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1
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Antagon/o

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Oppose; work against

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Antagonism

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Process of working against

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Adenoma

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Mass or tumor on the gland

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Pan

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All

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Hypo

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Below; deficient

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Ism

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Disease from a specific cause; PROCESS

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Pan/hypo/pituitar/ism

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Process of having a deficiency of ALL the pituitary glands (hormones)

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Galact/o

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Milk

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-rrhea

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Discharge; flow

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Galctorrhea

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Discharge of milk

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Gigant/o

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Giant

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Gigantism

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Process of an excess amount of GH released BEFORE puberty.

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14
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Acr/o

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Extremity; highest point

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Acromegaly

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Enlargement of the extremities (excess amount of GH released after puberty)

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Poly

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Many; much

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Ur/o

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Urine; urinary system

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-ia

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Condition of too much urine

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Polyuria

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Condition of too much urine

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Dips/o

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Thirst

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-ia

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Condition; state; thing

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Polydipsia

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Condition of too much thirst

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Uterine

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Pertaining to the uterus

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Post

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After;behind

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Part/o

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Childbirth; labor

26
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-um

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Period of time; structure

27
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Postpartum

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Period of time after childbirth

28
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Hyper-

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Above; more than normal

29
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Hyper/ thyroid/ ism

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Disease of a specific cause of an excessive amount of thyroid hormones

30
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Exophthalmos

A

Condition of eyes bulging out

31
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Thyromegaly

A

Enlargement of the thyroid gland

32
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Hyper

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Above than more than normal

33
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Para

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Abnormal; apart from; beside; two parts of a pair

34
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Hyper/para/thyroid/ism

A

Process of excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone

35
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Calc/o

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Calcium

36
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-emia

A

Condition of the blood; substance of the blood

37
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HYPER/CALC/EMIA

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Condition of more than normal calcium in the blood

38
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HYPER/GLYC/EMIA

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Condition of more than normal sugar in the blood.

39
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Glycosuria

A

Condition of sugar in the urine

40
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Phag/o

A

Eating; swallowing

41
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Polyphagia

A

Condition of eating too much

42
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Neur/o

A

Nerve

43
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-pathy

A

Disease

44
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Puber/o

A

Growing up

45
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-ty

A

Quality; state

46
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Puberty

A

State of growing up

47
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Gynec/o

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Female; woman

48
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Mast/o

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Breast; mastoid process

49
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Gynec/o/mast/ia

A

Condition of female like breasts in the male

50
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Adrenalectomy

A

Surgical removal of the adrenal gland

51
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Bi/o

A

Life; living organism; living tissue

52
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-opsy

A

Process of viewing

53
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Biopsy

A

Process of viewing living tissue

54
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Log/o

A

Study of; word

55
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-ist

A

Person who specializes in; thing that specializes in

56
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Endo/crin/o/log/ist

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One who specializes in in the study of (glands) that secrete within (the blood vessels)

57
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Somat/o

A

Body

58
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Stat/o

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Standing still; staying in one place

59
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Somatostatin

A

A substance that makes the body stand still (without growth)

60
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Physis

A

State of growing

61
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Hypophysis

A

I’m state of a growth below

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