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a-, an-
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without, lack of
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ab-
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from, away
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-able
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capable of
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-ac, -ic
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pertaining to
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acr- (o)
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extremities (arms and legs)
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ad-
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to, toward, near
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aden- (o)
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gland, glandular
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adren- (o)
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adrenal gland
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aer- (o)
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air
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-al
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like, similar, pertaining to
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alba-
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white
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alges- (i, ia)
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pain
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-algia
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pain
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ambi-
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both, both sides
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an- (o, us)
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anus (opening to rectum)
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angi- (o)
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vessel
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ankyl-
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crooked, looped, immovable, fixed
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ante- (ro)
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before, in front of, ahead of
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anti-
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against
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append- (i, o)
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appendix
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arter- (io)
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artery
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arthr- (o)
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joint
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-ase
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enzyme
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-asis
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condition of
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-asthenia
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weakness, lack of strength
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ather- (o)
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fatty, lipid
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audi- (o)
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sound, hearing
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aur-
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ear
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auto-
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self
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bi- (s)
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twice, double, both
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bio-
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life
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-blast
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germ/embryonic cell
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blephar- (o)
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eyelid
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brachi-
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arm
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brachy-
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short
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brady-
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slow
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bronch- (i, o)
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air tubes in lungs
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bucc- (a)
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cheek
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calc- (u, ulus)
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stone
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carcin- (o)
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cancer, malignancy
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cardi- (a, o)
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pertaining to heart
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carp- (o)
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wrist
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-cele
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swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia
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cent- (i)
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one hundred
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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cephal- (o)
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head, pertaining to head
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cerebro-
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brain
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cerv- (ic)
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neck, neck of uterus
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cheil- (o)
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lip
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chem- (o)
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drug, chemical
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chir- (o)
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hand
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chlor- (o)
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green
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chol- (e, o)
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bile, gallbladder
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chond- (i, r, ri)
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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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causing death
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circum-
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around, about
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-cise
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cut
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-clysis
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washing, irrigation
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co- (n)
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with, together
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-coccus
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round
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-coele
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chamber, enlarged space
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col- (in, o)
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colon, bowel, large intestine
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colp- (i, o)
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vagina
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contra-
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against, counter
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cost- (a, i, o)
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rib
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crani- (o)
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pertaining to the skull
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-crine
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secrete
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cryo-
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cold
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crypt-
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hidden
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cut-
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skin
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cyan- (o)
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blue
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cyst- (i, o)
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bladder, bag, sac
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cyt- (e, o)
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cell
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dacry-
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tear duct, tear
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dactyl- (o)
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finger, toe
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dec- (a, i)
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ten
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demi-
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half
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dent- (i, o)
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tooth
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derm- (a, at, o)
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pertaining to skin
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-desis
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surgical union or fixation
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dextr- (i, o)
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to the right
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di- (plo)
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double, twice
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dia-
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through, between, part
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dis- (ti, to)
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separation, away from
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dors- (i, o)
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to the back, back
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duoden- (o)
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duodenum
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dyni- (a, c)
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pain
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dys-
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difficult, painful, bad
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e- (c)
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without
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-eal
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pertaining to
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ec- (ti, to)
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outside, external
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-ectasis
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expansion, dilation, stretching
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-ectomy
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surgical removal of
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electr- (o)
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electrical
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-emesis
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vomit
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-emia
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blood
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encephal- (o)
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brain
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endo-
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within, innermost
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enter- (i, o)
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intestine
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epi-
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upon, over, upper
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erythro-
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red
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-esis
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condition of
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-esthesia
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sensation, perception, feel
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eu-
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well, easy, normal
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ex- (o)
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outside of, beyond
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faci-
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face
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-fascia
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fibrous band
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-ferous
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producing
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fibr- (a, i, o)
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fiber, connective tissue
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fore-
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in front of
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-form
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having the form of, shape
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-fuge
