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rachi/o
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spinal column; vertebrae
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radi/o
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x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral
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lower
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arm bone)
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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re-
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back; again; backward
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rect/o
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rectum
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ren/o
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kidney
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reticul/o
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network
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retin/o
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retina
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retro-
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behind; back; backward
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rhabdomy/o
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striated (skeletal) muscle
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rheumat/o
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watery flow
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rhin/o
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nose
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rhytid/o
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wrinkle
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roentgen/o
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x-rays
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-rrhage
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bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhagia
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bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhea
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flow; discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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rrhythm/o
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rhythm
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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salping/o
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fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube
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-salpinx
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fallopian tube; oviduct
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sarc/o
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flesh (connective tissue)
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scapul/o
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scapula; shoulder blade
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-schisis
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split
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schiz/o
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split
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scint/i
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spark
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scirrh/o
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hard
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scler/o
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sclera (white of eye); hard
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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scoli/o
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crooked; bent
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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scot/o
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darkness
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seb/o
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sebum
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sebace/o
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sebum
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sect/o
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to cut
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semi-
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half
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semin/i
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semen; seed
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seps/o
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infection
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sial/o
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saliva; salivary
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sialaden/o
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salivary gland
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sider/o
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iron
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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silic/o
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glass
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sinus/o
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sinus
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-sis
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state of; condition
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-sol
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solution
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somat/o
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body
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-some
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body
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somn/o
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sleep
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-somnia
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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-spadia
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to tear, cut
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-spasm
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sudden contraction of muscles
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sperm/o
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spermatozoa; sperm cells
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spermat/o
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spermatozoa; sperm cells
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sphen/o
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wedge; sphenoid bone
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spher/o
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globe-shaped; round
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sphygm/o
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pulse
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-sphyxia
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pulse
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splanchn/o
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viscera (internal organs)
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spin/o
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spine (backbone)
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spir/o
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to breathe
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splen/o
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spleen
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spondyl/o
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vertebra (backbone)
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squam/o
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scale
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-stalsis
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contraction
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staped/o
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stapes (middle ear bone)
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staphyl/o
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clusters; uvula
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-stasis
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stopping; controlling; placing
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-static
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pertaining to stopping or controlling
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steat/o
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fat, sebum
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sten/o
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narrowing
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-stenosis
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tightening; stricture
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ster/o
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solid structure; steroid
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stere/o
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solid; three-dimensional
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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steth/o
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chest
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-sthenia
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strength
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-stitial
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pertaining to standing or positioned
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stomat/o
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mouth
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-stomia
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condition of the mouth
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-stomy
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new opening (to form a mouth)
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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styl/o
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pole or stake
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sub-
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under; below
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submaxill/o
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mandible (lower jaw bone)
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-suppression
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stopping
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supra-
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above, upper
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sym-
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together; with
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syn-
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together; with
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syncop/o
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to cut off, cut short; faint
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syndesm/o
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ligament
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synov/o
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synovia; synovial membrane; sheath
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around
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a tendon
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syring/o
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tube
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tachy-
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fast
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tars/o
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tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones
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between
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the foot and the leg)
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tax/o
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order; coordination
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tel/o
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complete
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tele/o
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distant
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ten/o
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tendon
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tendin/o
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tendon
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-tension
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pressure
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terat/o
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monster; malformed fetus
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test/o
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testis (testicle)
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tetra-
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four
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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thalass/o
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sea
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the/o
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put; place
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thec/o
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sheath
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thel/o,
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theli/o nipple
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therapeut/o
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treatment
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-therapy
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treatment
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therm/o
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heat
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thorac/o
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chest
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-thorax
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chest; pleural cavity
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thromb/o
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clot
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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-thymia
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mind (condition of)
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-thymic
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pertaining to mind
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland; shield
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thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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tibi/o
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tibia (shin bone)
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-tic
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pertaining to
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toc/o
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labor; birth
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-tocia
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labor; birth (condition of)
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-tocin
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labor; birth (a substance for)
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tom/o
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to cut
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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process of cutting
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ton/o
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tension
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tone/o
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to stretch
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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top/o
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place; position; location
