Endocrine Flashcards
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glandul/o
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glandule, gland
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aden/o
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gland
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crin/o, -crine
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to secrete
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apic/o
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tip, summit, end
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hol/o
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whole, entire
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mer/o
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partial, part
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pine/o, pineal/o
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pineal gland, pine cone
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thyr/o, thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid gland
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pitui/o, pituitar/o
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pituitary gland, hypophysis
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hypophys/o
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hypophysis, pituitary gland
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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ovari/o
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ovary
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oophor/o
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ovary
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test/o, testicul/o
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testicle, testis, witness
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orch/o, orchid/o
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testicle; orchid (flower)
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gonad/o
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testicle or ovary
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adren/o
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adrenal gland, suprarenal gland
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supraren/o
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suprarenal gland, adrenal gland
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cortic/o
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cortex, outer surface, bark
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medull/o
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medulla, marrow
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hormon/o
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hormone
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-in, -ine
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hormone or chemical substance
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trop/o
hormone that stimulates something; a turn, turning, change
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troph/o
growth, nourishment
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ag/o, agog/o, -agogue
hormone that promotes something; leading forth, duct
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gest/o, -gest, ger/o, -ger
hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear
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poiet/o, -poiesis
hormone that stimulates the production/making of something (-poietin); to make or produce
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stat/o
hormone that inhibits/stops something (-statin); to stand or stop
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gen/o, -gen
hormone that produces something, become, produced, born
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kin/o, cin/o, -kinesis, -cinesis
hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action
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gynec/o, gyn/o
female, woman, pistil of a flower
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andr/o
male, man, stamen of a flower
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liber/o
hormone or chemical that releases another hormone (-liberin), to free
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estr/o
estrogen, estrus cycle (breeding period), sexual desire
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insul/o
insulin, island
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gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar, glucose
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ton/o
hormone that produces a healthy strength or tension (-tonin) of something; tension, stretching, tone (in muscles)
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toc/o, tok/o
labor, partuition
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gigant/o
giant, large
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meg/o, megal/o, -megaly
large, enlargement
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nan/o, nann/o
dwarf, very small, one billionth
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cretin/o
cretinism
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mel/o
limb
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melit/o, mel/o
honey, sugar, bees
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ur/o, -uria
urine
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orex/i, -orexia
appetite
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dips/o
thirst
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hirsut/o
hairy
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myx/o
mucus, slime
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priv/o, -privia
deprived of
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hormonum, -i (n.)
hormone
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insula, -ae (f.)
islet
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infundibulum, -i (n.)
infundibulum
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lobus, -i (m.)
lobe
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lobulus, -i (m.)
lobule
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isthmus, -i (m.)
isthmus
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stroma, stromatis (pl. stomata) (n.)
stroma; something spread over, cover; framework of connective tissue
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parenchyma, parenchymatis (n.)
parenchyma (something poured in beside; substance in lungs, liver, kidneys, and spleen)
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endocrinus, -a, -um
endocrine
