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adren/o
- adrenal glands
- adren/o/megaly - enlargement of adrenal glands
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adrenal/o
- adrenal glands
- adrenal/ectomy - excision of (one or both) adrenal glands
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calc/o
- calcium
- hyper/calc/emia - excessive calcium in the blood
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crin/o
- secrete
- endo/crin/o/logy - study of endocrine glands (and their functions)
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gluc/o
- sugar, sweetness
- gluc/o/genesis - forming or producing glucose
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glyc/o
- sugar, sweetness
- hypo/glyc/emia - abnormally low level of glucose in the blood
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glycos/o
- sugar, sweetness
- glycos/uria - abnormal amount of glucose, in the urine
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home/o
- same, alike
- home/o/stasis - state of equilibrium in the internal environment of the body
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kal/i
- potassium (an electrolyte)
- kal/emia - potassium in the blood
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pancreat/o
- pancreas
- pancreat/o/tomy - incision of the pancreas
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parathyroid/o
- parathyroid glands
- parathyroid/ectomy - excision of (one or more of the) parathyroid glands
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thym/o
- thymus gland
- thym/oma - tumor of the thymus gland
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thyr/o
- thyroid gland
- thyr/o/megaly - enlargement of the thyroid gland
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thyroid/o
- thyroid gland
- hyper/thyroid/ism - condition of excessive thyroid gland (function)
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toxic/o
- poison
- toxic/o/logist - specialist in the study of poisons
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-crine
- secrete
- endo/crine - secrete internally or within
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-dipsia
- thirst
- poly/dipsia - excessive thirst
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-gen
- forming, producing, origin
- andr/o/gen - any steriod hormone that increases masculinization
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-toxic
- poison
- thyr/o/toxic - pertaining to toxic activity of the thyroid gland
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-uria
- urine
- glycos/uria - glucose in the urine
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eu-
- good, normal
- eu/thyr/oid - resembling a normal thyroid gland
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exo-
- outside, outward
- exo/crine - secrete outwardly
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hyper-
- excessive, above normal
- hyper/glyc/emia - excessive glucose in the blood
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hypo-
- under, below
- hypo/insulin/ism - condition of deficiency of insulin
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poly-
- many, much
- poly/uria - excessive urination
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