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a-
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away from, without
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ab-
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away from
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abdomin/o-
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abdomen
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ablat/o-
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takeaway; destroy
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able to be
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Abort/o-
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stop prematurely
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abras/o-
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scrape off
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absorpt/o-
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absorb or take in
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-ac
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pertaining to
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access/o-
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supplemental or contributing part
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accommod/o-
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to adapt
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acetabul/o-
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acetabulum (hip socket)
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acid/o-
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acid (low pH)
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acouslo-
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hearing, sound
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acrlo-
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extremity; highest point
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acromi/o-
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acromion
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act/o-
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action
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actin/o-
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rays of the sun
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acu/o-
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needle; sharpness
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acus/o-
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the sense of hearing
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-acusis
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hearing
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-ad
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toward, in the direction of
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ad-
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toward
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Addict/o-
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surrender to; be controlled by
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-ade
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action; process
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aden/o-
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gland
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adhes/o-
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to stick to
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adip/o-
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fat
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adjuv/o-
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giving help or assistance
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adnex/o-
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accessory connecting parts
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adolesc/o-
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the beginning of being an adult
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adren/o-
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adrenal gland
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adrenal/o-
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adrenal gland
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affect/o-
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state of mind; mood; to have an influence on
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affer/o-
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bring toward the center
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ag/o-
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to lead to
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agglutin/o-
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clumping, sticking
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aggreg/o-
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crowding together
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agon/o-
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causing action
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agor/a-
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open area or space
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-ails
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pertaining to
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-al
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pertaining to
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albin/o-
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white
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albumin/o-
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albumin
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Alg/o-
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pain
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algeslo-
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sensation of pain
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-algia
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painful condition
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align/o-
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arranged in a straight line
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aliment/o-
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food, nourishment
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Alkal/o-
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base (high pH)
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all/o-
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other; strange
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allerg/o-
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allergy
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alveol/o-
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alveolus (air sac)
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amblylo-
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dimness
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ambulat/o-
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walking
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amnes/o-
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forgetfulness
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amni/o-
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amnion (fetal membrane)
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-amnios
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amniotic fluid
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amput/o-
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to cut off
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amputat/o-
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to cut off
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amygdal/o-
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almond shape
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amyl/o-
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carbohydrate, starch
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-an
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pertaining to
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an-
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without, not
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an/o-
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anus
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ana-
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apart from; excessive
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anaboi/o-
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building up
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analy/o-
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to separate
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anastom/o-
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unite two tubular structures
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-ance
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state of
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ancill/o-
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servant, accessory
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-ancy
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state of
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Andr/o-
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male
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aneurysm/o-
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aneurysm (dilation)
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angi/o-
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blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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angin/o-
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angina
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anis/o-
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unequal
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ankyi/o-
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fused together, stiff
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-ant
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pertaining to
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ant-
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against
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antagon/o-
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oppose or work against
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anter/o-
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before; front part
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anthrac/o-
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coal
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anti-
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against
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anxi/o-
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fear, worry
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aort/o-
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aorta
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apher/o-
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withdrawal
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aphth/o-
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ulcer
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apic/o-
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apex (tip)
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apo-
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away from
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append/o-
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small structure hanging from a larger structure; appendix
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appendic/o-
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appendix
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appendicul/o-
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limb; small attached part
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appercept/o-
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fully perceived
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aque/o-
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watery substance
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-ar
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pertaining to
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arachn/o-
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spider, spider web
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-arche
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a beginning
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areol/o-
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small area around the nipple
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-arian
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pertaining to a person
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-aris
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pertaining to
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arter/o-
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artery
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arteri/o-
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artery
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arteriolbo-
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arteriole
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arthrbo-
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joint
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articul/o-
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joint
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-ary
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pertaining to
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asbest/o-
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asbestos
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ascit/o-
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ascites
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-ase
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enzyme
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aspir/o-
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to breathe in; to suck in
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asthmbo-
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asthma
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astrbo-
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starlike structure
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-ate
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composed of; pertaining to
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-ated
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pertaining to a condition; composed of
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atel/o-
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incomplete
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atherbo-
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soft, fatty substance
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atheromatbo-
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fatty deposit or mass
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athet/o-
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without position or place
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-atic
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pertaining to
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-ation
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a process; being or having
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-ative
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pertaining to
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-ator
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person or thing that produces or does
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-atory
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pertaining to
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atrilo-
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atrium (upper heart chamber)
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attenu/o-
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weakened
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-ature
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system composed of
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audi/o-
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the sense of hearing
