Endocrine Suffixes

1. Chapter 11: Endocrine System
Marcos Herbas

2. Outline
1) Dipsia
Definition
Examples
2) Uria
Definition
Examples

3. 1) Dipsia
Definition
- Suffix meaning “condition of thirst”

4. 1) Dipsia
Examples
- Polydipsia -- excessive thirst. It is characteristic of
several different conditions, including diabetes mellitus,
in which an excessive concentration of glucose in the
blood osmotically pulls intracellular fluid into the
bloodstream and increases the excretion of fluid via
increased urination.

5. 1) Dipsia
Examples
- Oligodipsia – Abnormal absence of thirst
- Hypodipsia – Abnormally diminished thirst
- Hydroadipsia – Absence of thirst for water

6. 2) Tropin
Definition
suffix meaning "stimulating effect of a hormone or
other substance on a target organ or system"

7. 2) Tropin
Examples
Somatotropin - refers to the growth hormone 1
produced naturally in animals.