Medical Terminology

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Aut-

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self

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Crin-

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(separate) secrete, secretion

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Esthe-

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sensation, sensitivity, sense

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Gen(e)-, -gen

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come into being; produce

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gram-

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(something written) a record

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graph-

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write, record

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iatr-

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healer, physician; treatment

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idi-

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of one's self

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kine-

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move

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kines(i)

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movement, motion

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ly(s)

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destroy; break down

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myx-

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mucus

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ortho-

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straight, erect; normal

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ot-

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ear

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path-

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(suffering) disease

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phil-

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love; have an affinity for

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pt-

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fall, sag, drop, prolapse

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pyr-

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(fire) fever, burning

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pyret-

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fever

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pyrex-

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be feverish

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rhe-

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(run) flow, secrete

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rhag-

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(burst forth) flow profusely, hemorrhage

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rhex-

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rupture

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rhin-

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nose

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scop-

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look at, examine

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sep-

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(be putrid) be infected

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ta-

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stretching

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tel-

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end, completion

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ten-, tenon(t)-

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tendon

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therap(eu)-

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treat medically, heal

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tom-

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a cutting, slice, incision

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ton-

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(a stretching)(muscular) tone, tension

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arachn-

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siper, web; arachnoid membrane

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chlor-

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green

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chondr-

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cartilage

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dactyl-

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finger, toe

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derm(at)-, derma-

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skin

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(H)elc-

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ulcer

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hidr(ot)-; -idr-

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sweat

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hist(i)-

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(web) tissue

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hydr-

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water, fluid

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hypn-

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sleep

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icter-

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jaundice

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in-; inos-

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fiber, muscle

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is-

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equal, same, similar, alike

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mening-; -meninx-

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meningeal membrane, meninges

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my(s)-

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(mouse) muscle

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myc(et)-

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(mushroom) fungus

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myel-

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bone marrow, spinal chord

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narc-

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stupor, numbness

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necr-

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corpse; dead

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olig-

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few, deficient

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onych-

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foot

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pod-

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foot

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poli-

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(gray) gray matter of the brain and spinal chord

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poly-

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many, excessive

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por-

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passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

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psych-

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(soul) mind

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som(at)-, -soma

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body

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sthen-

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strength

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trachel-

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neck, cervix

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xanth-

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yellow

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acr-

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(highest point) extremities (particularly the hand and feet)

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ambly-

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dull, faint

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carcin-

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carcinoma, cancer

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-cel-

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hernia, tumor, swelling

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cheir-, chir-

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hand

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chol(e)-

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bile, gall

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col(i)-, colon-

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colon

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cyan-

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blue

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cyst(i)-, cystis

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bladder, cyst

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diplo-

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double, twin

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enter-

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(small) intestine

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erg-

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action, work

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gastr-

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stomach

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hem-, hemat-, -em-

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blood

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hepar-, hepat-

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liver

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lip-

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fat

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macr-

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(abnormally) large or long

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mega-, megal-

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(abnormally) large or long

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melan-

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black, dark

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micr-

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(abnormally) small

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nyct-

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night

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odyn-

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pain

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onc-

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tumor

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pachy-

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thick

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pseud-

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false

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py-

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pus

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sarc-

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flesh, soft tissue

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spasm-

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spasm, involuntary muscular contraction

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splen-

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spleen

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stom-, stomat-

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mouth, opening

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acanth-

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thorn, spine

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alg-

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pain

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alges-

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sensitivity to pain

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all-

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other, divergence, difference from

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angi-

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(blood) vessel, duct

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arteri-

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joint

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bi-

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life

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brady-

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slow

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cardi-

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heart

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cephal-

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head

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crani-

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skull

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cyt-

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(hollow container) cell

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encephal-

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brain

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erythr-

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red, red blood cell

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lept-

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thin, fine, slight

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leuk-

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white, white blood cell

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lith-

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stone, calculus

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log-

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word, study

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malac-

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soft

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mes-

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middle, secondary, partial, mesentery

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-meter, metr-

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measure, measuring device

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nephr-

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kidney

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neur-

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(tendon) nerve, nervous system

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oste-

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bone

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prosop-

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face

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prot-

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first, primitive, early

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scler-

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hard

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sten-

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narrow

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stere-

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solid, having three dimensions

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tachy-

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rapid

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tox(i)-

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poison