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acetabul/o
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acetabulum/hip socket
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-blast, blast/o
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embryonic stage of development
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calc/o, calc/i
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calcium
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calcane/o
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heel bone
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carp/o
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wrist
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-clast, -clastic
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to break
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clavicul/o
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collarbone
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coccyg/o
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coccyx
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cost/o
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ribs
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crani/o
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skull, cranium
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femor/o
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femur
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fibul/o
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fibula
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gen/o
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to produce
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humer/o
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humerus
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ili/o
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ilium
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ischi/o
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ischium
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kyph/o
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humpback; pertaining to a hump
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lamin/o
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lamina
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lord/o
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swayback; bent
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lumb/o
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loins; lower back
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-malacia
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softening
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mandibul/o
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mandible (lower jaw)
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mastoid/o
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mastoid process
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maxill/o
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upper jaw
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metacarp/o
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hand bones
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metatars/o
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foot bones
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myel/o
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spinal cord or bone marrow
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olecran/o
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elbow
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orth/o
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straight
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oste/o
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bone
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patell/o, patell/a
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kneecap
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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phalang/o
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fingers, toes
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-physis
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growth, growing
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-porosis
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passage or pore
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pub/o
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pubis
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rach/i
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spinal column
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radi/o
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radiation
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scapul/o
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shoulder blade
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scoli/o
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crooked, bent
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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stern/o
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sternum
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tars/o
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ankle bone
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tempor/o
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temples of the head
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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-desis
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binding or surgical fusion
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-itis
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inflammation
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ligament/o
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ligament
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oste/o
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bone
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-scopy
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process of viewing with an endoscope
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ten/o, tendin/o, tend/o
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tendon
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ankyl/o
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stiff
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arthr/o
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joint
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articul/o
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joint
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burs/o
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bursa
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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a-
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without, not
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an-
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without, not
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-algesia
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sensitivity to pain
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alges/o
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sensitivity to pain
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-algia
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pain
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brady-
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slow
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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crani/o
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skull, cranium
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encephal/o
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brain
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-esthesia
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sensation or feeling
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esthesi/o
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feeling, sensation
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gli/o
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neurolgia or gluey substance
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-kinesia
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movement
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kinesi/o
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movement
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-lepsy
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seisure, attack
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-lexia
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reading
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mening/o
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meninges
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myel/o
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spinal cord or bone marrow
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narc/o
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sleep
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neur/o
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nerve
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-paresis
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partial paralysis
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-phasia
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speech
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-praxia
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perform
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-sthenia
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strength
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thec/o
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sheath
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ton/o
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tension, tone
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ventricul/o
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ventricle of the brain
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agglutin/o
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to clump
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aniso-
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unequal
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bas/o
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base
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blast/o, -blast
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enbryonic stage of development
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chrom/o
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color
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coagul/o
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clotting
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cyt/o
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cell
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-emia
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blood condition
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eosin/o
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red, rosy
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erythr/o
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red
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-globin
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containing protein
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hem/o
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blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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is/o
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equal
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kary/o
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nucleus
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leuk/o
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white
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-lytic
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destruction
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mono-
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one
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morph/o
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form, shape
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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-oid
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resembling
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-osis
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condition
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-penia
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decrease in; deficiency
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-phage
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to eat
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phag/o
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to eat
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-philia
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attraction to
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-phoresis
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transmission
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-poiesis
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formation
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poikil/o
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varied; irregular
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sider/o
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iron
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spher/o
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round; sphere
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-stasis
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stopping or controlling
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thromb/o
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clot
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aneurysm/o
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aneurysm
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angi/o
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vessel
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arter/o, arteri/o
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artery
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arteriol/o
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arteriole
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ather/o
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fatty
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cardi/o
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heart
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coron/o
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heart
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echo-
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sound
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electr/o
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electrical, electricity
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endo-
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within
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graph/o
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to record
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megal/o
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enlarged
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my/o
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muscle
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ventricul/o
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ventricle of the brain
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alveol/o
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alveolus
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bronch/o
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bronchus
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bronchiol/o
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bronchus
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
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laryng/o
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larynx
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nas/o
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nose
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orth/o
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straight
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pector/o
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chest
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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phren/o
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mind; also refers to the diaphragm
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pleur/o
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pleura
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pne/o
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breathing
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pneum/o
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lungs; air
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pneumon/o
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lungs; air
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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rhin/o
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nose
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scop/o
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to view
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sinus/o
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sinus
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thorac/o
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chest
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trache/o
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trachea
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amyl/o
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starch
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append/o
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appendix
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appendic/o
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appendix
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-ase
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enzyme
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bil/i
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bile
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bucc/o
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cheek
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cec/o
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cecum
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celi/o
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pertaining to the abdomen
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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cheil/o
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lips
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chol/e
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bile
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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cirrh/o
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yellow, tawnyu
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col/o
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colon
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colon/o
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colon
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dent/o
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tooth
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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-ectasia
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stretching or dilatation
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-emesis
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to vomit
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enter/o
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intestine
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gingiv/o
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gums
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gloss/o
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tongue
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gluc/o
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sugar, sweet
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glyc/o
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sugar, sweet
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hepat/o
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liver
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-iasis
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presence of an abnormal condition
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ile/o
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ileum
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jejun/o
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jejunum
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall
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lingu/o
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tongue
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lip/o
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fat
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lith/o
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stone; calculus
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-lysis
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destruction or detachment
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mandibul/o
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mandible
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odont/o
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teeth
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or/o
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mouth
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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-pepsia
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state of digestion
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-phagia
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to eat
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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proct/o
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anus or rectum
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rect/o
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rectum
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-rrhagia
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excessive flow or discharge
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-rrhaphy
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suturing
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sial/o
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salivary gland; saliva
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon
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-spasm
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twitching, involuntary contraction
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steat/o
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fat
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stomat/o
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mouth
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-tresia
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perforation
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-tripsy
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intentional crushing
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acr/o
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extremities
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aden/o
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gland
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adren/o
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adrenal glands
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adrenal/o
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adrenal glands
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andr/o
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man; male
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calc/o
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calcium
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cortic/o
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cortex
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crin/o
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secrete
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-crine
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secrete
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dips/o
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thirst
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-dipsia
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thirst
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gonad/o
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sex glands
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gluc/o
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sugar, sweet
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glyc/o
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sugar, sweet
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kal/i
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potassium
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lact/o
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milk
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myx/o
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relating to mucus
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natr/o
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sodium
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oxy-
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sharp, quick
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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parathyroid/o
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parathyroid glands
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somat/o
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body
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland
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thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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toxic/o
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poisons
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-tropin
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stimulating effect of a hormone
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-uria
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urine condition
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