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driving away, expelling
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galacto-
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milk, galactose (milk sugar)
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gast- (i, ro)
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stomach
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-genesis
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development, production, creation
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-genetic, -genic
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origin, producing, causing
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genito-
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organs of reproduction
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-genous
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kind, type
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geront- (o)
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old age, elderly
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gingiv-
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gums, gingiva
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gloss- (o)
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tongue
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gluc- (o)
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sweetness, sugar, glucose
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gly- (co)
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sugar
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-gram
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tracing, picture, record
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-graph
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diagram, instrument for recording
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gyn- (ec, o)
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woman, female
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hem- (a, ato, o)
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blood
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hemi-
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half
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hepat- (o)
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liver
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herni-
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rupture
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hetero-
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other, unlike, different
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hist- (o)
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tissue
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hom- (eo, o)
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same, like
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hydro-
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water
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hyper-
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excessive, high, over, increased, more than normal
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hypno-
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sleep
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hypo-
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decreased, deficient, low, under, less than normal
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hyster- (o)
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uterus
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-ia, -iasis
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condition of, abnormal/pathological state
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-ic, -ac
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pertaining to
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idio-
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peculiar to an individual, self-orgininating
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ile- (o, um)
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ileum
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infra-
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beneath, below
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inter-
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between, among
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intra-
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within, into, inside
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-ism
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condition, theory, state of being
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iso-
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equal, alike, same
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-itis
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inflammation, inflammation of
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kerat- (o)
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cornea of eye
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-kinesis, -kinetic
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motion
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labi- (a,o)
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lip
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lacrima-
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tears
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lact- (o)
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milk
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lapar- (o)
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng- (o)
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larynx (voicebox)
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latero-
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side
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-lepsy
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seizure, convulsion
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leuco-, leuko-
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white
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lingu- (a, o)
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tongue
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lip- (o)
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fat, lipids
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lith- (o)
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stone, calculus
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-logy
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study of, science of
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lymph- (o)
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lymph tissue
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-lys (is, o)
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destruction, dissolving of
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macro-
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large
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mal-
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bad, abnormal, disordered, poor
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malac- (ia)
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softening of a tissue
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mamm- (o)
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breast, mammary glands
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-mania
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insanity, mental disorder
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mast- (o)
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breast
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med- (i)
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middle, midline
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-megaly, mega-
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large, enlarged
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melan- (o)
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black
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mening- (o)
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membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
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meno-
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monthly, menstruation
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mes- (o)
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middle, midline
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-meter
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measuring instrument, measure
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-metry
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measurement
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micro-
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small
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mono-
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one, single
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-mortem
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death
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muc- (o, us)
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mucus, secretion of mucous membrane
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multi-
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many, much, a large amount
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my- (o)
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muscle
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myc- (o)
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fungus
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myel- (o)
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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myring- (o)
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eardrum, tympainc membrane
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narc- (o)
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sleep, numb, stupor
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nas- (o)
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nose
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-natal
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birth
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necr- (o)
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death
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neo-
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new
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neph- (r, ro)
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kidney
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neur- (o)
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nerve, nervous system
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noct- (i)
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night, at night
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non-
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no, none
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ocul- (o)
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eye
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-ode, -oid
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form, shape, like, resembling
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odont- (o)
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tooth
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olig- (o)
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few, less than normal, small
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-ologist
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person who does/studies
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-ology
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study of, science of
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-oma
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tumor, a swelling
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onco-
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mass, bulk, tumor
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oophor- (o)
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ovary, female egg cell
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ophthalm- (o)
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eye
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-opia
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vision
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-opsy
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to view
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opt- (ic)
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vision, eye
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or- (o)
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mouth
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orch- (ido)
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testicle, testes
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-orrhea
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flow, discharge
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orth- (o)
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normal, straight
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ost- (e, eo)
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bone
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-oscopy
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diagnostic examination
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-osis
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condition, state, process
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ot- (o)
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ear
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-otic
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pertaining to a condition
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-otomy
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cutting into
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-ous
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full of, containing, pertaining to, condition
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ovi-, ovario-
