Unscramble each medical term below. A definition for the term is given below each scrambled term.

1. e n a t t y
Nerve irritability and muscle cramps from hypocalcemia

2. a m i d r i o m o a n s a u s y
Measures levels of hormones in blood plasma

3. y m d e a m x e
Results from hyposecretion of thyroid hormones in an adult

4. a h s m s t i h o o thyroiditis
Autoimmune form of thyroiditis

5. r e i g t o
Enlarged thyroid gland

6. h p x h o t a e l o s m
Protruding eyeballs

7. w i r f a s m d
Being excessively short in height

8. i h g s u n c s syndrome
Results from hypersecretion of adrenal cortex hormones

9. adrenal z i f n e i a m i t n o
Female secondary sexual characteristics in a male

10. y c r l o i s g u a
Sugar in the urine


1. tetany
2. radioimmunoassay
3. myxedema
4. Hashimoto’s
5. goiter
6. exophthalmos
7. dwarfism
8. Cushing’s
9. feminization
10. glycosuria

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