Weber State University - Medical Terminology Exam 3 Study Flashcards

in-

in/into

retro-

backwards/behind

acid

acid, presence of hydrogen ions

acro

high

aden/o

gland

adren/o

adrenal gland (on top of the kidney)

agon

driver of an action

ald(ehyde) + o

chemical group

alkal/i

alkali, absence of hydrogen ions

angio

vessel

arche

beginning

bol

throw

calc/i

calcium

carcin

cancer

catechol

chemical group

chlor

chlorine

chole

bile

cortic/o

adrenal cortex

crine/crino

secretion

diabet

polydipsia + polyuria/ "go through"

dips

drinking

drome

to run

farc

packed/to stuff

fus

pouring into

galacto

milk

genit

reproduction/birth

gluc/o/s

sugar

glycogen

sugar molecules assembled into a larger structure

gonad/o

sex organs

grade

movement (in time and space)

gyneco

female

(h) em (o)

blood

hirsut/e

hairy

hormon/o

hormone

hypophys/is

pituitary gland

infundi

stalk of pituitary gland

insul/in

island/ hormone insulin

kal/ium

potassium

ket/o/n

chemical group

lact

milk

leparo

flank/loin

lipid/lipo

fat

lith

stone

mast

breast

men

monthly

mineralo

pertaining to sodium or potassium

natr

sodium

nephr

kidney

opthalmos

eye

ox

oxygen

pancreat/o

pancreas

parathyroid

parathyroid gland

permiss

allowing to pass through

phag

eat

phosphat

phosphorus containing chemical group

pituitar

pituitary gland

somato

body

stat/us

standing

sterol

chemical group

sufficiens

adequate

thel

nipple/breast

thym

thymus gland (in upper chest)

tox

poison

trop

turning towards

troph

nourishing

ur

urine

viril

maleness/machismo

-bulum

forming name of instrument

-genic

giving rise to

-sive

capable of

-sterone

chemical name ending

-toxin

poisonous to

-tropic

influencing activity of a gland

-tropin

chemical that influences activity of a gland

ACTH

adrenocorticotropic hormone

ADH

antidiuretic hormone

BG

blood glucose

BS

blood sugar

CSII

continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion

CGM

continuous glucose monitor

DI

diabetes insipidus

DM

diabetes mellitus

ERCP

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

FBS

fasting blood sugar

GDM

gestational diabetes mellitus

GH

growth hormone

GTT

glucose tolerance test

HgA1C

hemoglobin A1C test (used by diabetes patients to monitor blood sugar levels)

HRT

hormone replacement therapy

IDDM, T1

insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1)

NIDDM, T2

noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 2)

PTH

parathyroid hormone

RAIU

radioactive iodine uptake test

T3

triiodothyronine

T4

thyroxine (tetraiodothyronine)

TFT

thyroid function test

TSH

thyroid stimulating hormone

baro-

pressure

mega-

large

pluri-

more than one/several