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audit/o-
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the sense of hearing
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augment/o-
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increase in size or degree
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aur/i-
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ear
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auricul/o-
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ear
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auscult/o-
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listening
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aut/o-
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self
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autonom/o-
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independent, self-governing
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axill/o-
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axilla (armpit)
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axilo-
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axis
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bacteri/o-
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bacterium
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balan/o-
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glans penis
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barb-
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weight
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bas/o-
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base of a structure
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bas/o-
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basic (alkaline)
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basil/o-
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base of an organ
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behav/o-
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activity or manner of acting
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bi-
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two
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bi/o-
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life; living organisms; living tissue
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bil/i-
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bile, gall
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bilirubin/o-
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bilirubin
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-blast
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immature cell
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blast/o-
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immature; embryonic
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blephar/o-
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eyelid
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-body
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a structure or thing
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botu i/o-
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sausage
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brachibo-
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arm
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brachy-
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short
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brady-
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slow
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bronch/o-
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bronchus
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bronchi/o-
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bronchus
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bronchiolbo-
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bronchiole
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brux/o-
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to grind the teeth
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buccbo-
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cheek
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buccinat/o-
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cheek
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bulbbo-
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like a bulb
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bunion/o-
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bunion
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bursbo-
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bursa
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cac/o-
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bad, poor
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calc/o-
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calcium
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calcane/o-
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calcaneus (heel bone)
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calcibo-
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calcium
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calcificbo-
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hard from calcium
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calcul/o-
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stone
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cali/o-
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calix
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calic/o-
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calix
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calor/o-
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heat
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can/o-
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resembling a dog
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cancell/o-
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lattice structure
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cancer/o-
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cancer
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candid/o-
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candida (a yeast)
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capili/o-
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hairlike structure
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capn/o-
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carbon dioxide
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capsui/o-
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capsule (enveloping structure)
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carblo-
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carbon atoms
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carbox/y-
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carbon monoxide
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carcin/o-
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cancer
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card/i-
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heart
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cardi/o-
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heart
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cari/o-
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caries (tooth decay)
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carot/o-
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stupor, sleep
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carplo-
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wrist
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cartiiagin/o-
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cartilage
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cata-
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down
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catabol/o-
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breaking down
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catheter/o-
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catheter
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caud/o-
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tailbone; lower part of the body
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caus/o-
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burning
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cav/o-
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hollow space
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cavit/o-
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hollow space
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cec/o-
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cecum (first part of large intestine)
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ceilui/o-
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cell
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-cele
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hernia
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celi/o-
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abdomen
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-centesis
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procedure to puncture
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centr/o-
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center; dominant part
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cephal/o-
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head
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-cephalus
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head
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-ceps
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head
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-cere
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waxy substance
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cerebell/o-
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cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
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cerebr/o-
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cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cerviclo-
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neck; cervix
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cheil/o-
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lip
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chem/o-
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chemical, drug
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chez/o-
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to pass stool
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chir/o-
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hand
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chlor/o-
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chloride
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choi/o-
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bile, gall
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chol/e-
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bile, gall
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cholangi/o-
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bile duct
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cholecyst/o-
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gallbladder
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choledoch/o-
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common bile duct
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cholesterol/o
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cholesterol
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chondr/o-
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cartilage
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chondri/o-
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little granule
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chori/o-
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chorion (fetal membrane)
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chorion/o-
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chorion (fetal membrane)
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choroid/o-
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choroid(middle layer around/ - the eye)
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chrom/o- -
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color
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chron/o-
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time
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-ciast
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cell that breaks down substances
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cid/o-
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killing
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-cie
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small thing
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cieid/o-
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clavicle(collar bone)
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cili/o-
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hairlike structure
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cin/e-
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movement
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circa-
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about
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circul/o-
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circle
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circulat/o-
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movement in a circular route
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circum-
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around
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cirrh/o-
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yellow
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cis/o-
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to cut
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claudicat/o-
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limping pain
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claustr/o-
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enclosed space
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clav/o-
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clavicle (collar bone)
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clavicul/o-
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clavicle (collar bone)
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clinic/o-
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medicine
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clon/o-
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identical group derived from one
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clon/o-
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rapid contracting and relaxing
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-clonus
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condition of rapid contracting-and relaxing
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-cnemius
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leg
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coagul/o-
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clotting
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coarct/o-
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pressed together
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cocc/o-
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spherical bacterium
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-coccus
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spherical bacterium
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coccyg/o-
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coccyx (tail bone)
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cochle/o-
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cochlea(of the inner ear)
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cognit/o-
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thinking
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coil/a-
