MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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ANATOMICAL TERMS
1. Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
2. Adrenal cortex
3. Oxytocin
4. Prolactin
5. Adrenal medulla
6. Insulin
7. Estrogen
8. Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
9. Epinephrine
10. Testosterone
1. Cell clusters in pancreas producing insulin
2. Hormone assisting body to deal with stress
3. Hormone stimulating skin pigment
4. Hormone stimulating labor pains
5. Four small bodies directly behind the thyroid
6. Outer part of gland above each kidney
7. Inner marrowy part of gland above each
kidney
8. Hypophysis
9. Hormone that converts glycogen to glucose
10. Male gonads
Hormone influencing absorption of water by
kidneys
Outer part of kidney gland
Hormone that stimulates parturition
Hormone that stimulates milk production
Inner part of kidneys gland
Hormone produced by islets of Langerhans
Hormone that puts women “in heat”
Hormone that affects skin pigmentation
Hormone produced by kidney marrow
Hormone produced by male gonads
Islets of Langerhans
Epinephrine
Melanocyte stimulating hormone
Oxytocin
Parathyroids
Adrenal corte
Adrenal medulla
Pituitary
Glucagon
Testes
SYMPTOMATIC AND DIAGNOSTIC TERMS
1. Glycosuria
2. Hypercalcemia
3. Hypokalemia
4. Polydipsia
5. Adrenal virilism
6. Diabetes mellitus
7. Adrenomegaly
8. Adenopathy
9. Thyrotoxicosis
10. Hirsutism
11. Exophthalmia
1. Deficiency of sugar in the blood
2. Excess of calcium in the blood
3. Enlargement of the extremities
4. Any disease of an epinephrine producing
gland
5. Any disease of a gland
Sugar in urine
Excessive calcium in blood
Deficient potassium in blood
Excessive thirst
Excessive production of androgen in women
Hyperglycemia and glucosuria
Enlargement of kidney’s gland
Any disease of a gland
A toxic condition of thyroid because of its
hyperactivity
Excessive growth of hair, especially in women
Eyeball protusion
Hypoglycemia
Hypercalcemia
Acromegaly
Adrenopathy
Adenopathy
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
6. Deficient thyroid activity
7. Deficient thymus activity
8. Deficient heat in the body
9. Excessive thyroid activity
10. Tumor of one of the 4 bodies behind the
thyroid
11. Dwarfism as a result of congenital
hypothyroidism
12. Condition resulting from overproduction of
growth hormone
Hypothyroidism
Hypothymism
Hypothermia
Hyperthyroidism
Parathyroidoma
1. Thyromegaly
2. Thyroptosis
3. Thyrotoxicosis
4. Thyrolytic
5. Thyroiditis
Enlargement of thyroid
Downward displacement of thyroid
Poisoning of thyroid
Destructive to thyroid
Inflammation of thyroid
Cretinism
Gigantism or acromegaly
OPERATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC TERMS
1. Thyroparathyroidectomy
2. Hypophysectomy
3. Pinealectomy
4. Thymopexy
5. Thymusectomy
6. Thyrochondrotomy
7. Thryroplasty
8. Thyrotome
9. Thyroidectomy
10. Pancreaticogastrostomy
Surgical removal of thyroid and parathyroids
Surgical removal of pituitary
Surgical removal of pineal gland
Fixation of thymus
Surgical removal of thymus
Incision into thyroid cartilage
Surgical repair of thyroid
Instrument to cut thyroid
Surgical removal of thyroid
Creation of passage between pancreas and
stomach
DEFINE THESE TERMS
1. Inflammation of the pancreas
2. Any disease of the pancreas
3. Any disease of the thymus gland
4. A breakdown or destruction of the pancreas
5. Surgical removal of the thyroid
6. Inflammation of the thyroid
7. A substance that is specifically toxic for the
thyroid
8. Enlargement of the thyroid
Pancreatitis
Pancreatopathy
Thymopathy
Pancreatolysis
Thyroidectomy
Thyroiditis
Throidotoxin
1. Thyrotome
2. Thyroidotomy
3. Surgical fixation of the
thymus
4. Thymectomy
5. Parathyroidectomy
Instrument to cut thyroid
Incision into thyroid
Thymoplasty
Thyroidomegaly
Surgical removal of thymus
Surgical removal of parathyroid
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
6. Surgical removal of the gland under the
sphenoid bone in the head
7. A physician who specializes in treatment of
diabetes, etc.
8. Normal breathing
9. Resembling a normal thyroid
Hypophysectomy
Endocrinologist
Eupnea
Euthyroid