Prefixes
Suffixes
Root Words
Medical Terms
Diseases & Procedures
100

Hyper-

Above, More than normal

100

-ism

Condition or state of

100

gluc/o

glucose, sugar, sweet

100

To secrete within- the blood or endocrine system

Endocrine

100

Enlargement of extremities

Acromegaly

200

Hypo-

Below, Less than normal

200

-itis

inflammation

200
calc/i

lime, stone, or calcium

200

One who studies the Endocrine system

Endocrinologist

200

Tumor of the Thymus Gland

Thymoma

300
Poly-

Many, Excess

300

-crine

to secrete

300

Pituitar/o

Pituitary Gland

300

Produced by the Thyroid Gland

Throidgenic

300

Toxic condition of the thyroid gland

Thyroidtoxicosis
400

Para-

Besides, Beyond, Near
400

-ectomy

Surgical removal

400

Natr/i

Sodium

400

Pertaining to influencing the Thyroid Gland

Thyroidtropic 

400

Increased development (growth) of the adrenal Cortex Adrenocorticohyperplasia

Adrenocorticohyperplasia

500

Eu-

Good, Normal

500

-tropic

influencing, affect

500

Pineal/o

Pineal Gland, Pine cone shaped
500

Resembling normal Thyroid function

Euthytroid

500
Removal of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

thyroidparathyroidectomy

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