Ch. 16 Surgical & Complementary Terms

excision of (one or both) adrenal glands

• adrenalectomy

• pancreatectomy

• parathyroidectomy

• thyroidectomy

excision of (one or both) parathyroid glands

• adrenalectomy

• pancreatectomy

• parathyroidectomy

• thyroidectomy

excision of thyroid gland

• adrenalectomy

• pancreatectomy

• parathyroidectomy

• thyroidectomy

excessive development of the adrenal cortex

• adrenocorticohyperplasia

• adrenopathy

• cortical

• corticoid

pertaining to the cortex

• adrenocorticohyperplasia

• adrenopathy

• cortical

• corticoid

physician who studies and treats diseases of the endocrine (system)

• endocrinologist

• endocrinology

• endocrinopathy

study of the endocrine (system)

• endocrinologist

• endocrinology

• endocrinopathy

normal (level of) sugar in the blood

• euglycemia

• euthyroid

• glycemia

• polydipsia

• syndrome

resembling a normal thyroid gland

• euglycemia

• euthyroid

• glycemia

• polydipsia

• syndrome

sugar in the blood

• euglycemia

• euthyroid

• glycemia

• polydipsia

• syndrome