Medical Terminology

Definition of Example	Example	Meaning	Root
any disease of the endocrine glands	endocrinopathy	endocrine glands or system	endocrin/o
condition caused by any disorder of pituitary function	pituitarism	pituitary gland, hypophysis	pituitar/i
pertaining to the pituitary gland	hypophysial	Pituitary gland , hypophysis	hypophysi/o
destroying the thyroid gland	thyrolytic	thyroid gland	thyr/o, thyroid/o
overactivity of a parathyroid gland	hyperparathyroidism	parathyroid gland	parathyr/o , parathyroid/o
activated(erg) by or related to epinephrine (adrenaline)	adrenergic	adrenal gland . epinephrine	adren/o , adrenal/o
acting on the adrenal cortex	adrenocorticotropic	adrenal cortex	adrenocortic/o
pertaining to islet cells	insular	pancreatic islets	insul/o

Here you can see some word analysis : b

hyperthyroidism-------> hyper- : prefix / thyroid : root / -ism : suffix

tachycardiac------> tachy : prefix= faster / card : root / -iac : suffix of condition

exophthalmos-----> ex-( outside ) : prefix / ophthalmos ( eyeball ) : root