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fibers that hold together
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coit/o-
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sexual intercourse
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col/o-
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colon (part of large intestine)
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-collis
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condition of the neck
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colon/o- colp/o-
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colon (part of large intestine) vagina
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comat/o-
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deep unconsciousness
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comminut/o-
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break into minute pieces
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communic/o-
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impart, transmit
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compens/o-
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counterbalance; compensate
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compress/o-
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press together
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compromis/o-
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exposed to danger
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compuls/o-
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drive or compel
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con-
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with
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con/o-
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cone
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concept/o-
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to conceive or form
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concuss/o-
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violent shaking or jarring
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conduct/o-
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carrying, conveying
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conform/o-
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having the same scale or angle
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congenit/o-
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present at birth
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congest/o-
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accumulation of fluid
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coni/o-
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dust
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conjug/o-
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joined together
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conjunctiv/o-
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conjunctiva
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constip/o-
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compacted stool
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constrict/o-
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drawn together, narrowed
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construct/o-
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to build
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contin/o-
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hold together
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contra-
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against
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contract/o-
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pull together
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contus/o-
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bruising
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converg/o-
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coming together
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convuls/o-
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seizure
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copr/o-
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feces, stool
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cor/o-
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pupil (of the eye)
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corne/o-
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cornea (of the eye)
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coron/o-
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encircling structure
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corpor/o-
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body
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cortic/o-
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cortex (outer region)
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cosmet/o-
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attractive, adorned
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cost/o-
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rib
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crani/o-
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cranium (skull)
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-crasia
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a mixing
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crin/o-
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secrete
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-crine
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a thing that secretes
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-crit
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separation of
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cry/o-
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cold
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crypt/o-
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hidden
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cubit/o-
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elbow
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culd/o-
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cul-de-sac
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cusp/o-
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projection, point
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cut/i-
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skin
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cutane/o-
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skin
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cyan/o-
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blue
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cycl/o-
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ciliary body of the eye;
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cycl/o-
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cycle; circle
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cyst/o-
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bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cyst
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cyt/o-
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cell
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-cyte
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cell
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dacry/o-
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lacrimal sac; tears
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-dactyly
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condition of fingers or toes
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de-
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reversal of
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dec/i-
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without one tenth
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decidu/o-
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falling off
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defici/o-
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lacking, inadequate
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degluti/o-
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swallowing
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delt/o-
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triangle
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delus/o-
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false belief
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dem/o-
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people; population
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dendr/o-
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branching structure
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densit/o-
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density
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dent/i-
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tooth
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dent/o-
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tooth
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dentit/o-
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eruption of teeth
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depend/o-
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to hang onto
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depress/o-
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press down
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derm/a-
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skin
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derm/o-
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skin
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-derma
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skin
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dermat/o-
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skin
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desicc/o-
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to dry up
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-desis
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procedure to fuse together
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dextr/o-
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right
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dextr/o-
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sugar
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di-
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two
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dia-
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complete; completely through
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diabet/o-
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diabetes
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diaphragmat/o-
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diaphragm
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diaphre/o-
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sweating
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diaphys/o-
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shaft of a bone
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diastol/o-
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dilating
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didym/o-
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testes (twin structures)
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-didymis
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testes (twin structures)
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diet/o-
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foods, diet
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dietet/o-
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foods, diet
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different/o-
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being distinct, different
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differentiat/o-
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being distinct or specialized
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dig it/o-
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digit (finger or toe)
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digest/o-
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break down food; digest
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dilat/o-
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dilate, widen
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dipl/o-
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double
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dips/o-
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thirst
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dis-
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away from
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disk/o-
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disk
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dissect/o-
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to cut apart
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dissemin/o-
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widely scattered throughout the body
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dist/o-
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away from the center point of origin
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distent/o-
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distended, stretched
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diverticul/o-
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diverticulum
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donat/o-
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give as a gift -
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dors/o-
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back; dorsum; uppermost part
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dos/i-
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dose
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-dose
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measured quantity
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-drome
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a running
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dub-
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two
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duc/o-
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bring or move
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-duct
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duct (tube)
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duct/o-
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bring or move; a duct - -
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duoden/o-
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duodenum (first part of small intestine
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dur/o-
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dura mater
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dyn/o-
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pain
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dynam/o-
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power; movement
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dys-
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painful, difficult, abnormal
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e-
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without, out
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-eal
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pertaining to
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ec-
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out, outward
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ecchym/o-
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blood in the tissues
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ech/o-
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echo (sound wave)
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eclamps/o-
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a seizure
