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261 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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adip/o
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fat
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anter/o
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front
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bol/o
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to cast (throw)
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cervic/o
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neck
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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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coccyg/o
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coccyx (tailbone)
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crani/o
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skull
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cyt/o
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cell
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dist/o
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far distant
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dors/o
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back portion of the body
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hist/o
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tissue
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ili/o
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illium
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inguin/o
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groin
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kary/o
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nucleus
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later/o
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side
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medi/o
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middle
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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pelv/o
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hip pelvic cavity
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poster/o
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back behind
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proxim/o
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nearest
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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sarc/o
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flesh
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spin/o
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spine, backbone
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thel/o
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nipple
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thorac/o
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chestq
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trache/o
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trachea windpipe
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umbilic/o
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navel, unbilicus
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ventro/o
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belly side of the body
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vetebr/o
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vertebrae, backbone
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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ana
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up
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cata
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down
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epi
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above
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hypo
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below
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inter
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between
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meta
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change
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-eal, -iac, -ior, -ism, -ose
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pertaining to, full of
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plasm
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formation
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-somes
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bodies
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-type
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picture, classification
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largynx
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voice box
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pleura
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membrane surrounding the lungs
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parynx
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throat
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adipose tissue
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collection of fat cells
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womb
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uterus
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cartlidge
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flexible connective tissue attached to bones at joints
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urethra
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tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body.
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thyroid
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endocrine gland surrounding the windpipe in the neck.
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
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acu/o
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sharp, severe sudden
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agor/a
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marketplace
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anti/o
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vessel
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthro/o
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joint
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axill/o
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armpit
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
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carcin/o
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cancer
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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chron/o
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time
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col/o
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colon
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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encephal/o
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brain
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hydr/0
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water
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inguin/o
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groin
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lapra/o
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abdomen, abdominal
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laryng/o
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larynx (voice box)
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lymph.o
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lymph
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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morpho
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shape, form
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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necr/o
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death (of cells or whole body)
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerves
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neutr/o
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neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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opthalm/o
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eye
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oste/o
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bone
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ot/o
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ear
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path/o
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disease
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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phag/o
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to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
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vein
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plas/o
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formation development
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pneumon/o
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lungs
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pulmon/o
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lungs
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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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sarc/o
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flesh
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splen/o
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spleen
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staphyl/o
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clusters
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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torac/o
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chest
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thromb/o
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clot
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tonsill/o
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tonsil
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trache/o
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trachea (windpipe)
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ven/o
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vein
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-algia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus
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berry-shaped bacterium
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-cyte
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cell
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectomy
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excision, removal resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genesis
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condition of producing, forming
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-genic
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pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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gram
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record
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graph
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instrument used for recording
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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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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-opsy
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to view
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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sclerosis
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hardening
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scope
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instrument for visual examination
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scopy
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process of visual examination
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stasis
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stopping, controlling
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-opsy
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to view
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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sclerosis
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hardening
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scope
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instrument for visual examination
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scopy
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process of visual examination
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stasis
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stopping, controlling
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stomy
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opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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therapy
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treatment
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tomy
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incision, to cut into
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trophy
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development, nourishment
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-er
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one who
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-ia
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condition
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-ist
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specialist
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-ole , -ule
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little, small
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-um, -ium
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structure, tissue thing
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-y
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condition, process
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-ac, iac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ical, ous, tic
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pertaining to
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oid
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resembling
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ose
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pertaining to, full of
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carpo
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wrist bones
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cib/o
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meals
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cis/o
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to cut
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coast/o
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rib
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cutane/o
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skin
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dactyl/o
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fingers, toes
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duct/o
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to lead, carry
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flex/o
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bend
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furc/o
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forking branching
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gloss/o
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tongue
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glyc/o
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sugar
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immun/o
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protection
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morph/o
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shape, form
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mort/o
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death
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nat/i
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birth
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nect/o
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to bind, tie connect
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norm/o
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rule order
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pub/o
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pubis
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seps/o
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infection
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somn/o
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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the/o
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to put, place
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thel/o
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nipple
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thyr/o
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shield
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top/o
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place, position, location
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tox/o
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poison
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trache/o
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windpipe, trachea
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urethro
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urethra
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blast
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immature, embryonic
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cyesis
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pregnancy
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drome
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to run
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fusion
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coming together, to pour
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gen
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producing forming
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lapse
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to slide, fall, sag
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lysis
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breakdown, separation, loosening
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meter
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to measure
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mission
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to send
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or
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one who
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partum
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birth labor
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phoria
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to bear, carry, feeling
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physis
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to grow
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plasia
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development, formation
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plasm
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development formation
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pnea
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breathing
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ptosis
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droop sag prolapse
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rrhea
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flow, discharge
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stasis
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stop control place
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trophy
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nourishment, development
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an, a
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no, not without
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ab
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away from
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ad
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toward
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ana
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up, apart
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ante
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before, forward
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anti
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against
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auto
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self, own
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bi
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two
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brady
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slow
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cata
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down
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con
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with together
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contra
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against, opposite
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de
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down, lack of
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dia
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through, complete
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dys
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bad painful, difficult abnormal
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ec, ecto
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out outside
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en, endo
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in within
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epi
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upon on above
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eu
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good, normal
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ex
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out, away from
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hemi
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half
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hyper
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above, excessive
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hypo
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deficient under
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in
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not
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in
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into within
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infra
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beneath
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inter
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between
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intra
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into within
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macro
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large
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mal
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bad
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meta
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beyond, change
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micro
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small
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neo
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new
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pan
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all
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para
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abnormal, beside or near
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per
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through
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peri
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surrounding
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poly
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many, much
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post
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after, behind
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pre
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before, in front of
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pro,
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before, forward
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pseudo
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false
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re
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back again
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retro
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behind, backward
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sub
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under
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supra
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above upper
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syn, sym
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together, with
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tachy
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fast
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trans
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across, through
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ultra
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beyond, excess
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uni
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one
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