Acquiring Medical Language Chapter 7 Flashcards

5918852881	aden/o	gland	0
5918852882	adren/o, adrenal/o	adrenal gland	1
5918852883	cortic/o	outer surface	2
5918852884	crin/o	secrete	3
5918852885	-emia	blood condition	4
5918852886	gluc/o	sugar	5
5918852887	glucos/o	sugar	6
5918852888	glyc/o	sugar	7
5918852889	gonad/o	gonads	8
5918852890	hormon/o	hormone	9
5918852891	hypophys/o	pituitary gland	10
5918852892	ket/o	ketone body	11
5918852893	pancreat/o	pancreas	12
5918852894	pituitar/o	pituitary gland	13
5918852895	thym/o	thymus	14
5918852896	thyr/o	thyroid	15
5918852897	thyroid/o	thyroid	16
5918852898	-tropin	stimulating hormone	17
5918852899	-uria	urine condition	18
5918852900	acidemia	abnormal acidicty of the blood	19
5918852901	acromegaly	abnormal enlargement of the extremities	20
5918852902	adenalgia	pain in a gland	21
5918852903	adenectomy	removal of a gland	22
5918852904	adenitis	inflammation of a gland	23
5918852905	adenocarcinoma	cancerous tumor of a gland	24
5918852906	adenoma	glandular tumor	25
5918852907	adenomeglaly	abnormal englargement of a gland	26
5918852908	adenopathy	gland disease	27
5918852909	adenosis	gland condition	28
5918852910	adrenal adenoma	tumor of the adrenal gland	29
5918852911	adrenal insufficiency	condition in which the adrenal glands underproduce necessary hormones	30
5918852912	adrenal virilism	development of male secondary sexual characertisics caused by excessive secretion of the adrenal gland	31
5918852913	adrenalectomy	removal of the adrenal gland	32
5918852914	adrenaline	hormone secreted by the adrenal gland (epinephrine)	33
5918852915	adrenalitis	inflammation of the adrenal glad	34
5918852916	adrenarche	beginning of adrenal secretion	35
5918852917	adrenocortical carcinoma	cancerous tumor originating in the cortex of the adrenal gland	36
5918852918	adrenocortical insufficiency	condtion in which the adrenal cortex underproduces uncessary hormones	37
5918852919	adrenocorticohyperplasia	overdevelopment of the cortex of the adrenal gland	38
5918852920	adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)	hormone secreted by the pituitary gland, which stimulates the cortex of the adrenal gland	39
5918852921	adrenomegaly	abnormal enlargement of the adrenal gland	40
5918852922	alkalemia	abnormal alkalinity of the blood	41
5918852923	amenorrhea	lack of menstrual flow	42
5918852924	calciuria	calcium in the urine	43
5918852925	chloremia	increased chloride in the blood	44
5918852926	cholangiopacreatograpy	procedure used to examine the bile ducts and pancreas	45
5918852927	congenital adrenal hyperplasia	genetic disease in which the adrenal gland is overdeveloped resulting in a deficiency of certian hormones and an overproduction of others	46
5918852928	continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion	continuous injection of insulin into the blood from a pump inserted under the skin	47
5918852929	corticotropin	shorter name for adrenocorticotropic hormone	48
5918852930	diabetes mellitus	metabolic disease characertized by excessive urination and hyperglycemia	49
5918852931	diabetic ketoacidosis	acidity of the blood caused by the presence of ketone bodies produced when the body is unable to burn sugar; thus, it must burn fat for energy	50
5918852932	dysmetabolic syndrome	combination of medical disoders associated with faulty metabolism	51
5918852933	endocrine	secrete internally	52
5918852934	endocrinologist	specialist in internal secretions	53
5918852935	endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography	procedure used to exmine the bile ducts and pancreas in which an endoscope is passed backward from the digestive tract into the bile duct	54
5918852936	epinephrine	hormone secreted by the adrenal gland	55
5918852937	euglycemia	good blood sugar	56
5918852938	euthyroid	a normal functioning thyroid	57
5918852939	exocrine	secrete externally through ducts to the surface of an organ	58
5918852940	exophthalamus	protrusion of the eyes out of the eye socket	59
5918852941	galactorrhea	discharge of milk	60
5918852942	glucagon	hormone secreted by the pancreas that stimulates the liver to increase blood sugar levels	61
5918852943	glucocorticoid	a hormone produced by the adrenal cortex with a role in carbohydrate metabolism	62
5918852944	gluconeogenesis	the formation of glucose from noncarbohydrate sources	63
5918852945	glucosuria	sugar in the urine	64
5918852946	glycemic index	ranking of food based on the way it affects sugar levels in the blood	65
5918852947	glycolysis	breakdown of sugar	66
5918852948	glycopenia	deficiency of sugar	67
5918852949	goiter	swollen thyroid gland	68
5918852950	gonadogenesis	creation/development of gonads	69
5918852951	gonadotropin	hormone that stimlates the gonads	70
5918852952	gynecomastia	development of breast tissue in men	71
5918852953	hirsutism	excessive growth of facial and body hair in women	72
5918852954	hypercalcemia	excessive calcium in blood	73
5918852955	hypercholesterolemia	excessive cholesterol in the blood	74
5918852956	hyperglycemia	high blood sugar	75
5918852957	hypergonadism	excessive secretion of the sex glands	76
