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Front 1

ACR

Back 1

highest point extremities

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ACANTH-

Back 2

thorn, spike

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AMBLY

Back 3

dull faint

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ALG-

Back 4

pain

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ALGES-

Back 5

sensitivity to pain

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ALL-

Back 6

other, divergence difference from

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-CEL

Back 7

hernia tumor swelling

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ANGI-

Back 8

vessel, duct

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ENTER

Back 9

(small) intestine

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BRADY-

Back 10

slow

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HEPAR HEPAT

Back 11

liver

Front 12

LIP

Back 12

fat

Front 13

MELAN

Back 13

black dark

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LEPT-

Back 14

thin, fine slight

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NYCT

Back 15

night

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LITH-

Back 16

stone, calculus

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ODYN

Back 17

pain

Front 18

MALAC-

Back 18

word study

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ONC

Back 19

tumor

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NEPHR-

Back 20

kidney

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SARC

Back 21

flesh soft tissue

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STOM STOMAT

Back 22

mouth opening

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PROSOP-

Back 23

face

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PROT-

Back 24

first, primitive, early

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SCLER-

Back 25

hard

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hepar

Back 26

the liver

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STEN-

Back 27

narrow

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meninx

Back 28

one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord

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STERE-

Back 29

solid, having three dimensions

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soma

Back 30

the body

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TACHY-

Back 31

rapid

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amphi-, ampho-

Back 32

on both sides, around, both

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apo-

Back 33

away from

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ana-

Back 34

up, back, against

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MALAC-

Back 35

the softening (of tissues) of

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cata-

Back 36

downward, disordered

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SCLER-

Back 37

the hardening (of tissues) of

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dia-

Back 38

through, across, apart

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STEN-

Back 39

the narrowing (of a part of the body)

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eso-

Back 40

within, inner, inward

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para- (often par- before a vowel)

Back 41

alongside, around, abnormal, beyond

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pro-

Back 42

before

"pro-gnosis"

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pros-, prosth-

Back 43

in place of

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-al

Back 44

a latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, located in

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-ase

Back 45

forms names of enzymes

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-asia, -asis

Back 46

form abstract nouns, state condition

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-ema

Back 47

forms abstract nouns: state, condition. The combining forms of nouns ending in -ema is -emat`

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-ics, -tics

Back 48

forms nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of

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-ism

Back 49

forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality

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-ismus

Back 50

forms abstract nouns: state, condition, muscular spasm

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-oid (rarely) -ode, -id

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form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling

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oma

Back 52

forms abstract nouns: usually tumor; occasionally disease. The combining form of nouns ending in -oma is -omat; the plural is -omata

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-ose

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a Latin-derived adjective suffix; also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling

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-ous

Back 54

a Latin-derived adjective suffix: pertaining to, characterized by, full of.

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-us

Back 55

a Latin noun forming ending: condition,person (sometimes a malformed fetus)

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-ize

Back 56

a commonly used Greek-derived suffix that means "to make, become, caused to be, subject to, engage in."