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Med Term 7 Flashcards

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auto-

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self

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con-

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together, with

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dys-

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bad

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endo-

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inside

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epi-

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on top of

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eu-

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good, well

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ex-

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out, off, from, beyond

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exo-

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out, outside, without

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hyper-

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too much

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hypo-

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too little

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in-

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in, into

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pan-

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all; everything or everyone

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para-

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beside, near

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per-

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through; by means of

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poly-

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many;much

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pro-

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in front of; in favor

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pseudo-

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false, lying

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retro-

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backwards; behind

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syn-

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with, together

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acid

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acid; presence of hydrogen ions

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acro

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high

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adeno
adreno

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gland, adrenal gland

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agon

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driver of action

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ald[ehyde]

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checmical group

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alkali

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alkali; absence of hydrogen ions

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angio

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vessel

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arche

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beginning

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bol

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throw (anabolism, catabolism, metabolism)

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calci

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calcium

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carcin

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cancer

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catechol

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chemical group

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chor

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chlorine

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chole

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bile

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cortic
coritco

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adrenal cortex (outside of adrenal gland)

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crine/o

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secretion

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cyst

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fluid-filled space

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diabet

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polydipsia and polyuria, greek “go through”

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dips

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drinking

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drome

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to run

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farc

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packed; latin “to stuff”

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fus

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pouring into

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galacto

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milk

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genit

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reproduction; birth

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glucos
glyco

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sugar

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glycogen

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sugar colecules assembled into larger structure

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gonado

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sex organs

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grade

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movement (time or space)

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gyneco

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female

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hemo

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blood

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hirsute

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hairy

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hormono

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hormone

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hypophysis

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pituitary gland

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insulin

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island; hormone insulin, which is made in pancreatic islets

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kalium

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keton

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chemical group

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lact

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laparo

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flank, loin

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lipid/o

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lith

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mast

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men

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mineralo

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pertaining to sodium or potassium

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natr

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neo

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nephr

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neuro

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ophthalmos

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ox

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pancreato

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parathyroid

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parathyroid gland

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permiss

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allowing to pass through

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phag

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phosphat

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phosphorus-containing chemical group

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pituitar

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pituitary gland

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receptor

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a protein on the surface of the cell that turns a chemical on the outside to a signal on the inside of the cell

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scop

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device for looking inside

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somato

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status

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sterol

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chemical group

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suficiens

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Latin “adequate”

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thel

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nipple; breast

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thym

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thymus gland

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thyroid

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thyroid gland

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tox

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trop

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turning towards

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troph

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nourishing

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ur

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viril

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maleness; machismo

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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-amine

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chemical group

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-bulum

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suffix forming the name of an instrument

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-cele

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-ectomy

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cutting out of

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-em

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present in blood (shortening of heme)

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-emia

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present in blood, indicating disease

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-genesis

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the process of creating

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-genic

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giving rise to

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-graphy

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test or procedure

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-ia

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-iasis

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presence of an abnormality

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-in

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chemcial name ending for a protein

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-ine

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chemical name ending

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-ion

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word ending that turns a verb into a noun

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-is

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anatomical structure

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-ism

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belief; process word ending

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-lith

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-logist

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one who studies

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-lysis

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breaking down; destroying

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-megaly

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enlargement dur to disease

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-oid

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looks like; resembles

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-oma

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-osis

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-pathy

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disease process

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-penia

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low levels of

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-plasia

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the process of molding or growing

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-poiesis

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creation process

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-ptosis

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-rrhea

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abnormal flow

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-sive

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capable of

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-sterone

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chemical name ending

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-tion

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word ending that turns a verb into a noun

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-tomy

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-toxin

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poisonous to

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-tropic

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influencing the activity of a gland

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-tropin

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chemical which influences the activity of gland

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