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Terminology3-red
Prefixes, suffixes and combining forms for the Endocrine System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremities |
| andro/ | male |
| calc/o | calcium |
| gonad/o | gonad |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| ket/o | ketones |
| kal/o | potassium |
| lact/o | milk |
| medull/o | inner section |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| parathyroid/o | parathyriod |
| somat/o | body |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cortic/o | outer region |
| gynec/o | female |
| home/o | same, alike |
| hypophys/o | pituitary body |
| lute/o | yellow |
| melan/o | black |
| pituit/o | pituitary |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| ren/o | kidney |
| thym/o | thymus |
| toxic/o | poison |
| luke/o | white |
| aden/o | gland |
| hemat/o | blood |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyt/o | cell |
| erythr/o | red |
| chlor/o | green |
| chromo | colour |
| cyan/o | blue |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| morph/o | form, shape |
| anti- | against |
| eu- | well, good |
| poly- | many |
| ad- | toward |
| pan- | all |
| para- | near, beyond, beside |
| poli- | gray matter |
| inter- | between |
| hypo- | below |
| post- | after |
| micro- | small |
| pre- | before |
| hyper- | excessive |
| meta- | change |
| a/an- | without |
| bi- | two |
| dys- | painful |
| semi- | half |
| epi- | above, upon |
| tri- | three |
| mal- | bad |
| -crine | secrete |
| -emia | blood |
| -phagia | eating |
| -oma | tumor |
| -trophy | nouishment, development |
| -toxin | poison |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -ism | state of |
| -physis | growth |
| -tropic | stimulating |
| -tropin | stimulating |
| -uria | urine |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -genesis | forming |
| -ology | the study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -osis | abnormal condition of |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -oid | resembling |
| -scopy | visual exam |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -para | to bear |
| -tomy | incision |
| -scope | instrument to view |
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