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-ectasis
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condition of dilation
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ectatbo-
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dilation
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ecto-
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outermost, outside
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-ectomy
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surgical excision
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ectop/o-
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outside of a place
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-ed
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pertaining to
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-edema
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swelling
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edentul/o-
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without teeth
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-ee
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person who is the object of an action
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effacelo-
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do away with; obliterate
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effer/o-
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go out from the center
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effus/o-
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a pouring out
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ejaculat/o-
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to expel suddenly --
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-elasma
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platelike structure
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elast/o-
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flexing, stretching
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electr/o-
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electricity
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elimin/o-
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expel, remove
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-elle
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little thing
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em-
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in
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-ema
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condition -
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emaci/o-
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to make thin
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embol/o-
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embolus (occluding plug)
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embryon/o-
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embryo; immature form
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-emesis
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vomiting
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emetlo-
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to vomit
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-emia
|
condition of the blood; substance in the blood
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-emic
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pertaining to blood ora substance in the blood
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emiss/o-
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to send out
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emot/o-
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moving, stirring up
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emulsific/o-
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droplets of fat suspended in a liquid; particles suspended in a solution
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en-
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in, within, inward
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-ence
|
state of
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encephal/o-
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brain
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-encephaly
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condition of the brain
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-ency
|
condition of being
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endo-
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innermost, within
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-ent
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pertaining to
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enter/o-
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intestine
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-entery
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condition of the intestine
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enucle/o
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to remove the kernel or nucleus
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enur/o
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to urinate in
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-eon
|
one who performs
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eosin/o
|
eosin (acidic red dye)
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ependym/o
|
lining membrane
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epi
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upon, above
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epilept/o
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seizure
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epiphys/o-
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growth area on the end of a bone
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episi/o-
|
vulva (female external genitalia)
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-er
|
person or thing that produces or does
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erect/o-
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to stand up
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erglo-
|
activity; work
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-ergy
|
activity; process of working
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erupt/o-
|
breaking out
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-ery
|
process of
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erythemat/o-
|
redness
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erythr/o-
|
red
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es/o-
|
inward
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-esis
|
condition
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esophag/o-
|
esophagus
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esthes/o-
|
sensation, feeling
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esthet/o-
|
sensation, feeling
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estr/a-
|
female
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estr/o-
|
female
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ethm/o-
|
sieve
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eti/o
|
cause of disease
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-etic
|
pertaining to
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-ety
|
condition, state
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etymlo-
|
word origin
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eu-
|
normal; good
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ex-
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out, away from
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ex/o-
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away from, external, outward
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exacerb/o-
|
increase; provoke
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excislo-
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to cut out
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excori/o-
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to take out skin
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exhibit/o-
|
showing
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explorat/o-
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to search out
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express/o-
|
communicate
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extens/o-
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straightening
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extern/o-
|
outside
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extra-
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outside of
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extrins/o-
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on the outside
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exud/o-
|
oozing fluid
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faci/o-
|
face
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factiti/o-
|
artificial, contrived
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fallopi/o-
|
fallopian tube
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fasci/o-
|
fascia
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fec/a-
|
feces stool
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fec/o-
|
feces stool
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femor/o-
|
femur (thigh bone)
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fer/o-
|
to bear
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ferr/o-
|
iron
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ferrit/o-
|
iron
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fertil/o-
|
able to conceive a child
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fet/o-
|
fetus
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fibr/o-
|
fiber
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fibrill/o-
|
muscle fiber; nerve fiber
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fibrin/o-
|
fibrin
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fibul/o-
|
fibula (lower leg bone)
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filtr/oç
|
filter
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filtrat/o-
|
filtering; straining
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fiss/o-
|
splitting
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fixat/o-
|
to make stable or still
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flatul/o-
|
flatus
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flex/o-
|
bending
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fluor/o-
|
fluorescence
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|
-flux
|
flow
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foclo-
|
point of activity
|
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foli/o-
|
leaf
|
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follicul/o-
|
follicle (small sac)
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foramin/o-
|
foramen (opening into a cavity or channel)
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forens/o-
|
court proceedings in criminal law
|
|
|
-form
|
having the form of
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formatlo-
|
structure; arrangement
|
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fove/o-
|
small, depressed area
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fract/o-
|
break up
|
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fratern/o-
|
close association or relationship
|
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-frice
|
thing that produces friction
|
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front/o-
|
front
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fruct/o-
|
fruit
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fulgur/o-
|
spark of electricity
|
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fund/o-
|
fundus (part farthest from the opening)
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fundu/o-
|
fundus (part farthest from the opening)
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fung/o-
|
fungus
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fus/o-
|
pouring
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galact/o-
|
milk
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ganglion/o-
|
ganglion
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|
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gangren/o-
|
gangrene
|
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gastr/o-
|
stomach
|
|
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gemin/o-
|
twins; set or group
|
|
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-gen
|
that which produces
|
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gen/o-
|
arising from; produced by
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-gene
|
gene
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gene/o-
|
gene
|
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gener/o-
|
production; creation
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genit/o-
|
genitalia
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ger/o-
|
old age
|
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gerrnin/o-
|
embryonic tissue
|
|
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gestat/o-
|
from conception to birth
|
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gestlo-
|
from conception to birth
|
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gigant/o-
|
giant
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gingiv/o-
|
gums
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glandul/o-
|
gland
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glen/o-
|
socket of a joint
|
|
|
-glia
|
substance that holds things together
|
|
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glib-
|
substance that holds things together
|
|
|
glob/o-
|
shaped like a globe; comprehensive
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|
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globul/o-
|
shaped like a globe
|
|
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glomerulbo-
|
glomerulus
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gloss/o-
|
tongue
|
|
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glott/o-
|
glottis (of the larynx)
|
|
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glucbo-
|
glucose(sugar)
|
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glycbo-
|
glucose (sugar)
|
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glycer/o-
|
glycerol (sugar alcohol)
|
|
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glycos/o-
|
glucose (sugar)
|
|
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gnosbo-
|
knowledge
|
|
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gon/o-
|
seed (ovum or spermatozoon)
|
|
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gonad/o-
|
gonads (ovaries and testes)
|
|
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gonibo
|
angle
|
|
|
-grade
|
going
|
|
|
-graft
|
tissue for implant or transplant
|
|
|
-gram
|
a record or picture
|
|
|
granulbo-
|
granule
|
|
|
-graph
|
instrument used to record
|
|
|
graph/o-
|
record
|
|
|
-graphy
|
process of recording
|
|
|
-gravida
|
pregnancy
|
|
|
gustatbo-
|
the sense of taste
|
|
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gynec/o-
|
female, woman
|
|
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habilitatbo-
|
give ability
|
|
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halbo-
|
breathe
|
|
|
halitbo-
|
breath
|
|
|
hallucin/o-
|
imagined perception
|
|
|
hebe/o-
|
youth
|
|
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hecbo-
|
habitual condition of the body
|
|
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hedon/o-
|
pleasure
|
|
|
helic/o-
|
a coil
|
|
|
hem/o-
|
blood
|
|
|
hemat/o-
|
blood
|
|
|
hemi-
|
one half
|
|
|
hemoglobin/o-
|
hemoglobin
|
|
|
hemorrh/o-
|
a flowing of blood
|
|
|
hemorrhoid/o-
|
hemorrhoid
|
|
|
hepat/o-
|
liver
|
|
|
hered/o-
|
genetic inheritance
|
|
|
heredit/o-
|
genetic inheritance
|
|
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herni/o-
|
hernia
|
|
|
heter/o-
|
other
|
|
|
hex/o-
|
habitual condition of the body
|
|
|
hidrbo-
|
sweat
|
|
|
hirsut/o-
|
hairy
|
|
|
histibo-
|
tissue
|
|
|
home/o-
|
same
|
|
|
horizont/o-
|
boundary between the earth and sky
