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ALG-
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pain
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ARTHR-
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joint, speech sound, articulation
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BI-
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life
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BALL-, BOL-, -BLE
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to throw, to put
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BRADY-
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slow
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CRYPT-
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hidden
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DROM-
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running, course
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GE-
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earth
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HOD-, OD-
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road, way
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MNE-
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to remember
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MORPH-
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form
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ODONT-
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tooth
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PHOR-, PHER-
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to bear, to go
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PLEX-
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stroke
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PLEG-
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paralysis
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POD-, -PUS
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foot
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PROCT-
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anus, rectum
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STOL-, STAL-, -STLE
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to send, to contract
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STOM-, STOMAT-
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mouth, opening
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TROP-, TREP-
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to turn, response to stimulus
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UR-
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urine, urinary system
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URE-
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to urinate
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BUL- (BOUL-)
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will
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CARDI-
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heart
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CEPHAL-
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head
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ENCEPHAL-
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brain
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CHONDR-, CHONDRI-
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cartilage, granule
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DEM-
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people, country
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DERM-, DERMAT-
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skin
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GAM-
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marriage, union
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LECITH-
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yolk
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OPHTHALM-
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eye
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OST-, OSTE-
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bone
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PHYLL-
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leaf
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PHYT-
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plant, growth
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PLAS-, PLAST-
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to form, to mold
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SOM-, SOMAT-
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body
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THEC-, THECA-
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case, sheath
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THERM-
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heat
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TOM-
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to cut, section
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ENTOM-
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insect
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TOP-
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place
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TROPH-
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nourishment, development
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ZO-
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animal, living being
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ACOU- (ACU-)
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to hear
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AMBLY-
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dull
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ANTH-
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flower
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CHROM-, CHROMAT-, CHRO-
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color
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DACTYL-
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finger, toe
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DE-
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to bind
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DESM-
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ligament
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ENTER-
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intestine
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ERG-
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work
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ESTHE- (AESTHE-)
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to feel, to perceive
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GER-, GERONT-
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old person, old age
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GNATH-
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jaw
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GNO-
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to know
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GRAPH-
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to write, to draw
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-GRAM
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thing written, picture
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HEPAT-, HEPAR-
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liver
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KINE- (CINE-)
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to move
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LEX-
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to read
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MY-, MYS-, MYOS-
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muscle
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NEPHR-
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kidney
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OSM-
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smell
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THE-
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to put, to place
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AMYGDAL-
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almond, tonsil
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ANDR-
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man, male
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ANTHROP-
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man, human being
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CHRON-
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time
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CLAD-
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branch
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DYNAM-, DYN-
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power
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EME-
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to vomit
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GYMN-
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naked, uncovered
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GYN-, GYNE-, GYNEC- (GYNAEC-)
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female
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HELIC-, HELIX-
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spiral
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HYDR-
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water, fluid
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IATR-
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physician, medical treatment
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MELAN-
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black, dark
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NECR-
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corpse, dead tissue
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OLIG-
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few, scanty
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PED- (PAED-)
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child
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PHAG-
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to eat
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PHIL-
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to love, have an affinity for
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POLY-
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many, much
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TARS-
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instep, edge of the eye
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ACR-
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extremity, summit
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AMYL-
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starch
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BAR-
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weight, pressure
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BARY-
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heavy
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BLENN-
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mucus
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CYT-
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cell
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DIPS-
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thirst
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DREPAN-
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sickle
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ERYTHR-
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red
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GLYC-
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sugar
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GLYCOS-
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sugar, glucose
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HIST-, HISTI-
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tissue
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HYSTER-
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uterus, hysteria
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ICHTHY-
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fish
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IRID-, IRIS-
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iris, rainbow
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ISCH-
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to suppress
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LAPAR-
