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calc-
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heel; stone/ basically refers to calcium, one of the essential materials in the body
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cheir-, chir-
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hand
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cine-
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move; movement/ also kine-
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colla-
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glue; gelatinlike; starch
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cut-
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skin
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digit
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finger; toe/ medical word used to name a finger or a toe
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dors-
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back/ the back of the body; the body as viewed from the back
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dys-
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bad; out of order/ difficult; painful; opposite of 'good'
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en-
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in/ within; inside; usually em- before b, m, or p
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gangli-
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swelling; knotlike mass
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gemin-
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twin, double/ paired
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grad-
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walk; take steps/ a stage in a process
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gran-
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grain, particle
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labi-
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lip/ any liplike structure, especially the lips of the face
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later-
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side/ the side of the body
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mamm-
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breast
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micr-
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small/ small size; minute, that is, 'microscopic'
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peps, pept-
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digest/ digestion
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peri-
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about, around/ surrounding; enclosing; covering
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phob-
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fear/ persistent abnormal fear or dread
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phot-
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light
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pleur-
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pleura (membrane) rib, side
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pro-
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in front of; before/ front part of
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rachi-
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spinal column/ spine; the backbone; the vertebral column
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tarso-
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framework of the eyelid
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ameb-
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change/ a parasite that moves by changing shape
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an-, a-
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without, not/ lacking; wekness; deficiency
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dynam-
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power/ force; strength
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hormone
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to excite or set in motion/ applied to a substance formed in an organ of the body (pincipally the glands) and carried by a body fluid to another organ or tissue where it has a specific effect such as stimulation or arousal
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maxill-
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upper jawbone
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mechano-
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machine
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metr-
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uterus/ womb/ hyster-; female organ for protecton and nourishment of the developing young durning pregnancy
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neo-
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new/ recent
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neuro-
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nerve or nervous system
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osmo-
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odor/ smell; the sense of smell
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pan-
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all; completely; the whole of (also pant-)
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phak-
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lens/ the crystalline lens of the eye, that is, the transparent body of tissue behind the pupil of the eye that focuses the incoming light rays
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poly-
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many or much/ sometimes with the idea of excessive
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post
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after, behind in time/ also, situated behind (behind in place)
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pre-
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in front of; before/ situated before, or in front of; occurring before, or prior to, or earlier than
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ramus
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branch/ a branch or branchlike projecting part
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semi-
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half/ one-half; partially
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strict-
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to draw tight; narrowing
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syn- or sym-
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together
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tegument
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skin or covering
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therm-
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heat
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traumat-
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wound; injury/ shock; stress
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trich-
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hair
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turbin-
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shaped like a top/ spiral- shaped
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vuls-
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twitch or pull/ pluck; tear loose
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