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Week 1 words
AP
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acromegaly | excessive growth hormone after puberty |
| adrenopathy | any disease of the adrenal gland |
| cretinism | lack of hormones causing retardation in physicial and mental growth |
| dwarfism | lack of growth hormone |
| gigantism | excessive growth hormone before puberty |
| diabetes | condition causing defects in the secretion of insulin |
| IDDM | insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
| NIDDM | non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
| hyperthyroidism | excessive secretion of hormones from the thyroid gland |
| hypothyroidism | insufficient secretion of hormones from the thyroid gland |
| hyperglycemia | elevated blood sugar level |
| hypoglycemia | low blood sugar level |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| hyper- | increased, excessive |
| hypo- | decreased, insufficient |
| -pathy | diease |
| -megaly | large |
| -ism | condition |
| -emia | blood |
| glyc/o | sugar, glucose |