
hormone
18
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kal/i
A
potassium
19
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lact/o
A
milk
20
Q
myx/o
A
mucus
21
Q
natr/o
A
sodium
22
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phys/o
A
growing
23
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somat/o
A
body
24
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ster/o
A
solid structure
25
toc/o
childbirth
26
toxic/o
poison
27
ur/o
urine
28
-agon
assemble, gather together
29
-emia
blood condition
30
-in, -ine
substance
31
-tropin
stimulating the function of (to turn or act on)
32
-uria
urine condition
33
eu-
good, normal
34
hyper-
excessive, above
35
hypo-
deficient, below
36
oxy-
rapid, sharp, acid
37
pan-
all
38
poly-
many or increased
39
tetra-
four
40
tri-
three