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-tory
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pertaining to
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tox/o
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poison
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toxic/o
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poison
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trache/o
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trachea (windpipe)
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trans-
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across; through
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-tresia
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opening
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tri-
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three
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trich/o
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hair
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trigon/o
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trigone (area within the bladder)
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-tripsy
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crushing
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troph/o
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nourishment; development
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-trophy
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nourishment; development
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-tropia
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to turn
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-tropic
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pertaining to stimulating
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-tropin
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stimulate; act on
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear
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-type
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classification; picture
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-ule
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little; small
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uln/o
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ulna (medial lower arm bone)
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ultra-
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beyond; excess
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-um
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structure; tissue; thing
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umbilic/o
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umbilicus (navel)
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ungu/o
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nail
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uni-
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one
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ur/o
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urine; urinary tract
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ureter/o
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ureter
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urethr/o
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urethra
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-uria
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urination; condition of urine
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urin/o
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urine
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-us
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structure; thing
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uter/o
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uterus (womb)
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uve/o
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uvea, vascular layer of eye (iris,
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choroid,
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ciliary body)
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uvul/o
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uvula
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vag/o
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vagus nerve
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vagin/o
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vagina
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valv/o
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valve
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valvul/o
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valve
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varic/o
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varicose veins
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vas/o
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vessel; duct; vas deferens
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vascul/o
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vessel (blood)
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ven/o,
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ven/i vein
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vener/o
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venereal (sexual contact)
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ventr/o
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belly side of body
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ventricul/o
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ventricle (of heart or brain)
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venul/o
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venule (small vein)
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-verse
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to turn
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-version
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turning (condition of)
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vertebr/o
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vertebra (backbone)
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vesic/o
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urinary bladder
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vesicul/o
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seminal vesicle
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vestibul/o
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vestibule of the inner ear
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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vit/o
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life
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vitr/o
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vitreous body (of the eye)
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vitre/o
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glass
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viv/o
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life
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vol/o
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to roll
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vulv/o
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vulva (female external genitalia)
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xanth/o
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yellow
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xen/o
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stranger
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xer/o
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dry
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xiph/o
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sword
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-y
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condition; process
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zo/o
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animal life
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rachi/o
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spinal column; vertebrae
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radi/o
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x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral
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lower
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arm bone)
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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re-
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back; again; backward
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rect/o
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rectum
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ren/o
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kidney
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reticul/o
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network
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retin/o
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retina
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retro-
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behind; back; backward
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rhabdomy/o
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striated (skeletal) muscle
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rheumat/o
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watery flow
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rhin/o
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nose
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rhytid/o
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wrinkle
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roentgen/o
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x-rays
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-rrhage
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bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhagia
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bursting forth (of blood)
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rrhea
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flow; discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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rrhythm/o
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rhythm
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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salping/o
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fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube
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-salpinx
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fallopian tube; oviduct
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sarc/o
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flesh (connective tissue)
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scapul/o
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scapula; shoulder blade
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-schisis
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split
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schiz/o
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split
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scint/i
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spark
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scirrh/o
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hard
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scler/o
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sclera (white of eye); hard
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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scoli/o
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crooked; bent
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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scot/o
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darkness
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seb/o
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sebum
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sebace/o
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sebum
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sect/o
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to cut
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semi-
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half
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semin/i
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semen; seed
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seps/o
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infection
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sial/o
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saliva; salivary
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sialaden/o
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salivary gland
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sider/o
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iron
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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silic/o
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glass
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sinus/o
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sinus
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-sis
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state of; condition
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-sol
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solution
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somat/o
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body
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-some
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body
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somn/o
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sleep
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-somnia
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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-spadia
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to tear, cut
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-spasm
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sudden contraction of muscles
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sperm/o
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spermatozoa; sperm cells
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spermat/o
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spermatozoa; sperm cells
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sphen/o
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wedge; sphenoid bone
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spher/o
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globe-shaped; round
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sphygm/o
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pulse
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-sphyxia
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pulse
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splanchn/o
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viscera (internal organs)
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spin/o
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spine (backbone)
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spir/o
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to breathe
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splen/o
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spleen
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spondyl/o
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vertebra (backbone)
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squam/o
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scale
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-stalsis
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contraction
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staped/o
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stapes (middle ear bone)
