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The Endocrine System
Medical Terminology
New Roots, Suffixes, and Prefix
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Calc/o: calcium
Gonad/o: gonads (ovaries;
testicles)
Kal/o: potassium
Natr/o: sodium
Parathyroid/o: parathyroid
Pituitar/o: pituitary
-dipsia: thirst
-genesis; -gen: production;
producing
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-ism: process; condition
-stasis: standing; stable
-eu: good
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Acromegaly
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Andr/o: male
-gen: producing
Definition: substance producing
male characteristics. An example is
testosterone
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Crin/o: to secrete
-logist: specialist
Endo-: within
Definition: specialist in the study
diseases of the endocrine glands
Gluc/o: glucose/ sugar
-genesis: production
Definition: production of glucose
Glycolysis
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Estr/o: female
-gen: producing
Definition: female sex hormones
Glucogenesis
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Endocrinologist
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Estrogen
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Androgen
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Acr/o:
extremity; top
-megaly: enlargement
Definition: enlargement of many
skeletal structures, particularly the
extremities
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Glyc/o: glucose/ sugar
-lysis: breakdown
Definition: breakdown of sugars
Homeostasis
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Home/o: same
-stasis: standing/ stable
Definition: a balanced, yet
sometimes varied state
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Euthyroid
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Thyr/o: thyroid gland
-oid; resembling
Eu-: good/ normal
Definition: normal thyroid gland
Hyperthyroidism
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Thyroid/o: thyroid gland
-ism: condition/ process
Hyper-: excessive
Definition: condition characterized by
excessive secretion of thyroid hormones
Adrenocorticotropic hormone
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-tropic: stimulate
Adren/o: adrenal gland
Cortico/o: cortex/ outer layer
Definition: hormon secreted by the
anterior pituitary that stimulates the
adrenal cortex to secrete its own hormones
Gonadotropic hormones
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Hypercalcemia
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Hyper-: increase/ excessive
-emia: blood condition
Calc/o: calcium
Definition: excessive calcium in the blood
Hyperkalemia
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-tropic: stimulate
Gonad/o: gonads
Definition: hormones secreted by the
anterior pituitary that stimulates the gonads
to secrete their own hormones
Hyper: increase/ excessive
-emia: blood condition
Kal/o: potassium
definition: excessive potassium in the
blood
Hyperglycemia
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Hyper: increase/ excessive
-emia: blood condition
Glyc/o: sugar
Definition:excessive sugar in the blood
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Hypoparathyroidism
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Hypo-: decrease/deficient
-ism: process/ condition
Pituitar/o: pituitary gland
Definition: condition
characterized by decrease
secretion of pituitary hormones
Hyponatremia
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Hypo-: decreased/ deficient
-emia: blood condition
Natr/o: sodium
Definition: decreased sodium in
the blood
Panhypopituitarism
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hyp/o: decrease/ deficient
-ism: process/ condition
Parathyroid: parathyroid
Definition: condition
characterized by decreased
secretions of the parathyroid
hormone
Hypopituitarism
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Polydipsia
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Pan-: all
-ism: condition/ process
Hypo-: decreased/ deficient
Pituitar/o: pituitary gland
Definition: a condition
characterized by a deficiency
of all pituitary hormones
Poly-: many; much
-dipsia: thirst
Definition: excessive thirst
Polyuria
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Poly-: many; much
-uria: urination
Definition: excessive urination
Matching word parts with meaning
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Home/o
Estr/o
Crin/o
Natr/o
Acr/o
-tropic
Glyc/o
Kal/o
Andr/o
-dipsia
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Male
Sugar
Female
Sodium
Thirst
Potassium
Secrete
Same
Extremity
nourishment
Short Answers
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From the list below, select
the gland that secretes the
hormones that follow. The
glands can be used more
than once.
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Adrenal cortex
Adrenal medulla
Anterior pituitary
Pancreas
Posterior pituitary
thyroid
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Aldosterone
Antidiuretic hormone
T3
Cortisol
Epinephrine
Glucagon
Follicle-stimulating hormone
Insulin
Prolactin
norepinephrine