How the Unit 7 Word List Was Built
| Etymology | Prefix1 | Prefix2 | "Pre-Root" | Root Root | "Post-Root" | Suffix1 Word End |
Suffix2 Word End |
Word |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acid | [h]em[e] | ia | acidemia | |||||
| acro | megaly | acromegaly | ||||||
| aden | ectomy | adenectomy | ||||||
| aden | itis | adenitis | ||||||
| adeno | carcin | oma | adenocarcinoma | |||||
| adeno | hypophysis | adenohypophysis | ||||||
| aden | oma | adenoma | ||||||
| adeno | megaly | adenomegaly | ||||||
| adeno | pathy | adenopathy | ||||||
| aden | osis | adenosis | ||||||
| ad–, "near" + renal, "pertaining to the kidney" | adrenal | ectomy | adrenalectomy | |||||
| adren | algia | adrenalgia | ||||||
| adrenal | ine | adrenaline | ||||||
| adrenal | itis | adrenalitis | ||||||
| Root adren + (see word root table) +Greek arkhḗ, “beginning” | adren | arche | adrenarche | |||||
| adreno | cortic | al | adrenocortical | |||||
| hyper | adreno | cortico | plasia | adrenocorticohyperplasia | ||||
| adreno | cortico | trop | ic | adrenocorticotropic | ||||
| adreno | megaly | adrenomegaly | ||||||
| ald[ehyde] + o | sterone | aldosterone | ||||||
| alkal | emia | alkalemia | ||||||
| auto | receptor | autoreceptor | ||||||
| calc | emia | calcemia | ||||||
| calci | uria | calciuria | ||||||
| catechol | amine | catecholamine | ||||||
| chlor | [h]em[e] | ia | chloremia | |||||
| chol | angio | pancreato | graphy | cholangiopancreatography | ||||
| con | genit | al | congenital | |||||
| cortico | trop | ic | corticotropic | |||||
| cortico | trop | in | corticotropin | |||||
| diabet | ic | diabetic | ||||||
| dys | meta | bol | ic | dysmetabolic | ||||
| endo | crine | endocrine | ||||||
| endo | crino | logist | endocrinologist | |||||
| endo | scop | ic | endoscopic | |||||
| epi | nephr | ine | epinephrine | |||||
| eu | glyc | [h]em[e] | ia | euglycemia | ||||
| eu | thyroid | euthyroid | ||||||
| exo | crine | exocrine | ||||||
| ex | ophthalmos | exophthalmos | ||||||
| galacto | rrhea | galactorrhea | ||||||
| gluc | agon | glucagon | ||||||
| gluco | cortic | oid | glucocorticoid | |||||
| gluco | neogenes | is | gluconeogenesis | |||||
| glucos | uria | glucosuria | ||||||
| glyc | [h]em[e] | ia | glycemia | |||||
| glyc | [h]em[o] | ic | glycemic | |||||
| glycogeno | lysis | glycogenolysis | ||||||
| glyco | lysis | glycolysis | ||||||
| glyco | penia | glycopenia | ||||||
| Latin guttur, "throat" | goiter | |||||||
| gonado | cortic | oid | gonadocorticoid | |||||
| gonado | genesis | gonadogenesis | ||||||
| gonado | pathy | gonadopathy | ||||||
| gonado | tropin | gonadotropin | ||||||
| gyneco | mast | ia | gynecomastia | |||||
| Latin hirsutus, "rough, shaggy, bristly" | hirsut[e] | ism | hirsutism | |||||
| hormono | poiesis | hormonopoiesis | ||||||
| hyper | calc | [h]em[e] | ia | hypercalcemia | ||||
| hyper | chole | sterol | [h]em[e] | ia | hypercholesterolemia | |||
| hyper | glyc | [h]em[e] | ia | hyperglycemia | ||||
| hyper | gonad | ism | hypergonadism | |||||
| hyper | kal | [h]em[e] | ia | hyperkalemia | ||||
| hyper | lipid | [h]em[e] | ia | hyperlipidemia | ||||
| hyper | natr | [h]em[e] | ia | hypernatremia | ||||
