Endocrinology Root Words
Terms
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- aden/o
- gland, glandular
- adren/o
- adrenal gland
- andr/o
- masculine, male
- cortic/o
- cortex
- dips/o
- thirst
- gluc/o
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1. relationship to glucose (G. sweet new wine, sweetness)
2. sugar - glyc/o
- relating to sugars
- lymphaden/o
- lymph nodes
- lymphangi/o
- lymphatic vessels
- phys/o
- tendency to swell or inflate
- thym/i, thym/o
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1. thymus (a primary lymphoid organ)
2. mind, soul, emotions
3. wart, warty - thyr/o, thyroid/o
- thyroid
- tox/i, tox/o, toxic/o
- poison, toxin
- fibr/o
- fiber
- macr/o
- large, long
- gonad/o
- gonads, sex glands
- ur/e, ure/a, ure/o
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1. urea
2. urine - estr/o
- female
- mamm/o
- breast
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gynec/o - mast/o - ia
gynecomastia - excessive development of the male mammary glands
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aden/o - carcin/o - oma
adenocarcinoma -
gland, glandular - cancer - tumor, neoplasm
a malignant neoplasm of epithelial cells in glandular or gland-like pattern -
aden/o - my/o - oma
adenomyoma -
gland, glandular - muscle - tumor, neoplasm
a benign neoplasm of muscle (usually smooth muscle) with glandular elements; occurs most frequently in uterus and uterine ligaments - hidr/o
- sweat, sweat glands
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aden/o - oma
adenoma -
gland, glandular - tumor, neoplasm
a benign epithelial neoplasm in which the tumor cells form glands or gland-like structures -
eu - thryoid/o - ism
euthyroidism -
good, well - thyroid - condition
a condition in which the thyroid gland is functioning normally, its secretion being of proper amount and constitution -
fibr/o - aden/o - oma
fibroadenoma -
fiber - gland - tumor, neoplasm
a benign neoplasm derived from glandular epithelium, in which there is a conspicuous stroma of proliferating fibroblasts -
hyper - thryoid/o - ism
hyperthyroidism -
excessive, above normal - thyroid - condition, disease
an abnormality of the thyroid gland in which secretion of thyroid hormone is usually increased and is no longer under regulatory control of hypothalamic-pituitary centers -
macr/o - aden/o - oma
macroadenoma -
large, long - gland, glandular - tumor, neoplasm
a pituitary adenoma larger than 10 mm in diameter