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abdomen, soft part of the body between the ribs and hip
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LIP-
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fat
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MAST-, MAZ-
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breast
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PHREN-
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mind, diaphragm
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PY-
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pus
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THANAT-
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death
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ACANTH-
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thorn, prickle
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AER-
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air, gas
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AUT-
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self
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BLEPHAR-
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eyelid
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CARCIN-
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cancer
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CHEIL-, CHIL-
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lip
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COL-
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colon
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COPR-
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excrement
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CRY-, CRYM-
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cold, ice
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CYST-
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bladder, cyst, sac
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DACRY-
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tear
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GASTR-, GASTER-
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stomach, belly of a muscle
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HELMINTH-
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worm
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HETER-
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other, different
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HYGR-
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moisture
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MEN-
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moon, menstruation
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OT-
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ear
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PSYCH-
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mind, soul
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RHIN, -RRHIN-
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nose
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TAC-, TAX-
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to arrange, to put in order
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ACTIN-
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ray
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ARGYR-
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silver
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BA-
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to step, to go, to walk
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BROM-
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stench, bromine
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CHOL-, CHOLE-
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bile, gall
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CLAS-
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to break
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CRANI-
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cranium
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CRI-
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to separate, to distinguish
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CRIN-
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to secrete
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EURY-, EURYS-
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wide
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HEM-, HEMAT-, HAEM-, HAEMAT-
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blood
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HIDRO-, HIDROS-
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sweat
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LITH-, -LITE
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stone
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MYI-
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fly
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OP-, OPT-
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eye, to see
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PROSOP-
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face
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ORTH-
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straight, correct
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PHA-, PHAN-
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to appear, to show
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RHE-, -RRH
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to flow, current
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SCOP-
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to view
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STA-
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to stand, to stop, to fix, to regulate
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STYL-
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pillar
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BLEP-
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to see
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COR-, CORE-
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pupil of the eye
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CRA-
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to mix
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CYAN-
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blue
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CYE-
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to be pregnant
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GALACT-, GALA-
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milk
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GEU-
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to taste
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GLOSS-, GLOT-, GLOTT-
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tongue, language
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IDI-
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one's own, peculiar, distinct
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IS-
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equal, same
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LAL-
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to talk
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MEGA-, MEGAL-
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large, one million
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MOGI-
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difficult
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NE-
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new, new and different form of
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ODYN-
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pain
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ONYCH-
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finger or toenail, claw
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PATH-
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disease, suffering, feeling
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PEP-, PEPS-, PEPT-
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to digest
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PSEUD-
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false
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TELE-
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afar, operating at a distance
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ADEN-
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gland
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ANGI-
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vessel
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ARACHN-
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spider, arachnoid membrane
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ASTR-, ASTER-
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star
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BLAST-
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bud, germ, embryonic cell
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CHLOR-
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green, chlorine
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COCC-
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berry-shaped organism
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CONI-
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dust
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EO-, EOS-
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dawn or early age, rosy
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LY-
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to loosen, to dissolve, to break up
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MENING-, -MENINX
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membrane, especially "meninges, the membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord"
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METR-
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uterus
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MYC-, MYCET-
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fungus
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MYEL-
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spinal cord, marrow
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NEUR-
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nerve, nervous system, tendon
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ORCH-, ORCHI-, ORCHID-
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testicle
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PAN-, PANT-
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all, complete
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PNEUMON-, PNEUM-
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lung
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POLI-
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gray
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THROMB-
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clot
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AGOG-, AGOGUE-
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inducing the flow of, expelling
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ARCH-, ARCHE-, ARCHAE-
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ancient, beginning, primitive
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AUX-, AUXE-
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increase
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DIDYM-
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twin, testicle
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GYR-
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circle, ring
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HIPP-
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horse
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ISCHI-
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hip
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LEP-
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to seize
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MACR-
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large, long
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MEL-
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limb
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MICR-
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small, one millionth
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NARC-
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stupor
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OMPHAL-
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navel