| hyper | parathyroid | ism | hyperparathyroidism | |||||
| hyper | phosphat | emia | hyperphosphatemia | |||||
| hyper | pituitar | ism | hyperpituitarism | |||||
| hyper | thyroid | ism | hyperthyroidism | |||||
| hypo | calc | [h]em[e] | ia | hypocalcemia | ||||
| hypo | glyc | [h]em[e] | ia | hypoglycemia | ||||
| hypo | glyc | [h]em[e] | ic | hypoglycemic | ||||
| hypo | gonad | ism | hypogonadism | |||||
| hypo | kal | [h]em[e] | ia | hypokalemia | ||||
| hypo | natr | [h]em[e] | ia | hyponatremia | ||||
| hypo | phosphat | [h]em[e] | ia | hypophosphatemia | ||||
| hypophys | ectomy | hypophysectomy | ||||||
| hypophys | itis | hypophysitis | ||||||
| hypo | pituitar | ism | hypopituitarism | |||||
| hypo | thyroid | ism | hypothyroidism | |||||
| in | farc | tion | infarction | |||||
| Latin infundere, "to pour into" + ending –bulum, suffix indicating an instrument; "funnel-shaped organ" | infundi | bulum | infundibulum | |||||
| in | fus | ion | infusion | |||||
| in | sufficienc | y | insufficiency | |||||
| insul | in | insulin | ||||||
| insulin | oma | insulinoma | ||||||
| keto | acid | osis | ketoacidosis | |||||
| keto | genesis | ketogenesis | ||||||
| keto | genic | ketogenic | ||||||
| keton | ur | ia | ketonuria | |||||
| ket | osis | ketosis | ||||||
| laparo | scop | ic | laparoscopic | |||||
| lipo | lysis | lipolysis | ||||||
| Greek men, "month" + arkhē, "beginning" | men | arche | menarche | |||||
| meta | bol | ism | metabolism | |||||
| mineralo | cortic | oid | mineraloocorticoid | |||||
| neuro | hypophys | is | neurohypophysis | |||||
| pancreat | algia | pancreatalgia | ||||||
| pancreat | ectomy | pancreatectomy | ||||||
| pancreat | ic | pancreatic | ||||||
| pancreat | itis | pancreatitis | ||||||
| pancreato | lith | pancreatolith | ||||||
| pancreato | lith | ectomy | pancreatolithectomy | |||||
| pancreato | lith | iasis | pancreatolithiasis | |||||
| pan | hypo | pituitar | ism | panhypopituitarism | ||||
| para | thyroid | parathyroid | ||||||
| parathyroid | ectomy | parathyroidectomy | ||||||
| parathyroid | oma | parathyroidoma | ||||||
| permiss | ive | permissive | ||||||
| poly | adeno | pathy | polyadenopathy | |||||
| poly | dips | ia | polydipsia | |||||
| poly | phag | ia | polyphagia | |||||
| poly | ur | ia | polyuria | |||||
| pro | lact | in | prolactin | |||||
| pseudo | cyst | pseudocyst | ||||||
| retro | grade | retrograde | ||||||
| somato | stat[us] | in | somatostatin | |||||
| somato | troph | somatotroph | ||||||
| syn | drome | syndrome | ||||||
| Greek thēlḗ, "nipple" + arkhē, "beginning" | thel | arche | thelarche | |||||
| thym | ectomy | thymectomy | ||||||
| thym | oma | thymoma | ||||||
| thyro | cele | thyrocele | ||||||
| thyroid | ectomy | thyroidectomy | ||||||
| thyroid | itis | thyroiditis | ||||||
| thyroido | tomy | thyroidotomy | ||||||
| thyroid/o | toxin | thyroidotoxin | ||||||
| thyro | megaly | thyromegaly | ||||||
| thyr/o | parathyroid | ectomy | thyroparathyroidectomy | |||||
| thyr/o | ptosis | thyroptosis | ||||||
| thyro | tox | ic | osis | thyrotoxicosis | ||||
| thyr/o | trop | in | thyrotropin | |||||
| thyr | ox | ine | thyroxine | |||||
| ur | [h]em[e] | ia | uremia | |||||
| viril | ism | virilism |
