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not, without
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an-
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not, without
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an/o
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anus
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ab-
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away, away from
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities, arms and legs, limbs, appendages
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ad-
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toward, towards, near
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aden/o
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gland, glands
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adren/o
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adrenal, adrenals, adrenal gland, adrenal glands
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aer/o
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air, gas
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-algesia
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pain, pain sensitivity, sensitivity to pain, pain sensation
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-algia
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pain
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alveol/o
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microscopic air sacs of the lung, socket of a tooth
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ambi-
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around, on both sides, about, both sides, both
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ambul/o
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walk, to walk, walking
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amni/o
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amnion, sac around fetus
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angi/o
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vessel
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anis/o
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unequal, not equal
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ankyl/o
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stiff, crooked, bent, immoveable, fixed
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ante-
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before, forward, front
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anter/o
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front, towards the front
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anti-
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against
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antr/o
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a closed cavity or chamber
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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articul/o
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joint, articulation
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ather/o
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fatty, fatty substance, plaque, porridge, fat
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audi/o
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hearing
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auto-
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self
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balan/o
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glan penis, penis
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bi-
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two
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bi/o
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life
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-blast
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early, embryonic, immature
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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brachi/o
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arm
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brady-
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slow
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burs/o
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bursa, bursae, sac around a joint, serous sac
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calcane/o
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heel, heel bone, calcaneus
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calc
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stone, pertains to calcium
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carcin/o
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cancer
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cardi/o
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heart
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carp/o
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wrist
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cath-
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downward
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caud/o
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tail
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-cele
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hernia, swelling, abnormal protrusion
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-centesis
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puncture, surgical puncture
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebr/o
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brain, cerebrum
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cervic/o
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neck, cervix
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cheil/o
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lip, lips
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chir/o
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hand, hands
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chlor/o
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green
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chol/e
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gall, bile
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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chrom/o
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color
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-cide
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kill, killing, kills
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circum-
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around, encircling
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-clysis
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washing, irrigating, irrigation
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col/o
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colon, large intestine
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colp/o
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vagina
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con-
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with, together
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva, lining of eyelid
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contra-
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against, opposite
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core/o
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pupil
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corne/o
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cornea
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cost/o
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ribs
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crani/o
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skull
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crypt/o
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hidden, concealed
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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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cyst/o
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bladder, sac filled with fluid, urinary bladder
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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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tear, tears
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dactyl/o
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fingers or toes, fingers and toes, digits, finger or toe, finger and toe
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deca-
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ten, 10
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deci-
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one tenth, 1/10
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dent/o
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teeth, tooth
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derm/o
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skin
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dermat/o
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skin
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dextr/o
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right
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dia-
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through, throughout, across
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dipl/o
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double, pairs, pair, two
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dips/o
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thirst
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dis-
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apart, undo, separate, to separate, free from
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dist/o
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farther from origin, farther from point of attachment
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dors/o
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back, behind
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duct/o
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lead, move, to lead, to move
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duoden/o
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duodenum, first part of small intestine
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-dynia
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pain
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dys-
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bad, difficult, painful, faulty, poor, harmful
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echo-
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reverberating sound
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-ectasis
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dilation, dilatation, expansion, increase in diameter
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ecto-
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outside, out
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-ectomy
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remove, removal, cut out, excision, take out, surgical removal
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-emesis
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vomiting, vomit
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-emia
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blood, blood condition
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endo-
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inside, within, inner
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encephal/o
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brain
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enter/o
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intestine, intestines, small intestine, small intestines
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epi-
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over, above, upon
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-er
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one who
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erythr/o
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red
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esthesi/o
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feeling, sensation
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eu-
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good, normal, well
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ex-
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out, away from
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extra-
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outside, in addition
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febr/i
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fever
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femor/o
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femur, thigh bone
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flex/o
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flexion, bend, to bend
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furc/o
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branch, divide, fork
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fusi/o
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to join
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gangli/o
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ganglion, collection of nerve cells
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gastr/o
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stomach