5918852958	hyperkalemia	excessive potassium in the blood	77
5918852959	hyperlipidemia	excessive fat in the blood	78
5918852960	hyperparathyroidism	overpoeduction by the parathyroid glands	79
5918852961	hyperpituitarism	overfunctioning of the pituitary gland	80
5918852962	hyperthyroidism	overproduction by the thyroid	81
5918852963	hypoglycemia	low blood sugar	82
5918852964	hypoglycemic	pertaining to low blood sugar	83
5918852965	hypogonadism	undersecretion of the sex glands	84
5918852966	hypomagnesemia	deficient magnesium in the blood	85
5918852967	hypernatremia	excessive salt in the blood	86
5918852968	hypoparathyroidism	underproduction by the parathyroid	87
5918852969	hyperphosphatemia	excessive phosphate in the blood	88
5918852970	hypophysectomy	removal of the pituitary gland	89
5918852971	hypophysitis	inflammation of the pituitary gland	90
5918852972	hypopituitarism	conditon caused by the undersecretion of the pituatiry gland	91
5918852973	hypothyroidism	underproduction by the thyroid	92
5918852974	insulin	hormone secreted by the pancreas that controls the metabolism and uptake of sugar and fats	93
5918852975	insulinoma	tumor that secretes insulin	94
5918852976	ketogenesis	creation of ketone bodies	95
5918852977	ketogenic diet	diet that aids in the production of ketones in the body	96
5918852978	ketonuria	ketone bodies in the urine	97
5918852979	ketosis	condition characeritzed by elevated levels of ketone bodies in the blood	98
5918852980	laparascopic adrenalectomy	removal of an adrenal gland by means of a laparascope	99
5918852981	menarche	beginning or first menstruation	100
5918852982	metabolism	breakdown of matter into energy	101
5918852983	myxedema	swelling of the skin caused by deposits under the skin	102
5918852984	pancreatalgia	pain in the pancreas	103
5918852985	pancreatectomy	removal of the pancreas	104
5918852986	pancreatic pseudocyst	abnomrally expanded areas in the pacreas resembling a cyst	105
5918852987	pancreatitis	inflammation of the pancreas	106
5918852988	pancreatolith	stone in the pancreas	107
5918852989	pacreatolithiasis	presence of a stone in the pancreas	108
5918852990	pancreatolithectomy	removal of a stone in the pancreas	109
5918852991	panhypopituitarism	defective or absent function of the entire pituitary gland	110
5918852992	parathyroidectomy	removal of the parathyroid	111
5918852993	parathyroidoma	tumor of the parathyroid	112
5918852994	pituitary adenoma	tumor on the pituitary gland	113
5918852995	pituitary dwarfism	abnormally short height caused by undersecretions of growth hormone from the pituitary gland	114
5918852996	pituitary gigantism	abnormally tall height caused by oversecretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland	115
5918852997	pituitary infarction	death of the pituitary gland	116
5918852998	polyadenopathy	disease involving many glands	117
5918852999	polydipsia	excessive thirst	118
5918853000	polyphagia	excessive eating	119
5918853001	polyuria	excessive urination	120
5918853002	thelarche	beginning of breast development	121
5918853003	thymectomy	removal of thymus	122
5918853004	thymoma	tumor of the thymus	123
5918853005	thyrocele	goiter	124
5918853006	thyroid function tests	tests performed to evaluate the function of the thyroid	125
5918853007	thyroidectomy	removal of the thyroid	126
5918853008	thyroiditis	inflammation of the thyroid	127
5918853009	thyroidotomy	incision into the thyroid	128
5918853010	thyroidotoxin	substance poisonous to the thyroid gland	129
5918853011	thyromegaly	enlargement of the thyroid	130
5918853012	thyroparathyroidectomy	removal of the thyroid and parathyroid glands	131
5918853013	thyroptosis	downward displacement of the thyroid	132
5918853014	thyrotoxicosis	conditon caused by the exposure of body tissue to excessive levels of thyroid hormone	133
5918853015	thyrotropin	hormone that stimulates the thyroid	134
5918853016	uremia	presence of urinary waste in the blood	135
8822010012	ACTH	adrenocorticotropic hormone	136
8822013504	BS	blood sugar	137
8822017416	CSII	continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion	138
8822023002	CGM	continuous glucose monitor	139
8822027577	DI	diabetes insipidus	140
8822032220	DM	diabetes mellitus	141
8822036322	GDM	gestational diabetes mellitus	142
8822041977	ERCP	endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography	143
8822051698	FBS	fasting blood sugar	144
8822054772	GH	growth hormone	145
8822064567	HgA1C	hemoglobin A1C test (used by diabetes patients to monitor blood sugar levels)	146
8822060374	GTT	glucose tolerance test	147
8822077388	HRT	hormone replacement therapy	148
8822084036	IDDM	insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1)	149
8822090668	NIDDM	non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 2)	150
8822099631	TFT	thyroid function test	151
8822106777	TSH	thyroid stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin)	152
8822112646	T3	triiodothyronine (one of two primary hormones produced by the thyroid)	153
8822124677	T4	thyroxine (one of two primary hormones produced by the thyroid)	154