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CH 9 ENDOCRINE
ENDOCRINE TERMS
Term | Definition |
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ADRENALECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS |
ADRENALITIS | INFLAMMATION OF AN ADRENAL GLAND |
HYPERCALCEMIA | EXCESSIVE CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD |
ENDOCRINOLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM |
ENDOCRINOPATHY | ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASE |
HYPERGLYCEMIA | EXCESSIVE SUGAR IN THE BLOOD |
HYPOGLYCEMIA | LOW SUGAR IN THE BLOOD |
HYPERKALEMIA | EXCESSIVE POTASSIUM IN THE BLOOD |
HYPONATREMIA | LOW SODIUM IN THE BLOOD |
PANCREATIC | PERTAINING TO THE PANCREAS |
PARATHYROIDAL | PERTAINING TO THE PARATHYROID GLAND |
PARATHYROIDECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE PARATHYROID GLAND |
HYPOPARATHYROIDISM | STATE OF INSUFFICIENT PARATHYROID GLAND |
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM | STATE OF EXCESSIVE PARATHYROID |
PITUITARY | PERTAINING TO THE PITUITARY GLAND |
HYPOPITUITARISM | STATE OF INSUFFICIENT PITUITARY |
HYPERPITUITARISM | STATE OF EXCESSIVE PITUITARY |
THYMIC | PERTAINING TO THE THYMUS GLAND |
THYMECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE THYMUS |
THYMITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THYMUS |
THYMOMA | THYMUS TUMOR |
THYROMEGALY | ENLARGED THROID |
THYROIDAL | PERTAINING TO THE THYROID GLAND |