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Medical Terminology
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11/27/2012
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endocrine glands
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secrete their hormones directly into the bloodstream
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exocrine glands
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send chemical substances (tears,sweat,milk,saliva) via ducts to the outside of the body
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aden/o
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gland
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adren/o
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adrenal glands
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adrenal/o
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adrenal glands
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gonad/o
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sex glands (ovaries, testes)
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid gland
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pituitar/o
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pituitary gland; hypophysis
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland
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thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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andr/o
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male
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calc/o, calci/o
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calcium
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cortic/o
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cortex, outer region
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crin/o
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secrete
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dips/o
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thirst
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estr/o
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female
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gluc/o, glyc/o
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sugar
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home/o
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sameness
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hormon/o
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hormone
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kal/l
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potassium (an electrolyte)
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lact/o
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milk
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myx/o
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mucus
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nar/o
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sodium (an electrolyte)
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phys/o
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growing
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somat/o
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body
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ster/o
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solid structure
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toc/o
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childbrith
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toxic/o
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position
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ur/o
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urine
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-agon
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assemble, gather together
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-emia
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blood condition
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-in, -ine
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a substance
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-tropin
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stimulatng the function of
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-uria
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urine condition
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eu-
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good, normal
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hyper-
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excessive, above
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hypo-
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deficient, below
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oxy-
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rapid, sharp, acid
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pan-
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all
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tetra-
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four
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tri-
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three
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hyperthyroidism
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graves disease, exophtalmos and protosi
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hypercalcemia
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tetany
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hypoglycemia
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diabetes type 1 and type 2
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polydipsia
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exophthalmometry
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radioactive iodine uptake
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thyroid scan
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