Part 2 Flashcards
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Antagon/o
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Oppose; work against
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Antagonism
A
Process of working against
3
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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
A
All
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Hypo
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Below; deficient
7
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Ism
A
Disease from a specific cause; PROCESS
8
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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
10
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-rrhea
A
Discharge; flow
11
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Galctorrhea
A
Discharge of milk
12
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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.
14
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Acr/o
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Extremity; highest point
15
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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
A
Many; much
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Ur/o
A
Urine; urinary system
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-ia
A
Condition of too much urine
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Polyuria
A
Condition of too much urine
20
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Dips/o
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Thirst
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-ia
A
Condition; state; thing
22
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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
Childbirth; labor
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-um
Period of time; structure
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Postpartum
Period of time after childbirth
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Hyper-
Above; more than normal
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Hyper/ thyroid/ ism
Disease of a specific cause of an excessive amount of thyroid hormones
30
Exophthalmos
Condition of eyes bulging out
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Thyromegaly
Enlargement of the thyroid gland
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Hyper
Above than more than normal
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Para
Abnormal; apart from; beside; two parts of a pair
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Hyper/para/thyroid/ism
Process of excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone
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Calc/o
Calcium
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-emia
Condition of the blood; substance of the blood
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HYPER/CALC/EMIA
Condition of more than normal calcium in the blood
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HYPER/GLYC/EMIA
Condition of more than normal sugar in the blood.
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Glycosuria
Condition of sugar in the urine
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Phag/o
Eating; swallowing
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Polyphagia
Condition of eating too much
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Neur/o
Nerve
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-pathy
Disease
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Puber/o
Growing up
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-ty
Quality; state
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Puberty
State of growing up
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Gynec/o
Female; woman
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Mast/o
Breast; mastoid process
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Gynec/o/mast/ia
Condition of female like breasts in the male
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Adrenalectomy
Surgical removal of the adrenal gland
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Bi/o
Life; living organism; living tissue
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-opsy
Process of viewing
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Biopsy
Process of viewing living tissue
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Log/o
Study of; word
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-ist
Person who specializes in; thing that specializes in
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Endo/crin/o/log/ist
One who specializes in in the study of (glands) that secrete within (the blood vessels)
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Somat/o
Body
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Stat/o
Standing still; staying in one place
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Somatostatin
A substance that makes the body stand still (without growth)
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Physis
State of growing
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Hypophysis
I’m state of a growth below