|
|
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horn/i-
|
man
|
|
|
horrnon/o-
|
hormone
|
|
|
hub-
|
hilum (indentation in an organ)
|
|
|
humer/o-
|
humerus (upper arm bone)
|
|
|
hyal/o-
|
clear glasslike substance
|
|
|
hybo-
|
u-shaped structure
|
|
|
hydatidi/o-
|
fluid-filled vesicles
|
|
|
hydr/o-
|
water; fluid
|
|
|
hygien/o-
|
health
|
|
|
hyper-
|
above; more than normal
|
|
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hypn/o-
|
sleep
|
|
|
hypo-
|
below; deficient
|
|
|
hypophys/o-
|
pituitary gland
|
|
|
hysterbo-
|
uterus (womb)
|
|
|
-ia
|
condition, state, thing
|
|
|
-iac
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
-ial
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
-ian
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
-ias
|
condition
|
|
|
-iasis
|
state of; process of
|
|
|
-iatic
|
pertaining to a state or process
|
|
|
iatr/o-
|
physician; medical treatment
|
|
|
-iatry
|
medical treatment
|
|
|
-ic
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
-ical
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
-ician
|
a skilled professional or expert
|
|
|
-ics
|
knowledge, practice
|
|
|
ict/o-
|
seizure
|
|
|
icter/o-
|
jaundice
|
|
|
-id
|
resembling; source or origin
|
|
|
-ide
|
chemically modified structure
|
|
|
idi/o-
|
unknown; individual
|
|
|
-ie
|
a thing
|
|
|
-il
|
a thing
|
|
|
-ile
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
ile/o-
|
ileum (third part of small intestine)
|
|
|
ili/o-
|
ilium (hip bone)
|
|
|
-ility
|
having the quality of
|
|
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illus/o-
|
false perception
|
|
|
im-
|
not
|
|
|
immun/o-
|
immune response
|
|
|
-immune
|
immune response
|
|
|
impact/o-
|
wedged in
|
|
|
implant/o-
|
placed within
|
|
|
-in
|
a substance
|
|
|
in-
|
in; within; not
|
|
|
incarcer/o-
|
to imprison
|
|
|
incis/o
|
to cut into
|
|
|
incud/o-
|
incus (anvil-shaped bone)
|
|
|
indjict/o-
|
a leading in
|
|
|
-ine
|
substance pertaining to
|
|
|
infarct/o-
|
area of dead tissue
|
|
|
infect/o-
|
disease within
|
|
|
infer/o-
|
below
|
|
|
inflammat/o-
|
redness and warmth
|
|
|
infra-
|
below, beneath
|
|
|
-ing
|
doing
|
|
|
inguin/o-
|
groin
|
|
|
inhibit/o-
|
block; hold back
|
|
|
inject/o-
|
insert or put in
|
|
|
insemin/o-
|
planta seed
|
|
|
insert/o-
|
to put in or introduce
|
|
|
inspect/o-
|
looking at
|
|
|
insul/o-
|
island
|
|
|
insulin/o-
|
insulin
|
|
|
integu/o-
|
to cover
|
|
|
integument/o-
|
skin
|
|
|
inter-
|
between
|
|
|
intern/o-
|
inside
|
|
|
interstiti/o-
|
spaces within tissue-
|
|
|
intestin/o-
|
intestine
|
|
|
intra-
|
within
|
|
|
intrins/o-
|
on the inside
|
|
|
intussuscep/o-
|
to receive within
|
|
|
invas/o-
|
to go into
|
|
|
involut/o-
|
enlarged organ returns to normal size
|
|
|
iod/o-
|
iodine
|
|
|
iodin/o-
|
iodine
|
|
|
-ion
|
action; condition
|
|
|
-ior
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
-ious
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
ir/o-
|
iris (colored part of the eye)
|
|
|
irid/o-
|
iris (colored part of the eye)
|
|
|
isch/o-
|
keep back; block
|
|
|
ischi/o-
|
ischium (hip bone)
|
|
|
-ism
|
process; disease from a specific cause
|
|
|
-ist
|
one who specializes in
|
|
|
-istic
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
-istry
|
process related to the specialty of
|
|
|
-isy
|
condition of inflammation
|
|
|
-ite
|
thing that pertains to
|
|
|
-itian
|
a skilled professional or expert
|
|
|
-itic
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
-itis
|
inflammation of
|
|
|
-ity
|
state; condition
|
|
|
-ium
|
a chemical element
|
|
|
-ive
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
-ix
|
a structure
|
|
|
-ization
|
process of making, creating. or inserting
|
|
|
-ize
|
affecting in a particular way
|
|
|
-izer
|
thing that affects in a particular way
|
|
|
jejun/o-
|
jejunum (middle part of small intestine)
|
|
|
jugul/o-
|
jugular (throat)
|
|
|
kal/i-
|
potassium
|
|
|
kary/o-
|
nucleus
|
|
|
kel/o-
|
tumor
|
|
|
kerat/o-
|
hard, fibrous protein
|
|
|
keratlo-
|
cornea (of the eye)
|
|
|
ketlo-
|
ketones
|
|
|
keton/o-
|
ketones
|
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kin./o-
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movement
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-kine
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movement
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kines/o-
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movement
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-kinesis
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condition of movement
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kleptio-
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to steal
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kyph/o-
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bent; humpbacked
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labi/o-
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lip; labium
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laborat/o-
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workplace; testing place
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labyrinth/o-
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labyrinth (in the inner ear)
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lacerlo-
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a tearing
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lacrim/o-
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tears
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lact/i-
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milk
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lactio-
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milk
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-lalia
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condition of speech
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lamin/o-
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lamina (flat area on the vertebra)
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lapar/o-
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abdomen
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laryng/o-
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larynx(voice box)
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later/o-
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side
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lei/o-
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smooth
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lent/o-
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lens (of the eye)
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lenticu/o-
|
lens (of the eye)
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-lepsy
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seizure
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leuk/o-
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white
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lev/o-
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eft
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lex/o-
|
word
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ligament/o-
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ligament
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ligat/o-
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to tie up or bind
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limb/o-
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edge, order
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lingu/o-
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tongue
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lip/o-
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lipid
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lipid/o-
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lipid (at)
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-listhesis
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see -olisthesis
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-lith
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stone
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lith/o-
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stone
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lo-
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removing from the body
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lob/o-
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lobe of an organ
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loc/o-
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in one place
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locat/o-
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a place
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log/o-
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word; the study of
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-logy
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the study of
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lord/o-
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swayback
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luc/o-
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clear and shining
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lumb/o-
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lower back; area between the ribs and pelvis
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lumin/o-
|
lumen (opening)
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lun/o-
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moon
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-ly
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going toward
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ly/o
|
break down, separate, dissolve
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lymph/o-
|
lymph; lymphatic system
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lys/o
|
break down or dissolve
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lysis
|
abnormal condition; process
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-lyte
|
dissolved substance
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macr/o-
|
large
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macul/o-
|
small area or spot
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magnet/o-
|
magnet
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mal-
|
bad; inadequate
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malac/o-
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softening
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-malacia
|
condition of softening
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malign/o-
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intentionally causing harm; cancer
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malle/o-
|
malleus (hammer-shaped bone)
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malleol/o-
|
malleolus
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mamm/a-
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breast
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mamm/o-
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breast
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man/o-
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thin
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mandibul/o-
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mandible (lower jaw)
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-mania
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condition of frenzy
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manu/o-
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hand
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masset/o-
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chewing
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mast/o-
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breast; mastoid process
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mastic/o-
|
chewing
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mastoid/o-
|
mastoid process
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matur/o-
|
mature
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maxillio-
|
maxilla (upper jaw)
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medi/o-
|
middle
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mediastin/o-
|
mediastinum
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medicio-
|
physician; medicine
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medull/o-
|
medulla (inner region)
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megal/o-
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large
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-megaly
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enlargement
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megia-
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large
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melan/o-
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black
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melen/o-
|
black
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men/o-
|
month
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mening/io-
|
meninges
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meningi/o-
|
meninges
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menisc/o-
|
meniscus (crescent-shaped cartilage)
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menstru/o-
|
monthly discharge of blood
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-ment
|
action; state
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ment/o-
|
mind; chin
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mesenter/o-
|
mesentery
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mesi/o-
|
middle
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meso-
|
middle
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meta-
|
after; subsequent to; transition; change
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metabol/o-
|
change, transformation
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-meter
|
instrument used to measure
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metr/o-
|
measurement
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metr/o-
|
uterus (womb)
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metri/o-
|
uterus (womb)
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-metry
|
process of measuring
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mi/o-
|
lessening
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micr/o-
|
one millionth
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micr/o-
|
small
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micturi/o-
|
making urine
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mid-
|
middle
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-mileusis
|
process of carving
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mineral/o-
|
mineral; electrolyte
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mit/o-
|
threadlike structure
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mitr/o-
|
structure like a miter (tall hat with 2 points)
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mitt/o-
|
to send
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mon/o-
|
one, single
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morb/o-
|
disease
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morbid/o-
|
disease
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morph/o-
|
shape
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mort/o-
|
death
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mot/o-
|
movement
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-motor
|
thing that produces movement
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muc/o-
|
mucus
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mucos/o-
|
mucous membrane
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mult/i-
|
many
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muscul/o-
|
muscle
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mutat/o-
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to change
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my/o-
|
muscle
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myc/o-
|
fungus
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mydr/o-
|
widening
