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col/o
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colon (large intestine)
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umbilic/o
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navel, umbilicus
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path/o
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disease
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-ist
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one who specializes in the study of...
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spin/o
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spine, backbone
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ren/o
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kidneys
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medi/o
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middle
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-cele
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hernia
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trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
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pneumon/o
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lungs
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-eal
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pertaining to
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adip/o
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fat
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encephal/o
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brain
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chron/o
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time
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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-y
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process condition
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crin/o
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secrete
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-pathy
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disease, condition
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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amnio/o
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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-penia
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deficiency
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hypo-
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below or under
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rhino/o
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nose
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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thel/o
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nipple
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
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sarc/o
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flesh
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crani/o
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skull
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ana-
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up
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-stasis
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stopping, controlling
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-therapy
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treatment
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-graphy
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the process of recording
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enter/o
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intestines
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bol/o
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to cast (throw)
metabolism |
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oste/o
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bone
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cervic/o
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neck (of the body or of the uterus)
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thorac/o
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chest
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anter/o
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front
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chrom/o
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color
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proxim/o
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nearest
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neutro/o
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neutrophil (a type of leukocyte)
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-ous
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pertaining to
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cis/o
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cut
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chem/o
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drug
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sub-
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below, under
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pro-
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before, forward
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chondr/o
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cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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-scope
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an instrument used for visual examination
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arthr/o
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joint
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opthalm/o
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eye
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-ole
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small, little
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peritone/o
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peritoneum (lining of the abdomen surrounding the internal organs)
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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agor/a
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marketplace
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axill/o
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armpit
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-iac
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pertaining to
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sacro/o
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sacrum (part of the spine)
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-ose
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pertaining to full of
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-ar
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pertaining to
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hepat/o
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liver
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-ary
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pertaining to
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peri-
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surrounding, around
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-dynia
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pain
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-al
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pertaining to
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endo-
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within
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ex-, exo-
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out
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plas/o
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formation, development
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aden/o
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gland
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iatr/o
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treatment
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hypo-
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deficient, below, under, less than normal
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-phobia
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fear
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-gram
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record
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ped/o
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child
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inter/o
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between
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psych/o
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mind
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-ac, -iac
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pertaining to
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staphyl/o
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clusters
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-centesis
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a surgical puncture used to remove fluids
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-ion
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process
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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trans-
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across, through
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-plasm
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formation
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-um, -ium
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tissue, structure, thing
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-algia
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pain
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re-
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backward, again, back
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-er
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one who
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-ism
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process
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ili/o
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ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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lumb/o
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lumbar, lower back (side and back between the ribs & pelvis)
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ven/o
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vein
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-tomy
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cut, incission
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-oma
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tumor or mass
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-genic
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producing, produced by or produced in
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dia-
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complete
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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arthr/o
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joint
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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neur/o
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nerve
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pro-
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before
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sect/o
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to cut
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-ic, -ical
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pertaining to
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
atrophy |
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-ion
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process
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inguin/o
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groin
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cyt/o
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cell
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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poster/o
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behind, back
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
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retro-
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behind
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ventr/o
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belly side of the body
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erythro/o
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red
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thromb/o
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clotting
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-sis
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state of
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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endo-
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within
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rect/o
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rectum
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-type
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picture, classification
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ur/o
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urinary tract, urine
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-ectomy
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to excise or remove, cut out
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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radi/o
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radiation
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-emia
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blood condition
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gastr/o
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gastric, stomach
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-globin
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protein
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-megaly
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enlargment
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glyc/o
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sugar
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leuk/o
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white
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hemat/o, hem/o
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blood
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-somes
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bodies
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later/o
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side
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kary/o
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nucleus
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-cyte
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cell
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pelv/o
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hip, pelvic cavity
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verterbr/o
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vertebrae, backbones
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-ic, -ical
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pertaining to
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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phag/o
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eat, swallow
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acu/o
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severe, sharp, sudden
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-stomy
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opening to form a mouth
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hyper-
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above, more than normal, excessive,
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-ule
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small, little
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phleb/o
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vein
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ot/o
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ear
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hist/o
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tissue
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cerebr/o
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brain
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-malacia
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softening
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dors/o
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back portion of the body
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dist/o
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distant
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cephal/o
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head
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onc/o
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tumor
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meta-
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change
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nephr/o
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kidney
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epi-
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above, upon
epidermis |
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derm/o, dermat/o
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skin
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-itis
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inflammation
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splen/o
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spleen
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-coccus, -cocci (pl)
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berry shaped bacterium
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-tic
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pertaining to
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angi/o
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vessel
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-scopy
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visual examination using a scope
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uni-
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one
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ultra-
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beyond, excess
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tacy-
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fast
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syn-, sym-
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together, with
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supra-
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above, upper
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pseudo-
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false
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pro-
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before, forward
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pre-
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before, in front of
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post-
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after, behind
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poly-
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many, much
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per-
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through
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para-
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abnormal, beside, near
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pan-
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all
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neo-
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new
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micro-
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small
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mal-
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bad
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macro-
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large
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intra-
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into, within
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inter-
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between
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infra-
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beneath
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in-
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not, into, within
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hemi-
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half
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ex-
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out
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eu-
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good, normal
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en, endo-
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in, within
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ec-, ecto-
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out, without
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult, abnornal
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de-
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down, lack of
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contra-
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against, opposite
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con-
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with, together
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brady-
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slow
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bi-
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two
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auto-
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self, own
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anti-
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against
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ad-
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toward
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ab-
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away from
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-physis
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to grow
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-partum
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birth, labor
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-mission
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to send
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-meter
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to measure
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-lapse
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fall back, slide, prolapse
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-gen
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producing, forming
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-fusion
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coming together, to pour
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-drome
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to run
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-blast
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embryonic, immature
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urethr/o
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urethra
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tox/o
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poison
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cutane/o
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skin
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cost/o
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rib
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cib/o
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meals
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carp/o
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wrist
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dactyl/o
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fingers, toes
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duct/o
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carry, to lead
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flex/o
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bend
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furc/o
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forking or branching
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gloss/o
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tongue
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glyc/o
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sugar
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immun/o
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protection
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morph/o
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shape, form
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mort/o
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death
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nat/i
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birth
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nect/o
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connect, bind, tie
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norm/o
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rule, order
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pub/o
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pubic bone
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seps/o
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infection
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somn/o
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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the/o
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to put, place
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thyr/o
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thyroid (literal meaning-shield)
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top/o
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place, position, location
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