aden/o

gland

pituitar/o, hypophys/o

pituitary gland

adren/o, adrenal/o

adrenal glands

ren/o, nephr/o

kidney

andr/o

male or masculine

thyr/o, thyroid/o

thyroid gland

gigant/o

giant

toxic/o

poison

gonad/o

gonad

insulin/o

insulin

-gen

beginning, origin

iod/o

iodine

-physis

growth

myx/o

mucus

-tropic

stimulate

pancreat/o

pancreas

-tropin

that which stimulates

parathyroid/o

parathyroids

-uria

urine, urination