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egg, female sex gland, ovary
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pan-
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all, complete, entire
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pancreat- (o)
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pancreas
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para-
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near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body
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-paresis
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paralysis
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-partum
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birth, labor
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path- (ia, o, y)
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disease, abnormal condition
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ped- (ia)
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child
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-penia
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lack of, abnormal reduction in number, deficiency
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pent- (a)
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five
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-pepsia, -pepsis
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digestion
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per-
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through, by, excessive
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peri-
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around
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-pexy
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fixation
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phag- (o)
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eat, ingest
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-phage, -phagia
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to eat, consuming, swallow
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pharyng- (o)
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pharynx, throat
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-phas, -phasia
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speech
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-philia, -philic
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affinity for, attracted to
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phleb- (o)
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vein
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-phobia
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fear
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phon- (o)
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sound, voice
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-phylaxis
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protection, prevention
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-plasty
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surgical correction or repair
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-plegia
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paralysis
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pleuro-
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side, rib
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-pnea
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breathing
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pneum- (o, on)
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lung, pertaining to the lungs, air
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pod- (e, o)
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foot
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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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in front of, forward
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proct- (o)
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rectum, rectal, anus
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psora-
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itch
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pseudo-
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false
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psych- (i, o)
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pertaining to the mind
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-ptosis
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drooping down, sagging, downward displacement
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pulmon- (o)
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lung
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py- (o)
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pus
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pyel- (o)
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renal pelvis of kidney
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pyr- (o)
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heat, fever
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quad- (ra, ri)
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four
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radi- (o)
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X-rays, radiation
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re-
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back, again
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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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retro-
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backward, in back, behind
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rhin- (o)
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nose, pertaining to the nose
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-rraphy
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structure of, sewing up of a gap or defect
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-rrhagia
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sudden or excessive flow
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture of, bursting
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salping- (i, o)
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tube, fallopian tube
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sanguin- (o)
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blood
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sarc- (o)
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malignant (cancer) connective tissue
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-sarcoma
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tumor, cancer
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scler- (o)
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hardening
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-sclerosis
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dryness or hardness
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-scope
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examining instrument
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-scopy
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observation
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-sect
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cut
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semi-
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half, part
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sep- (ti)
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poison, rot, infection
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sinistr- (o)
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left
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soma- (t)
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body
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son- (o)
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sound
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-spasm
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involuntary contraction
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sperm- (ato)
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spermatozoa, male germ (sex) cell
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splen- (o)
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spleen
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-stasis
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stoppage, maintaining a constant level
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steno-
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contracted, narrow
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stern- (o)
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sternum, breast bone
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stoma- (t)
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mouth
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-stomy
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artificial opening
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sub-
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less, under, below
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sup- (er, ra)
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above, upon, over, higher in position
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sym-, syn-
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jointed, fused, together
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tach- (o, y)
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rapid, fast
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ten- (do, o)
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tendon
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tetra-
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four
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-therapy
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treatment
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therm- (o, y)
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heat
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thorac- (o)
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thorax, chest
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thromb- (o)
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clot, thrombus
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thym- (o)
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thymus gland
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thyr- (o)
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thyroid gland
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-tome
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instrument that cuts
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-tox (ic)
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poison
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trach- (e, i, o)
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trachea, windpipe
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trans-
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across, over, beyond
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tri-
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three
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trich- (o)
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hair
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-trips (y)
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crushing by rubbing or grinding
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-trophy
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nutrition, growth, development
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tympan- (o)
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eardrum, tympanic membrane
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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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ur- (o)
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urine, urinary tract
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ureter- (o)
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ureter (tube from kidney to bladder)
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urethr- (o)
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urethra (tube from bladder to urinary meatus)
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-uria
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urine
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uter- (o)
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uterus, womb
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vas- (o)
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vessel, duct
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ven- (a)
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vein
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ventro-
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to the front, abdomen
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vertebr- (o)
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spine, vertebrae
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vesic- (o)
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urinary bladder
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viscer- (o)
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internal organs
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vit- (a)
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necessary for life
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xanth- (o)
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yellow
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-xenia
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strange, abnormal
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zoo-
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animal
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zymo-
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enzymes
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