Chapter 12 Combining forms and Abb Flashcards
1
Q
acr/o
A
extremities
2
Q
aden/o
A
gland
3
Q
adren/o, adrenal/o
A
adrenal gland
4
Q
calc/o
A
calcium
5
Q
gluc/o
A
glucose, sugar, sweetness
6
Q
glucos/o, glyc/o, glysos/o
A
sugar, sweetness
7
Q
home/o
A
same, unchanging
8
Q
hydr/o
A
water
9
Q
kal/i
A
potassium
10
Q
natr/o
A
sodium
11
Q
pancreat/o
A
pancreas
12
Q
parathyroid/o
A
parathyroid
13
Q
thym/o
A
thymus
14
Q
thyroid/o
A
thyroid
15
Q
toxic/o
A
toxin, poison
16
Q
antidiuretic hormone
A
ADH
17
Q
body mass index
A
BMI
18
Q
basal metabolic rate
A
BMR
19
Q
calcium
A
Ca
20
Q
cancer
A
CA
21
Q
diabetes insipidus
A
DI
22
Q
diabetic ketoacidosis
A
DKA
23
Q
diabetes mellitus
A
DM
24
Q
fasting blood glucose, fasting blood sugar
A
FBG, FBS
25
finger stick blood sugar
FSBS
26
growth hormone
GH
27
glucose tolerance test
GTT
28
hormone replacement therapy
HRT
29
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus Type 1
IDDM
30
potassium
K
31
Sodium
Na
32
non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus Type 2
NIDDM
33
parathyroid hormone
PTH
34
T3, T4
triiodothyronine, thyroxine
35
thyroid-stimualting hormone
TSH