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-gen/o
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producing, generating, creation, formation
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-genesis
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producing, generating, creation, formation
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-genic
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produced, produced by, forming, formation
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genit/o
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reproduction
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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, glucose
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glyc/o
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sugar, glucose, glycose
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-gram
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written record, record, recording
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-graph
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instrument for recording, recording instrument, recording, record
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-gravida
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pregnant
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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hemi-
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half
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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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hepat/o
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liver
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hetero-
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different, other
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hidr/o
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sweat
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hist/o
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tissue
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homo-
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same, similar
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hydro-
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water, liquid
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hyper-
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above, excessive, beyond, over
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hypo-
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under, deficient, less, lower, below
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hyster/o
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uterus
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iatr/o, -iatrist, -iatry
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physician or medical professional, physician specialist, medical specialty
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ile/o
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ileum, last part of the small intestines
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ili/o
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ilium, hip bone
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infr/a
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below, beneath
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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inside, within
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irid/o
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iris
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is/o
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equal
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-ist
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specialist
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-itis
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inflammation
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jejun/o
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jejunum, second part of small intestine
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kal/o
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pertains to potassium
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kerat/o
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cornea
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kinesi/o
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movement
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lacrim/o
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tear, tears, tear duct, lacrimal duct
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lact/o
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milk
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lamin/o
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lamina, thin sheet
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
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larynx, voice box
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later/o
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side, away from midline
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lei/o
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smooth
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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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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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-logist
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specialist, one who studies
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-logy
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study of, the study of, study
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lumb/o
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lower back, lumbar, loins, loin
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lumin/o
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inside measurement of tube or vessel, light
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-lysis
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dissolution, breakdown, destruction
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macro-
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large, big
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mal-
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bad, poor
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-malacia
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soft, softening
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mamm/o
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breast
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-mania
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madness, obsessive preoccupation
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medi/o
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middle, midline
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-megaly
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enlargement, large
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melan/o
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black
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men/o
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menses, month, menstruation
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mening/o
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meninges, membranes around the brain and spinal chord
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ment/o
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mind, chin
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meso-
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middle
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meta-
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after, beyond, change, occurring later in series
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-meter
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measure, measuring, instrument used for measuring
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metr/o
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uterus, uterine tissues, womb
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micro-
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small, one millionth
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mono-
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one
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mort/o
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death, dead
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muc/o
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mucus, mucous
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my/o
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muscle
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myc/o
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fungus, fungi
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal chord
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myring/o
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eardrum
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narc/o
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numbness, sleep
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nas/o
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nose
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nat/o
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birth, born
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necr/o
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death, dead
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neo-
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new
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve, nerves
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noct/i
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night
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nulli-
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none, no
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nyct/o
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night
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ocul/o
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eye
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odont/o
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tooth, teeth, shaped like a tooth
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-oid
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like, resembling
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olig/o
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scant, scanty, few, little
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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omphal/o
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navel
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onc/o
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tumor, mass
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onych/o
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nail, nails
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oophor/o
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ovary
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opthalm/o
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eye, eyes
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-opia
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vision
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orchid/o
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testis, testes, testicle
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orth/o
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straight, normal, correct
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-osis
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condition, status, abnormal increase
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oste/o
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bone, bones
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-ostomy
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opening, form an opening, create a new opening
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ot/o
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ear
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palat/o
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palate, roof of mouth
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para-, par-
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beside, near, alongside, beyond, abnormal
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pariet/o
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wall
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-parous, -para, par/o
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to bear, bring forth, live birth
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-partum
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childbirth, labor
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path/o
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disease
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ped/o
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foot, feet, child
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-penia
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decrease, deficiency, poverty
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-pepsia
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digestion
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per-
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through, across, throughout
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peri-
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around, surrounding
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peritone/o
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peritoneum, membrane around abdominal organs
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-pexy
