Identify the ODD term in each set and name the CATEGORY to which the remaining three belong. Example: glucose, starch, cellulose, calcium — Odd term: calcium; Category: the others are different types of carbohydrates.
Addison’s disease, Cushing’s Syndrome, Acromegaly, Leukemia.
Topic: Hormonal disorders
Answer
Odd term: LEUKEMIA. Category of the others: HORMONAL DISORDERS (disorders of the endocrine glands).
Addison’s disease and Cushing’s syndrome are disorders of the ADRENAL CORTEX — too little and too much cortisol respectively — and ACROMEGALY results from excess GROWTH HORMONE in adulthood.
LEUKAEMIA is BLOOD CANCER, an uncontrolled increase in white blood cells. It has nothing to do with hormones.
Note the related word tested in the 2026 paper: LEUKODERMA is a skin depigmentation disorder. Three words share the LEUK- prefix meaning white, and the ending decides which is meant — leucoCYTE (a cell), leukAEMIA (blood), leukoDERMA (skin).