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Endocrine System
Prefixes, Combing Forms/Root Words, & Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
10/19/2015

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Term

Acidosis
acid - acid
-osis - condition

Definition
Condition of excessive acidity of body fluids.
Term
Adrenopathy
adren/o - adrenal gland
-pathy - disease 
Definition
Any disease of an adrenal gland
Term

Thyroiditis
thyr - thyroid shield
-oid - resemble
-itis - inflammation

 

Definition
Inflammation of the thyroid gland
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Thyrotoxicosis
thyr/o - thyroid shield

toxic - poison

-osis - condition
 

Definition
Literally means a poisonous condition of the thyroid gland; pathological condition caused by an acute oversecretion of thyroid hormones
Term

Thyroidectomy

thyr/o - thyroid, shield
-oid - resemble

-ectomy - surgical excision 

Definition
Surgical excision of the thyroid gland
Term

Progesterone

pro - before
gester - to bear
-one - hormone 

Definition
Hormone produced by the corpus luteum of the ovary, the adrenal cortex, or the placenta; released during the second half of the menstrual cycle
Term

Estrogen

estr/o - mad desire
-gen - formation, produce 

Definition
Hormones produced by the ovaries, including estradiol estrone, and astriol; female sex hormones important in the development of secondary sex characteristics and regulation of the menstrual cycle
Term
Epinephrine
epi- upon
nephr/o - kidney
 -ine - substance
Definition
Hormone produced by the adrinal medulla; used as a vasoconstrictor and cardiac stimulant to relax bronchospasm and to relieve allergic symptoms; aslo called adrenaline
Term

Endocrinology

endo- - within
crin/o - to secrete
-logy - study of 

Definition
Study of the Endocrine System
Term
Hormone

Definition
Class of chemical substance produced by the Endocrine glands
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