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fixation, attached, surgical fixation, surgical attachment
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phac/o
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lens
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phag/o, -phagia
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eat, eating, swallow, ingestion, biting
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phalang/o
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phalanges, bones of fingers and toes
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pharmac/o
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drug, drugs
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phas/o, -phasia
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speech
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-phile, -philia
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loves, attracted to, tendency towards, abnormal attraction
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phleb/o
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vein
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-phobia
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fear, aversion
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phon/o
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voice, sound
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phor/o
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carry or bear
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phren/o
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mind, diaphragm
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-plasia
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formation, growth, development
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plasm/o, -plasm
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material forming cells, plasma
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-plasty
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surgical repair, surgical correction, repair
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-plegia
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paralysis
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pleur/o
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pleura, membrane around lungs
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-pnea
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breathe, breathing
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pneum/o
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lung, lungs, air
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pneumon/o
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lung, lungs, air
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pod/o
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foot, feet
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poly-
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many, much, excessive
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por/o
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openings, opening, passageways, passageway, porous
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post-
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after, behind
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-practor
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one who practices
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pre-
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before, in front of, front, in front
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presby-
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old, aging, elderly
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primi-
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first
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pro-
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before, front, in front
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proct/o
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rectum, anus, rectum or anus
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proxim/o
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near, close, near origin, near attachment
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pseudo-
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false
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psych/o
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mind
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-ptosis
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prolapsed, drooping, falling, prolapse
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pulmon/o
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lung, lungs
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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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pyr/o
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fever, heat, fire
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quad-
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four
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quint-
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five
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rachi/o
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spine, spinal column, vertebral column
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radi/o
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x-ray, radius
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rect/o
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rectum
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ren/o
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kidney
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retin/o
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retina
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retr/o
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behind, backwards
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rheumatic
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pertaining to rheumatism
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rhin/o
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nose
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-rrhagia
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hemorrhage, excessive flow, profuse bleeding, bleeding, profuse discharge
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-rrhaphy
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stitching, suture
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge, runny
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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salping/o
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fallopian tube, fallopian tubes, oviducts, uterine tube, uterine tubes
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sanguin/o
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blood, bloody
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sarc/o
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flesh, connective tissue
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schist/o
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split, cleft, fissure
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-schiz/o
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split, cleft, fissure
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scler/o
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hard, sclera
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-scope
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instrument to observe, instrument to view, instrument to look
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semi-
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half
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-sepsis
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infection, infected, poison, putrefaction, putrefying
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sinistr/o
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left
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somn/i
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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spasm/o
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involuntary
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spin/o
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spine
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spir/o
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breathe, breathing
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splen/o
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spleen
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spondyl/o
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vertebrae, spinal column, spine
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staphyl/o
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uvula, grape like clusters
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-stasis
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standing, standing still, control, one place, stationary
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sten/o
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narrow, narrowed, constricted, constriction
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stern/o
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sternum, breast bone
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stomat/o
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mouth
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-stoma
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opening, mouth
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sub-
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under, beneath, below
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supra-
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above, beyond
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sym-
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with, together, joined
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syn-
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with, together, joined
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tachy-
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fast, rapid
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ten/o
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tendon
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than/o, -thanasia
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death, dead
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therm/o
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heat
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thorac/o
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chest, thorax
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thromb/o
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clot, blood clot
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-tocia
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childbirth, labor
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-tomy
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surgical incision, incision, cut into
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
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trans-
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through, across
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traumat/o
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trauma, wound, injury
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tri-
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three
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-tripsy
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crush, break, rubbing, friction
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-trophy
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development, nourishment, growth
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-tropia
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turning
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-tropic
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to influence or affect
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tympan/o
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eardrum, tympanic membrane
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uni-
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one
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ureter/o
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ureter
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urethr/o
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urethra
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ur/o
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urine, urinary
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uter/o
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uterus
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uvul/o
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uvula
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vas/o
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vessel, vas deferens
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vascul/o
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vessel
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ven/o
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vein
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ventr/o
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belly, belly side, front, front of the body
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viscer/o
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organ, organs, internal organs
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xanth/o
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yellow
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