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PEX-
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to fasten
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PAG-
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united
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PLATY-, PLATYS-
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broad, flat
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SAPR-
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rotten
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SIAL-
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saliva
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STHEN-
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strength
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TACH-, TACHY-
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swift
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UR-
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tail
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ASC-
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bag
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BRANCHI-
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gills
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CARP-
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fruit
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-CELE
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hernia, swelling
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COLP-
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vagina
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GEN-, GENE-
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to be produced, to produce
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GON-
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to be produced, to produce, seed
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HELI-
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sun
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MER-
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part
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NYCT-
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night
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ONYM-
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name
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OO-
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egg
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PACHY-
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thick
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PEN-
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deficiency, want
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PHLEB-
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vein
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PHTHI-
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to waste away
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PHYC-
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seaweed, algae
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PTO-
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to fall
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SALPING-
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tube, specifically eustachian or fallopian tube
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SAUR-
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lizard
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XANTH-
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yellow
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-AGRA
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painful seizure
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BRACHI-
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arm
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CENTE-
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to puncture
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CHIR-, CHEIR-
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hand
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CEL-, CELI-, COEL-
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cavity, abdominal cavity
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DENDR-
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tree
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HYAL-
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glass, vitreous body of the eye
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LARYNG-
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larynx
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LEI-
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smooth
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MALAC-
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soft
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MASTIG-, -MASTIX
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whip, flagellum
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MIS-
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hate
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PTER-, PTERYG-, PTERYGI-
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wing, fin
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SCHIZ-, SCHIS-, SCHIST-
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to split
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SPLANCHN-
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entrails, viscera
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THI-
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sulfur
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THORAC-
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chest, thorax
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TOX-
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poison
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TRICH-, THRIX-
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hair
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XER-
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dry
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ALL-
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other, different
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ANKYL-
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bent, stiff, adhesion of parts
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CYCL-
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circle, wheel, ciliary body of the eye
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ER-, EROT-
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love
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GENY-
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jaw, cheek
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GENI-
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chin
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HOL-
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whole, entire
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HOM-, HOME-
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same, similar
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HYPN-
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sleep
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IDE-
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idea, mental image
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LEUK-, LEUC-
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white
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ONT-
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being, individual
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PHYL-
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race, class
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PYEL-
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pelvis, especially of the kidney
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PYG-
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buttocks
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STEAR-, STEAT-
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fat, tallow
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STREPT-, STROPH-
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turned, twisted
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THALL-
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young shoot
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THYM-
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mind, emotions
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TRIB-, TRIP-
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to rub, to crush
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ZYG-
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yoke
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HEMI-
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half
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MON-
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single, one
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PROT-
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first, original, primitive
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DI-
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twice, double
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DICH-
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in two
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DEUT-, DEUTER-
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second
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TRI-
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three
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TETR-, TETRA-
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four
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PENT-, PENTA-
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five
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HEX-, HEXA-
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six
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HEPT-, HEPTA-
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seven
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OCT-, OCTA-
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eight
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ENNE-, ENNEA-
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nine
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DEC-, DECA-
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ten
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HECT-
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hundred
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KILO-
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one thousand
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BRACHY-
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short
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CAC-, KAK-
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bad
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CAU-, CAUS-
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to burn
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CLI-, CLEI-
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to close
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CLEIST-
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closed
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CLY-, CLYS-
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to wash
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CROT-
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pulse beat
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DOLICH-
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long
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EDE-
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to swell
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LEPT-
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thin, delicate
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LOG-
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word, speech, reason
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MES-
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middle
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MYX-
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mucus, slime
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OXY-, OX-
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sharp, acid, oxygen
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PETR-
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rock
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PHON-
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sound, voice
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PHOT-
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light
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POIE-