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staphyl/o
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clusters; uvula
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-stasis
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stopping; controlling; placing
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-static
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pertaining to stopping or controlling
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steat/o
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fat, sebum
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sten/o
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narrowing
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-stenosis
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tightening; stricture
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ster/o
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solid structure; steroid
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stere/o
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solid; three-dimensional
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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steth/o
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chest
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-sthenia
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strength
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-stitial
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pertaining to standing or positioned
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stomat/o
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mouth
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-stomia
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condition of the mouth
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-stomy
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new opening (to form a mouth)
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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styl/o
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pole or stake
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sub-
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under; below
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submaxill/o
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mandible (lower jaw bone)
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-suppression
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stopping
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supra-
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above, upper
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sym-
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together; with
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syn-
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together; with
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syncop/o
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to cut off, cut short; faint
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syndesm/o
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ligament
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synov/o
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synovia; synovial membrane; sheath
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around
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a tendon
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syring/o
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tube
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tachy-
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fast
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tars/o
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tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7 bones
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between
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the foot and the leg)
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tax/o
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order; coordination
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tel/o
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complete
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tele/o
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distant
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ten/o
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tendon
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tendin/o
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tendon
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-tension
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pressure
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terat/o
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monster; malformed fetus
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test/o
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testis (testicle)
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tetra-
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four
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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thalass/o
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sea
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the/o
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put; place
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thec/o
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sheath
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thel/o,
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theli/o nipple
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therapeut/o
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treatment
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-therapy
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treatment
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therm/o
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heat
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thorac/o
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chest
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-thorax
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chest; pleural cavity
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thromb/o
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clot
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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-thymia
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mind (condition of)
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-thymic
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pertaining to mind
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland; shield
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thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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tibi/o
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tibia (shin bone)
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-tic
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pertaining to
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toc/o
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labor; birth
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-tocia
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labor; birth (condition of)
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-tocin
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labor; birth (a substance for)
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tom/o
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to cut
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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process of cutting
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ton/o
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tension
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tone/o
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to stretch
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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top/o
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place; position; location
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-tory
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pertaining to
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tox/o
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poison
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toxic/o
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poison
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trache/o
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trachea (windpipe)
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trans-
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across; through
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-tresia
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opening
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tri-
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three
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trich/o
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hair
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trigon/o
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trigone (area within the bladder)
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-tripsy
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crushing
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troph/o
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nourishment; development
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-trophy
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nourishment; development
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-tropia
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to turn
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-tropic
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pertaining to stimulating
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-tropin
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stimulate; act on
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear
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-type
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classification; picture
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-ule
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little; small
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uln/o
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ulna (medial lower arm bone)
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ultra-
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beyond; excess
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-um
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structure; tissue; thing
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umbilic/o
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umbilicus (navel)
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ungu/o
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nail
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uni-
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one
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ur/o
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urine; urinary tract
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ureter/o
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ureter
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urethr/o
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urethra
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-uria
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urination; condition of urine
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urin/o
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urine
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-us
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structure; thing
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uter/o
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uterus (womb)
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uve/o
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uvea, vascular layer of eye (iris,
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choroid,
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ciliary body)
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uvul/o
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uvula
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vag/o
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vagus nerve
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vagin/o
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vagina
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valv/o
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valve
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valvul/o
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valve
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varic/o
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varicose veins
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vas/o
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vessel; duct; vas deferens
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vascul/o
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vessel (blood)
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ven/o,
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ven/i vein
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vener/o
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venereal (sexual contact)
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ventr/o
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belly side of body
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ventricul/o
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ventricle (of heart or brain)
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venul/o
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venule (small vein)
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-verse
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to turn
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-version
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turning (condition of)
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vertebr/o
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vertebra (backbone)
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vesic/o
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urinary bladder
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vesicul/o
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seminal vesicle
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vestibul/o
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vestibule of the inner ear
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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vit/o
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life
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vitr/o
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vitreous body (of the eye)
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vitre/o
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glass
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viv/o
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life
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vol/o
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to roll
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vulv/o
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vulva (female external genitalia)
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xanth/o
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yellow
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xen/o
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stranger
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xer/o
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dry
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xiph/o
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sword
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-y
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condition; process
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zo/o
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animal life
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