1
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glandul/o
A
glandule, gland
2
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aden/o
A
gland
3
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crin/o, -crine
A
to secrete
4
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apic/o
A
tip, summit, end
5
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hol/o
A
whole, entire
6
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mer/o
A
partial, part
7
Q
pine/o, pineal/o
A
pineal gland, pine cone
8
Q
thyr/o, thyroid/o
A
thyroid gland
9
Q
parathyroid/o
A
parathyroid gland
10
Q
pitui/o, pituitar/o
A
pituitary gland, hypophysis
11
Q
hypophys/o
A
hypophysis, pituitary gland
12
Q
pancreat/o
A
pancreas
13
Q
thym/o
A
thymus gland
14
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ovari/o
A
ovary
15
Q
oophor/o
A
ovary
16
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test/o, testicul/o
A
testicle, testis, witness
17
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orch/o, orchid/o
A
testicle; orchid (flower)
18
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gonad/o
A
testicle or ovary
19
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adren/o
A
adrenal gland, suprarenal gland
20
Q
supraren/o
A
suprarenal gland, adrenal gland
21
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cortic/o
A
cortex, outer surface, bark
22
Q
medull/o
A
medulla, marrow
23
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hormon/o
A
hormone
24
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-in, -ine
A
hormone or chemical substance
25
trop/o
hormone that stimulates something; a turn, turning, change
26
troph/o
growth, nourishment
27
ag/o, agog/o, -agogue
hormone that promotes something; leading forth, duct
28
gest/o, -gest, ger/o, -ger
hormone that helps with bearing (progestin); to carry, produce, bear
29
poiet/o, -poiesis
hormone that stimulates the production/making of something (-poietin); to make or produce
30
stat/o
hormone that inhibits/stops something (-statin); to stand or stop
31
gen/o, -gen
hormone that produces something, become, produced, born
32
kin/o, cin/o, -kinesis, -cinesis
hormone or chemical that stimulates activity, movement (-kinin), action
33
gynec/o, gyn/o
female, woman, pistil of a flower
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andr/o
male, man, stamen of a flower
35
liber/o
hormone or chemical that releases another hormone (-liberin), to free
36
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
39
ton/o
hormone that produces a healthy strength or tension (-tonin) of something; tension, stretching, tone (in muscles)
40
toc/o, tok/o
labor, partuition
41
gigant/o
giant, large
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meg/o, megal/o, -megaly
large, enlargement
43
nan/o, nann/o
dwarf, very small, one billionth
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cretin/o
cretinism
45
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
49
dips/o
thirst
50
hirsut/o
hairy
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myx/o
mucus, slime
52
priv/o, -privia
deprived of
53
hormonum, -i (n.)
hormone
54
insula, -ae (f.)
islet
55
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
59
stroma, stromatis (pl. stomata) (n.)
stroma; something spread over, cover; framework of connective tissue
60
parenchyma, parenchymatis (n.)
parenchyma (something poured in beside; substance in lungs, liver, kidneys, and spleen)
61
endocrinus, -a, -um
endocrine
