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hyper
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over, too much
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hypermnesia
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unusually exact or vivid memory
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hyper + mne
"too much memory" |
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hyperventilation
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abnormally fast or deep respiration
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hyper + vent
"too much wind" |
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hypertension
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abnormally high blood pressure
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hyper + tens
"too much stretch" |
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hyperbole
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exaggeration or extravagant statement used as a figure of speech
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hypo
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under, too little
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hypodermic
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beneath the skin
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hypo + derm
"under skin" |
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hypocaust
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a heating system that circulates hot air beneath the floor (used by Romans, especially in baths)
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hypo + caust
"burn under" |
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hypotenuse
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the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
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hypo + ten
"stretch under" |
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hypothermia
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abnormally low body temperature
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hypo + therm
"too little heat" |
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mal (male)
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bad, wrong, poor
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malocclusion
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faulty closure of the teeth
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mal + ob + clud
"poor close" |
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malady
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a disease or ailment
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mal + habitus
"have bad" |
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malediction
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cursing
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mal + dict
"bad say" |
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malefactor
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criminal; evildoer
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mal + fact
"do bad" |
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mono
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single, one
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monopoly
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exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling something
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mono + pol
"one sell" |
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monogamy
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the custom or condition of being married to only one person at a time
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mono + gam
"one marriage" |
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monotheism
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doctrine or belief that there is only one god
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mono + the
"one god" |
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monologue
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a speech made by only one person
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mono + log
"one word" |
