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ALLH 101
Chapter 14 - Endocrinology
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Undergraduate 1
04/11/2017
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acid/o-
 Definition
acid (low pH)
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acr/o-
 Definition
extremity; highest point
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act/o-
 Definition
action
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aden/o-
 Definition
gland
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adrenal/o-
 Definition
adrenal gland
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adren/o-
 Definition
adrenal gland
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affect/o-
 Definition
state of mind; mood; to have an influence on
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ag/o-
 Definition
to lead on
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andr/o-
 Definition
male
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antagon/o-
 Definition
oppose or work against
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anter/o-
 Definition
before; front part
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bi/o-
 Definition
life; living organisms; living tissue
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calc/i-
calc/o-
 Definition
calcium
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carcin/o-
 Definition
cancer
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chrom/o-
 Definition
color
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congenit/o-
 Definition
present at birth
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cortic/o-
 Definition
cortex (outer region)
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crin/o-
 Definition
secrete
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cyt/o-
 Definition
cell
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dem/o-
 Definition
people; population
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dextr/o-
 Definition
right; sugar
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diabet/o-
 Definition
diabetes
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dips/o-
 Definition
thirst
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erg/o-
 Definition
activity; work
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estr/a-
estr/o-
 Definition
female
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fertil/o-
 Definition
ability to conceive a child
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galact/o-
 Definition
milk
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genit/o-
 Definition
genitalia
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gestat/o-
 Definition
from conception to birth
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gigant/o-
 Definition
giant
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glandul/o-
 Definition
gland
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globul/o-
 Definition
shaped like a globe
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gluc/o-
 Definition
glucose (sugar)
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glyc/o-
 Definition
glucose (sugar)
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glycos/o-
 Definition
glucose (sugar)
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gonad/o-
 Definition
gonads (ovaries and testes)
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gynec/o-
 Definition
female; woman
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hirsut/o-
 Definition
hairy
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home/o-
 Definition
same
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hormon/o-
 Definition
hormone
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hypophys/o-
 Definition
pituitary gland
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inhibit/o-
 Definition
block; hold back
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insulin/o-
 Definition
insulin
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insul/o-
 Definition
island
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iod/o-
 Definition
iodine
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ket/o-
 Definition
ketones
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lact/o-
 Definition
milk
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lob/o-
 Definition
lobe of an organ
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log/o-
 Definition
word; the study of
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mast/o-
 Definition
breast; mastoid process
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melan/o-
 Definition
black
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men/o-
 Definition
month
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mineral/o-
 Definition
mineral; electrolyte
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mult/i-
 Definition
many
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myx/o-
 Definition
mucus-like substance
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nephr/o-
 Definition
kidney; nephron
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neur/o-
 Definition
nerve
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nod/o-
 Definition
node (knob of tissue)
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nodul/o-
 Definition
small, knobby mass
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ovari/o-
 Definition
ovary
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ox/y-
 Definition
oxygen; quick
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pancreat/o-
 Definition
pancreas
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phag/o-
 Definition
eating; swalling
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phe/o-
 Definition
gray
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pituit/o-
 Definition
pituitary gland
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pituitar/o-
 Definition
pituitary gland
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puber/o-
 Definition
growing up
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radi/o-
 Definition
radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation
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recept/o
 Definition
recieve
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ren/o-
 Definition
kidney
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resist/o-
 Definition
withstand the effect of
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retin/o-
 Definition
retina (of the eye)
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somat/o-
 Definition
body
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sphenoid/o-
 Definition
sphenoid bone
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stat/o-
 Definition
standing still; staying in one place
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stimul/o-
 Definition
exciting; strengthening
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test/o-
 Definition
testis; testicle
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testicul/o-
 Definition
testis; testicle
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thalam/o-
 Definition
thalamus
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thym/o-
 Definition
thymus; rage
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thyr/o-
 Definition
shield-shaped structure (thyroid gland)
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thyroid/o-
 Definition
thyroid gland
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toc/o-
 Definition
labor and childbirth
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ton/o-
 Definition
pressure; tone
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toxic/o-
 Definition
poison; toxin
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tox/o-
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poison
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trop/o-
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having an affinity for; stimulating; turning
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ur/o-
 Definition
urine; urinary system
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uter/o-
 Definition
uterus (womb)
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viril/o-
 Definition
masculine
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-an
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ance
 Definition
state of
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-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ation
 Definition
a process; being or having
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-crine
 Definition
thing that secretes
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-drome
 Definition
a running
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical excision
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-edema
 Definition
swelling
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-emia
 Definition
condition of the blood; substance in the blood
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-etic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-gen
 Definition
that which produces
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-ia
 Definition
condition; state; thing
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-in
 Definition
a substance
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-ine
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ion
 Definition
action; condition
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-ism
 Definition
process; disease from a specific cause
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-ist
 Definition
one who specializes in
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation of; infection of
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-ity
 Definition
state; condition
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-ive
 Definition
pertaining to
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-nine
 Definition
pertaining to a chemical substance
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-ol
 Definition
chemical substance
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-oma
 Definition
tumor; mass
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-on
 Definition
a substance; structure
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-opsy
 Definition
process of viewing
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-or
 Definition
person or thing that produces or does
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-ose
 Definition
full of
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-osis
 Definition
condition; abnormal condition; process
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-partum
 Definition
childbirth
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-pathy
 Definition
disease; suffering
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-pause
 Definition
cessation
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-physis
 Definition
state of growing
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow; discharge
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-stasis
 Definition
condition of standing still; staying in one place
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-steroid
 Definition
steroid
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-tous
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ty
 Definition
quality or state
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-ular
 Definition
pertaining to a small thing
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ad-
 Definition
toward
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anti-
 Definition
against
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di-
 Definition
two
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dia-
 Definition
complete; completely through
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en-
 Definition
in; within; inward
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endo-
 Definition
innermost; within
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eu-
 Definition
normal; good
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hyper-
 Definition
above; more than usual
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hypo-
 Definition
below; deficient
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in-
 Definition
in; within; not
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non-
 Definition
not
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para-
 Definition
beside; apart from; two parts of a pair; abnormal
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poly-
 Definition
many; much
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post-
 Definition
after; behind
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pro-
 Definition
before
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syn-
 Definition
together
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trans-
 Definition
across; through
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tri-
 Definition
three
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Ca, Ca++
 Definition
calcium
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DM
 Definition
diabetes mellitus
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HBA1C
 Definition
hemoglobin A1C
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IDM
 Definition
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
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Na, Na+
 Definition
sodium
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SAD
 Definition
seasonal affective disorder
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