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myel/o-
|
bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin
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myelin/o-
|
myelin
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myos/o-
|
muscle
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myring/o-
|
tympanic membrane(eardrum)
|
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myx/o-
|
mucus-like substance
|
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narclo-
|
stupor, sleep
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nas/o-
|
nose
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nat/o-
|
birth
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-nate
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born
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nauselo-
|
nausea
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ne/o-
|
new
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necr/o-
|
death
|
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nephr/o-
|
kidney; nephron
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nerv/o-
|
nerve
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neur/o-
|
nerve
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neutr/o-
|
not taking part
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nid/o-
|
nest; focus
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-nine
|
pertaining to a single chemical substance
|
|
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noctlo-
|
night
|
|
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nod/o-
|
node (knob of tissue)
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|
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nodul/o-
|
small knobby mass
|
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non-
|
not
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norm/o-
|
normal, usual
|
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nuch/o-
|
neck; nape of neck
|
|
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nucle/o-
|
nucleus (of a cell or an atom)
|
|
|
nucleol/o-
|
nucleolus
|
|
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null/i-
|
none
|
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nutri/o-
|
nourishment
|
|
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nutriti/o-
|
nourishment
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o/o-
|
ovum (egg)
|
|
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obes/o-
|
fat
|
|
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obsess/o-
|
besieged by thoughts
|
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obstetr/o-
|
pregnancy and childbirth
|
|
|
obstip/o-
|
severe constipation
|
|
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obstruct/o-
|
blocked by a barrier
|
|
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occipit/o-
|
occiput (back of the head)
|
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occlus/o-
|
close against
|
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ocul/o-
|
eye
|
|
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odont/o-
|
tooth
|
|
|
odyn/o-
|
pain
|
|
|
-oid
|
resembling
|
|
|
-ol
|
chemical substance
|
|
|
olfact/o-
|
the sense of smell
|
|
|
olig/o-
|
scanty
|
|
|
-olisthesis
|
abnormal condition and process of slipping
|
|
|
om/o-
|
tumor, mass
|
|
|
-oma
|
tumor, mass
|
|
|
-omatosis
|
abnormal condition of multiple tumors or masses
|
|
|
oment/o-
|
omentum
|
|
|
omphal/o-
|
umbilicus, navel
|
|
|
occipit/o-
|
occiput (back of the head)
|
|
|
occlus/o-
|
close against
|
|
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ocul/o-
|
eye
|
|
|
odont/o-
|
tooth
|
|
|
odyn/o-
|
pain
|
|
|
-oid
|
resembling
|
|
|
-ol
|
chemical substance
|
|
|
olfact/o-
|
the sense of smell
|
|
|
olig/o-
|
scanty
|
|
|
-olisthesis
|
abnormal condition and process of slipping
|
|
|
om/o-
|
tumor, mass
|
|
|
-oma
|
tumor, mass
|
|
|
-omatosis
|
abnormal condition of multiple tumors or masses
|
|
|
oment/o-
|
omentum
|
|
|
omphal/o-
|
umbilicus, navel
|
|
|
-on
|
a substance; structure
|
|
|
onc/o-
|
tumor, mass
|
|
|
-one
|
chemical substance
|
|
|
onych/o-
|
nail
|
|
|
oophor/o-
|
ovary
|
|
|
operat/o-
|
perform a procedure; surgery
|
|
|
ophidi/o-
|
snake
|
|
|
ophthalm/o-
|
eye
|
|
|
opia
|
condition of vision
|
|
|
ôpportun/o-
|
well timed, taking advantage of an opportunity
|
|
|
oppos/o-
|
forceful resistance
|
|
|
-opsy
|
process of viewing
|
|
|
optic/o-
|
lenses; properties of light
|
|
|
optio-
|
eye; vision
|
|
|
-or
|
person or thing that produces or does
|
|
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or/o-
|
mouth
|
|
|
orbicul/o-
|
small circle
|
|
|
orbit/o-
|
orbit (eye socket)
|
|
|
orch/o-
|
testis
|
|
|
orchi/o-
|
testis
|
|
|
orex/o-
|
appetite
|
|
|
organ/o-
|
organ
|
|
|
orth/o-
|
straight
|
|
|
-ory
|
having the function of
|
|
|
-ose
|
full of
|
|
|
-osing
|
a condition of doing
|
|
|
-osis
|
condition; abnormal condition; process
|
|
|
osn/o-
|
the sense of smell
|
|
|
osse/o-
|
bone
|
|
|
ossicul/o-
|
ossicle (little bone)
|
|
|
ossificat/o-
|
changing into bone
|
|
|
oste/o-
|
bone
|
|
|
ot/o-
|
ear
|
|
|
oure/o-
|
urine
|
|
|
-ous
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
ov/i
|
ovum (egg)
|
|
|
ov/o-
|
ovum (egg)
|
|
|
ovari/o-
|
ovary
|
|
|
ovul/o-
|
ovum (egg)
|
|
|
ox/i-
|
oxygen
|
|
|
ox/o-
|
oxygen
|
|
|
ox/y-
|
oxygen; quick
|
|
|
palat/o-
|
palate
|
|
|
palliat/o-
|
reduce the severity of
|
|
|
palpat/o-
|
touching, feeling
|
|
|
palpit/o-
|
to throb
|
|
|
pan-
|
all
|
|
|
pancreat/o-
|
pancreas
|
|
|
papill/o-
|
elevated structure
|
|
|
par-
|
beside
|
|
|
par/o-
|
birth
|
|
|
para-
|
beside, apart from; two parts of a pair; abnormal
|
|
|
parenchym/o-
|
parenchyma (functional cells - of an organ
|
|
|
-paresis
|
weakness
|
|
|
pareun/o-
|
sexual intercourse
|
|
|
pariet/o-
|
wall of a cavity
|
|
|
paroxysm/o-
|
sudden, sharp attack
|
|
|
part/o-
|
childbirth
|
|
|
-partum
|
childbirth
|
|
|
parturit/o-
|
to be in labor
|
|
|
pat/o-
|
to lie open
|
|
|
patell/o-
|
patella (kneecap)
|
|
|
-path
|
disease, suffering
|
|
|
path/o-
|
disease, suffering
|
|
|
pathet/o-
|
suffering
|
|
|
-pathy
|
disease, suffering
|
|
|
paus/o-
|
cessation
|
|
|
-pause
|
cessation
|
|
|
pect/o-
|
stiff
|
|
|
pector/o-
|
chest
|
|
|
ped/o-
|
child
|
|
|
pedicul/o-
|
lice
|
|
|
pelv/i-
|
pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis)
|
|
|
pelv/o-
|
pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis)
|
|
|
pen-
|
around
|
|
|
pen/o-
|
penis
|
|
|
pendul/o-
|
hanging down
|
|
|
-penia
|
condition of deficiency
|
|
|
peniphen/o-
|
outer aspects
|
|
|
pepsin/o-
|
pepsin
|
|
|
pepsio-
|
digestion
|
|
|
pept/o-
|
digestion
|
|
|
peptid/o-
|
peptide (two amino acids)
|
|
|
per-
|
through, throughout
|
|
|
percuss/o-
|
tapping
|
|
|
perfor/o-
|
to have an opening
|
|
|
perine/o-
|
perineum
|
|
|
periton/o-
|
peritoneum
|
|
|
peritone/o-
|
peritoneum
|
|
|
perone/o-
|
fibula (lower leg bone)
|
|
|
person/o-
|
person
|
|
|
petechi/o-
|
petechiae
|
|
|
-pexy
|
process of surgically fixing in place
|
|
|
phac/o-
|
lens (of the eye)
|
|
|
phag/o-
|
eating, swallowing
|
|
|
-phage
|
thing that eats
|
|
|
phak/o-
|
lens (of the eye)
|
|
|
phalang/o-
|
phalanx (finger or toe)
|
|
|
pharmac/o-
|
medicine, drug
|
|
|
pharmaceutic/o-
|
medicine, drug
|
|
|
pharyng/o-
|
pharynx (throat)
|
|
|
-pharynx
|
pharynx (throat)
|
|
|
phas/o-
|
speech
|
|
|
phe/o-
|
gray
|
|
|
phi/o-
|
attraction to, fondness for
|
|
|
-phil
|
attraction to, fondness for
|
|
|
-phile
|
person who is attracted to or fond of
|
|
|
phleb/o-
|
vein
|
|
|
phob/o-
|
fear or avoidance
|
|
|
phor/o-
|
range
|
|
|
phor/o-
|
to bear, to carry
|
|
|
phosph/o-
|
phosphorus
|
|
|
phot/o-
|
light
|
|
|
phren/o-
|
diaphragm; mind
|
|
|
phylact/o-
|
guarding or protecting
|
|
|
-phylaxis
|
condition of guarding or protecting
|
|
|
-phyma
|
tumor, growth
|
|
|
phys/o-
|
inflate or distend; grow
|
|
|
physi/o-
|
physical function
|
|
|
physic/o-
|
body
|
|
|
-physis
|
state of growing
|
|
|
-phyte
|
growth
|
|
|
pigment/a-
|
pigment
|
|
|
pil/o-
|
hair
|
|
|
pituit/o-
|
pituitary gland
|
|
|
pituitar/o-
|
pituitary gland
|
|
|
placent/o-
|
placenta
|
|
|
plak/o-
|
plaque
|
|
|
-plant
|
procedure to transfer or graft
|
|
|
plas/o-
|
growth; formation
|
|
|
-plasm
|
growth; formed substance
|
|
|
plasm/a-
|
plasma; formed substance
|
|
|
plast/o-
|
growth; formation
|
|
|
-plasty
|
process of reshaping by surgery
|
|
|
pleg/o-
|
paralysis
|
|
|
-plegia
|
condition of paralysis
|
|
|
pleur/o-
|
pleura (lung membrane)
|
|
|
-plex
|
parts
|
|
|
pne/o-
|
breathing
|
|
|
-pnea
|
breathing
|
|
|
pneum/o-
|
lung; air
|
|
|
pneumon/o-
|
lung; air
|
|
|
pod/a-
|
foot
|
|
|
-poiesis
|
condition of formation
|
|
|
poikil/o-
|
irregular
|
|
|
pol/o-
|
pole
|
|
|
polar/o-
|
two opposite poles
|
|
|
-poletin
|
a substance that forms
|
|
|
poly-
|
many, much
|
|
|
polyp/o-
|
polyp
|
|
|
poplite/o-
|
back of the knee
|
|
|
por/o-
|
small openings; pores
|
|
|
port/a-
|
point of entry
|
|
|
post-
|
after, behind
|
|
|
poster/o-
|
back part
|
|
|
potent/a-
|
being capable of doing
|
|
|
pract/o-
|
medical practice
|
|
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pre-
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before; in front of
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pregn/o-
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being with child
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presby/o-
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old age
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press/a-
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pressure
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prevent/o-
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prevent
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preventat/o-
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prevent
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prim/o-
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first
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pro-
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before
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-probe
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rodlike instrument
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proct/o-
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rectum and anus
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product/o-
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produce
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project/o-
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throw forward
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pronat/o—
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lying face down
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prostat/o-
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prostate gland
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prosthet/o-
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artificial part
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prote/o-
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protein
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protein/o-
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protein
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proxim/o-
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near the center or point of origin
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prurit/o-
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itching
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psor/o-
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itching
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psych/a-
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mind
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-ptosis
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state of prolapse or drooping; falling
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-ptysis
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abnormal condition of coughing up
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pub/o-
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pubis (hip bone)
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puber/o-
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growing up
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pulmon/o-
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lung
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pulsat/o-
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rhythmic throbbing
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punct/o-
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hole, perforation
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pupill/o-
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pupil (of the eye)
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purul/o
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pus
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py/o-
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pus
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pyel/o-
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renal pelvis
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pylor/o-
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pylorus
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pyr/o-
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fire; burning
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pyret/o-
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fever
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quadri-
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four
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quantitat/o-
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quantity or amount
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radi/o-
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radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation
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radic/o-
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all parts including the root
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radicul/o-
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spinal nerve root
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rap/o-
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to seize and drag away
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re-
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again and again; backward; unable to
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react/o-
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reverse movement
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recept/o-
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receive
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recess/o-
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to move back
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rect/o-
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rectum
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recuper/o-
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recover
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reduct/o-
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to bring back; decrease
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refract/o-
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bend or deflect
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regurgitat/o-
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flow backward
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relax/o-
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relax
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remiss/o-
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send back
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ren/o-
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kidney
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repress/o-
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press back
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resect/o-
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to cut out and remove
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resist/o-
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withstand the effect of
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resuscit/o-
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revive or raise up again.
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retard/o-
