Biology
Choose the odd one out from each series and write the category of the remaining terms:
(a) Simple goitre, Cretinism, Pellagra, Myxoedema
(b) Alpha cells, Beta cells, Gamma cells, Delta cells
(c) Somatotropin, Prolactin, Oxytocin, Luteinizing hormone
(d) Thyroid, Pituitary, Prostate, Parathyroid
(e) Thyroxine, Insulin, Thiamine, Glucagon
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(a) Odd term: Pellagra
Category: Diseases caused due to hypothyroidism
(b) Odd term: Gamma cells
Category: Islet of Langerhans
(c) Odd term: Oxytocin
Category: Hormones secreted by anterior part of pituitary gland
(d) Odd term: Prostate
Category: Endocrine glands
(e) Odd term: Thiamine (It is a vitamin)
Category: Hormones
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