Endocrine: Word roots, prefixes and suffixes Flashcards
1
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adreno/o
adrenal/o
A
adrenal glands
2
Q
calc/o
A
calcium
3
Q
crin/o
A
secrete
4
Q
gluc/o
glyc/o
glycos/o
A
sugar, sweetness
5
Q
home/o
A
same, alike
6
Q
kal/i
A
potassium
(an electrolyte)
7
Q
pancreat/o
A
pancreas
8
Q
parathyroid/o
A
parathyroid glands
9
Q
thym/o
A
thymus gland
10
Q
thyr/o
thyroid/o
A
thyroid gland
11
Q
toxic/o
A
poison
12
Q
-crine
A
secrete
13
Q
-dipsia
A
thirst
14
Q
-gen
A
forming, producing, origin
15
Q
-toxic
A
pertaining to poison
16
Q
-uria
A
urine
17
Q
eu-
A
good
18
Q
exo-
A
outside
19
Q
poly-
A
many
20
Q
di-
A
double
21
Q
ur
A
urine
22
Q
-esis
A
condition
23
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
24
Q
hyper-
A
excessive, above normal
25
Q
-emia
A
blood
26
Q
calc
A
calcium
27
Q
kal
A
potassium (an electrolyte)
28
Q
vol
A
volume
29
Q
matr
A
sodium (an electrolyte)
30
Q
insulin
A
insulin
31
Q
-oma
A
tumor
32
Q
pan
A
all
33
Q
hyp/o
A
under, below, deficient
34
Q
pituitar
A
pituitary gland
35
Q
-ism
A
condition
36
Q
-oid
A
resembling
37
Q
ex-
A
out, out from
38
Q
ophthalm/o
A
eye
39
Q
-metry
A
act of measuring
40
Q
para-
A
near, beside, beyond
41
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, removal