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to slow down or delay
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retent/o-
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keep, hold back
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reticul/o-
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small network
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retin/o-
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retina (of the eye)
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retro-
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behind, backward
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rex/o-
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see orex/o-
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rhabd/o
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rod shaped
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rheumat/o-
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watery discharge
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rhin/o-
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nose
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rhiz/o-
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spinal nerve root
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rhytid/o-
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wrinkle
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rib/o-
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ribonucleic acid
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roentgen/o-
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x-rays; radiation
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rotate/o-
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rotate
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rrhag/o-
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excessive flow or discharge
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-rrhage
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excessive flow or discharge
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-rrhaphy
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procedure of suturing
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rrhe/o-
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flow, discharge
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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rrhythm/o-
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rhythm
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rub/o-
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red
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-rubin
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red substance
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rug/o-
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ruga (fold)
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sacchar/o-
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sugar
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sacr/o-
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sacrum
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sagitt/o-
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going from front to back
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saliv/o-
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saliva
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salping/o-
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fallopian tube
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-salpinx
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fallopian tube
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saphen/o-
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standing
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sarc/o-
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connective tissue
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satur/o
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filled up
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scal/o-
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series of graduated steps
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scaph/o-
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boat shaped
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scapul/o-
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scapula (shoulder blade)
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schiz/o-
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split
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scient/o-
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science; knowledge
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scint/i-
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point of light
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scintill/o
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point of light
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scler/o-
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hard; sclera (white of the
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scoli/o-
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curved, crooked
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scop/o-
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examine with an instrument
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-scope
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instrument used to exam
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-scopy
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process of using an instrument to examine
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scot/o-
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darkness
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script/o-
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write
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scrot/o-
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a bag; scrotum
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seb/o-
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sebum (oil)
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sebace/o-
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sebum (oil)
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secret/o-
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produce; secrete
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sect/o-
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to cut
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sedat/o-
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to calm agitation
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semi-
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half; partly
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semin/i-
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spermatozoon; sperm
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semin/o-
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spermatozoon; semen
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sen/o-
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old age
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sens/o-
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sensation
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sensit/o-
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affected by, sensitive to
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sensitiv/o-
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affected by, sensitive to
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sensor/i-
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sensory
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sept/o-
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septum (dividing wall)
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septic/o-
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infection
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ser/o-
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serum of the blood; serum like fluid
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sex/o-
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sex
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sial/o-
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saliva; salivary gland
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sigmoid/o-
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sigmoid colon
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sin/o-
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hollow cavity; channel
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sinus/o-
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sinus
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-sis
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condition; abnormal condition
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skelet/o-
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skeleton
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soci/o
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human beings; community
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som/o-
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a body
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somat/o-
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body
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-some
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a body
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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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sorb/o-
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to suck up
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-spasm
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sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
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spasm/o-
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spasm
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spasmod/o-
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spasm
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spast/o-
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spasm
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sperm/o-
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spermatozoon; sperm
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spermat/o-
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spermatozoon; sperm
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sphen/o-
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wedge shape
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sphenoid/o-
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sphenoid bone or sinus
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spher/o-
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sphere or ball
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-sphere
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sphere or ball
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sphincter/o-
|
sphincter
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sphygm/o-
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pulse
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spin/o-
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spine; backbone
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spir/o-
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a coil
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spir/o-
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breathe
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splen/o-
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spleen
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spondyl/o-
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vertebra
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squam/o-
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scalelike cell
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stal/o-
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contraction
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-stalsis
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process of contraction
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staped/o-
|
stapes (stirrup-shaped bone)
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stas/o-
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standing still; staying in one place
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-stasis
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condition of standing still; staying in one place
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statlo-
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standing still; staying in one- place
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steat/o-
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fat
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sten/o-
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narrowness, constriction
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stere/o-
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three dimensions
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stern/o-
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sternum (breast bone)
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steroid
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- steroid
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steroid/o-
|
steroid
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-sterol
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lipid-containing compound
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steth/o-
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chest
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sthen/o-
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strength
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stigmat/o-
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point, mark
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stimul/o-
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exciting, strengthening
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stom/o-
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surgically created opening or mouth
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stomat/o-
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mouth -
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-stomy
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surgically created opening
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strangul/o-
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to constrict
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strept/o-
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curved
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stress/o-
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disturbing stimulus
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styl/o-
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stake
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su/i-
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self
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sub-
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below; underneath; less than
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sucr/o-
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sugar (cane sugar)
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suct/o-
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to suck
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sudor/i-
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sweat
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super-
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above, beyond
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super/o-
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above
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superfici/o-
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on or near the surface
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supinat/o-
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lying on the back
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supposit/o-
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placed beneath
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suppress/o-
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press down
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suppur/o-