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to make
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PRESBY-
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old
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PYR-, PYRET-
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fire, fever
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PYREX-
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fever
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RHIZ-, -RRHIZ-
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root
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GLAUC-
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silvery, gray-green
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GON-, GONY-, GONAT-
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knee
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APT-, HAPT-
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to touch
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APH-, HAPH-
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sense of touch
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KARY-, CARY-
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nucleus, nut
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KERAT-, CERAT-, KER-, CER-
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horn, horny tissue, cornea
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LEPID-
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scale
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NEM, NEMAT-
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thread
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NOS-
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disease
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ONC-, -ONCUS
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tumor, swelling
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PHRA-
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to speak
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PNEUM-, PNEUMAT-
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air, gas
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PHYLAC-, PHYLACT-
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to guard, to protect
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PORPHYR-
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purple
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SARC-
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flesh
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SCLER-
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hard
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SEP-
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to rot, to putrify
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SIT-
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food
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SPLEN-
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spleen
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STEN-
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narrow
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STERE-
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solid, three-dimensional
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CYN-
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dog
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HAPL-
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single
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KYM-, CYM-
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wave
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LEMM-, LEMMA-
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sheath, husk
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LOPH-
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crest, ridge, tuft
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LOPHI-
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small crest, lophion
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LYMPH-
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water, lymph
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MIT-
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thread
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ORNIS-, ORNITH-
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bird
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PALE-, PALAE-
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old, ancient
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PHA-
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to speak
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PHEM-
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voice
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PHRAG-
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to block up, to wall in
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PLAN-
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wandering
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PLEUR-
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side, rib, pleura
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-PLO-
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folded, fold (as in "threefold")
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PNE-, PNEA-, PNEUST-
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breathing
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RHAPH-, -RRHAPH-
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to sew, to suture
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SPA-
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to draw, to jerk
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STAPHYL-
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bunch of grapes, uvula
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STETH-
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chest
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XEN-
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host, stranger, foreigner
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BALAN-
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acorn, the glans penis
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BRY-
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moss
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CAMP-, CAMPT-, CAMPYL-
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bent
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CARP-
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wrist
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CERC-
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tail
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CLEID-
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clavicle
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DOCH-
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to take or receive
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ECH-
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echo, repetition
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GANGLI-
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mass of nerve tissue, small cyst or swelling
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GLI-
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glue
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IN-
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fiber, muscle
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RHACH-, RHACHI-, RACH-, RACHI-, -RRHACH-
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the spine
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-RRHAG-
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excessive discharge, usually of blood
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SPHYGM-
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pulse
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SPONDYL-
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vertebra
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STERN-
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chest, breastbone
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THEL-
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nipple
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TOC-, TOK-
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childbirth
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TRE-, TRET-
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to bore, to perforate
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ZYM-
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ferment, enzyme
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ADELPH-
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brother
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ANCON-
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elbow
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CALYPT-, CALYPTR-
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hidden
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CHORD-
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cord
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CHOR-, CHORI-
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fetal membrane (chorion), tunic of the eyeball (choroid)
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CLON-, CLONUS-
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muscle spasm
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COLL-, COLLA-
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glue
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EC-, OEC-, OEK-, OIK-, OIC-
|
house
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NOT-
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the back
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OM-
|
shoulder
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OPISTH-
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behind
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PHY-
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to grow
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POR-
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passage, pore
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PTY-
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to spit
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PTYAL-
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saliva
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RHABD-
|
rod
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SPOR-
|
seed, spore
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STIG-
|
pricking, mark, point
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TEL-, TELE-
|
completion, end, purpose
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TROCH-
|
wheel, disk
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XYL-
|
wood
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ALEX-
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to ward off
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ANTR-
|
cavity, sinus
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BRONCH-, BRONCHI-
|
air tube
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CHLAMYD-
|
cloak, envelope
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CHY-
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to pour
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CHYM-, CHYL-
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juice
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CONDYL-
|
knob, knuckle
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CORM-
|
trunk of a tree or body
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GON-, GONI-
|
angle
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HAL-
|
salt
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PALI-, PALIN-
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again, back
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POIKIL-
|
varied, irregular, mottled
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PYCN-, PYKN-
|
thick, frequent
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PYL-, PYLE-
|
gate, entrance
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SPERM-, SPERMA-, SPERMAT-
|
seed, semen
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SPHEN-
|
wedge
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SPIR-
|
coil
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SYRING-, -SYRINX
|
pipe, tube
|
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TA-
|
to stretch
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TON-
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stretching, tension
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TRACHEL-
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neck
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