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pus formation
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supra-
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above
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surg/o-
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operative procedure
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suspens/o-
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hanging
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sym-
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together, with
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symptomat/o-
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collection of symptoms
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syn-
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together
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syncop/o-
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fainting
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synovbo-
|
synovium (membrane)
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synovi/o-
|
synovium (membrane)
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system/o-
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the body as a whole
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systol/o-
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contracting
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-systole
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contracting
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tachy-
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fast
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tact/o-
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touch
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tampon/o-
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stop up
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tard/o-
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late, slow
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tars/o-
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ankle
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tax/o-
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coordination
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techn/o-
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technical skill
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tele/o-
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distance
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tempor/o-
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temple (side of the head)
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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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tendon/o-
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tendon
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tens/o-
|
pressure, tension
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terat/o-
|
bizarre form
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termin/o-
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end; boundary
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testicul/o-
|
testis; testicle
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tetr/a-
|
four
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thalam/o-
|
thalamus
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thanat/o-
|
death
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thec/o-
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sheath or layers of membranes
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theli/o-
|
cellular layer
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therap/o-
|
treatment
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therapeut/o-
|
treatment
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-therapy
|
treatment
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therm/o-
|
heat
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thorac/o-
|
thorax (chest)
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-thorax
|
thorax (chest)
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thromb/o-
|
thrombus (blood clot)
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thym/o-
|
thymus; rage
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thyr/o-
|
shield-shaped structure(thyroid gland)
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thyroid/o-
|
thyroid gland
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tibi/o-
|
tibia (shin bone)
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-tic
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pertaining to
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tiii/o-
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to pull out
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-tion
|
a process; being or having
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toc/o-
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labor and childbirth
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toler/o-
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to become accustomed to
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tom/o
|
a cut, slice, or layer
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|
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-tome
|
instrument used to cut; an area with distinct edges
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-tomy
|
process of cutting or making an incision
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ton/o-
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pressure; tone
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tonsill/o-
|
tonsil
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-tope
|
place, position
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topic/o-
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a specific area
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tort/i-
|
twisted position
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-tous
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pertaining to
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tox/o-
|
poison —
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toxiclo-
|
poison, toxin
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trabecul/o-
|
trabecula (mesh)
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trac/o-
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visible path
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trache/o-
|
trachea (windpipe)
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tract/o-
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pulling
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tranquil/o-
|
calm
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trans-
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across, through
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transit/o-
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changing over from one thing to another
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transplant/o-
|
move something to another place
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traumat/o-
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injury
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tremul/o-
|
shaking
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-tresia
|
opening or hole
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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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trigemin/o-
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threefold
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triglycerid/o-
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triglyceride
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-tripsy
|
the process of crushing
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-triptor
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thing that crushes
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trochanter/o-
|
trochanter
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trochle/o-
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structure shaped like a pulley
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-tron
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instrument
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trop/o-
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having an affinity for; stimulating; turning
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troph/o-
|
development
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-trophy
|
process of development
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tub/o-
|
tube
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tuber/o-
|
nodule
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|
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tubercul/o-
|
nodule; tuberculosis
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|
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tuberos/o-
|
knoblike projection
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tubul/o-
|
tube, small tube
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turbin/o-
|
scroll-like structure; turbinate
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tuss/o-
|
cough
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|
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-ty
|
quality or state
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|
|
tympan/o-
|
tympanic membrane(eardrum)
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|
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-type
|
particular kind of; a model of
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-ual
|
pertaining to
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-ula
|
small thing
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|
-ular
|
pertaining to something small
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|
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ulcerat/o-
|
ulcer
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|
|
-ule
|
small thing
|
|
|
uln/o-
|
ulna(forearm bone)
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|
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ultra-
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beyond; higher
|
|
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-um
|
a structure
|
|
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umbilic/o-
|
umbilicus, navel
|
|
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un-
|
not
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|
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ungu/o-
|
nail
|
|
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uni-
|
single, not paired
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ur/o-
|
urine; urinary system
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|
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-ure
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system; result of
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ureter/o-
|
ureter
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|
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urethr/o-
|
urethra
|
|
|
urin/o-
|
urine; urinary system
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|
|
uterlo-
|
uterus (womb)
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|
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uve/o-
|
uvea (of the eye)
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|
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vaccinlo-
|
giving a vaccine
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|
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vag/o-
|
vagus nerve
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vagin/o-
|
vagina
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valv/o-
|
valve
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valvul/o-
|
valve
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|
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varic/o-
|
varix; varicose vein
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|
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vas/o-
|
blood vessel; vas deferens
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vascul/o-
|
blood vessel
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|
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veget/o-
|
vegetable
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vegetat/o-
|
growth
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ven/i-
|
vein
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ven/o-
|
vein
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venere/o-
|
sexual intercourse
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vent/o-
|
a coming
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ventil/o-
|
movement of air
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|
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ventilat/o-
|
movement of air
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|
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ventr/o-
|
front; abdomen
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|
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ventricul/o-
|
ventricle (lower heart chamber; chamber in the brain)
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|
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verd/o-
|
green
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vers/o-
|
to travel; to turn
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|
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-verse
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to travel; to turn
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vert/o-
|
to travel; to turn
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|
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vertebr/o-
|
vertebra
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|
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vesic/o-
|
bladder; fluid-filled sac
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|
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vesicul/o-
|
bladder; fluid-filled sac
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|
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vest/o-
|
to dress
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|
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vestibul/o-
|
vestibule (entrance)
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|
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vir/o-
|
virus
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|
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viril/o-
|
masculine
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vis/o-
|
sight; vision
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|
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viscer/o-
|
viscera (internal organs)
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|
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viscos/o-
|
thickness
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|
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vitre/o-
|
vitreous humor; transparent substance
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|
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voc/o-
|
voice
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|
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volunt/o-
|
done by one's own free will
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vuls/o-
|
to tearaway
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|
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vulvlo-
|
vulva
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|
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xanth/o-
|
yellow
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|
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xen/o-
|
foreign
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|
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xer/o-
|
dry
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xiph/o-
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sword
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-zoon
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animal; living thing
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zygomat/o-
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zygoma (cheek bone)
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