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247 Cards in this Set
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audi/o-
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hearing
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bio-
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life
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caus-, caut-
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burn
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-clas, -clast
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break
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duct-
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lead
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-ectas-
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dilate
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-edem-
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swelling
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-esthes-
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sensation
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gen/o-
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producing
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-latr/o-
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treatment
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audi/o-
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hearing
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bio-
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life
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caus-, caut-
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burn
ie: caustic, cautery |
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-clas, -clast
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break
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duct-
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lead
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-ectas-
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dilate
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-edem-
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swelling
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-esthes-
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sensation
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gen/o-
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producing
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-latr/o-
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treatment
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kin/e-, kin/o-
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movement, motion
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-lysis, -lys/o-, -lytic
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breaking down
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morph/o-
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form, structure, shape
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-op/ia, ops/ia, -opsy
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vision
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-path-, -pathy
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disease
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-phage, phag/o-
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eating
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-phas-
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peech
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-phil
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affinity, lover for
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-poliesis
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formation, production
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schist/o-, schiz/o-
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split, cleft, division
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spasm/o-
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spasm
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-stasis
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standing still, stoppage
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troph/o-
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nourishment, food
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auditory
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sense or organs of hearing
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audiology
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study of hearing
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biology
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study of life
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biogenesis
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origin of life
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caustic
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burning material
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cautery
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device to scar or burn
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osteoclasis
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surgical fracture
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clastothrix
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splitting of hair
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abduct
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leading away from
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duct
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tube leading away from
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phlebectasia
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dilation of veins
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venectasia
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dilation of veins
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venectasia
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dilation of veins
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cephaledema
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swelling of the head
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edematous
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swollen
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anesthesia
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without sensation
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paresthesia
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abnormal sensation
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pathogen
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disease producing
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antigenic
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producing a reaction
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geriatrics
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treatment of aging
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latrogenic
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caused by treatment
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kinetogenic
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producing movement
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kinetics
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study of motion
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lysis
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destruction of a cell
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lysozyme
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bacteria-destroying enzyme
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amorphous
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no definite form
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polymorphic
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many forms
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myopia
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near sightedness
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chromatopsia
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color vision
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pathogenic
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disease causing
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enteropathy
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intestinal disease
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phagocyte
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engulfing cell
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macrophage
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large phagocyte
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aphasia
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loss of speech functions
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dysphasia
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difficulty in speaking
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philanthropy
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love of mankind
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acidophilic
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acid-loving
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hemiplegia
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one-sided paralysis
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paraplegia
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paralysis of hind limbs
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hemopoiesis
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blood cell formation
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leukopoiesis
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white blood cell production
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schistocyte
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broken red cell
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schizogony
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type of asexual reproduction
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spasmogenic
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causing spasm
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spasmolysis
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relieving spasm
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Homeostasis
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constant internal environment
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hemostasis
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stoppage of blood flow
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trophism
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nutrition
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dystrophy
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defective nutrition
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brachy-
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short
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brady-
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slow
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brev/i
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short
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cry/o-
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cold
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crypt/o-
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hidden
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dextr/o-
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right, right side
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dipl/o-
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double twice
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dolich/o-
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long
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glyc/o-, gluc/o-
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sugar, sweet
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heter/o-
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other, different
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hom/eo-, hom/o-
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same, alike
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hydro/o-
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wet, water, fluid
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is/o-
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equal, alike
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lept/o-
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slender, small, thin
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lev/o-
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left, to the left
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macr/o-
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large
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mal-
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ill, bad
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malac/o-
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soft softening
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meg/a-, meg/alo-, meg/aly
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large, oversized
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necr/o-
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death
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olig/o-
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few, little
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orth/o-
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straight, normal, correct
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pachy-
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thick
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pale/o-
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old, primitive
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platy-
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flat, wide
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ple/o-
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more, many
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poikil/o-
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irregular, varied
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-scler/o-
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hardness
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sinistr/o-
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left, to the left
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sten/o-
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narrow, contracted
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stere/o-
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solid, three-dimensional
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tachy-
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rapid, fast
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tel/e, tel/o-
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distant, end
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therm/o-
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heat
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xer/o-
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dry
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Brachycephalic
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short head
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brachygnathous
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receding underjaw
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bradycardia
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slow heart beat
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bradypnea
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slow breathing
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bevicollis
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short neck
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Brevicaudate
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short tail
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cryotherapy
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treatment using cold
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cryoanesthesia
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freezing body part
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cryptorchidism
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undescended testis
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cryptic
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hidden
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dextrocardia
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heart on right side
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dextromanual
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right handed
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diplocoria
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double pupil in eye
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diplococcus
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bacteria in pairs
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dolichocephalic
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long head
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dolichoderus
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long neck
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glycemia
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glucose in the blood
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glucosuria, glycosuria
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sugar in the urine
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heterocellular
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of different cells
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heterochromatic
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of different colors
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homeostasis
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staying the same
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homozygous
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having identical genes
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hydrothorax
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fluid in pleural cavity
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hydrocephalus
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excess fluid in brain
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isotonic
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of equal tension
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Isocoria
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equal-sized pupils
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leptocyte
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thin-walled red blood cell
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leptomeninges
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two thinner meninges
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levoduction
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eyes turn left
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levorotation
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turning to the left
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macrocyte
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large cell
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macroscopic
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visible to naked eye
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malady
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illness
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malnutrition
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any nutritional disorders
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malacia
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softening
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osteomalacia
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softening of bones
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megacolon
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enlarged colon
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megaloblast
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large immature blood cell
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hepatomegaly
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enlarged liver
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necrosis
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localized tissue death
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necropsy
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examination of dead animal
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oliguria
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scanty urine formation
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oligospermia
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few sperm
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orthodontics
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straightening teeth
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orthodox
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commonly accepted
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osteomalacia
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softening of bones
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megacolon
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enlarged colon
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megaloblast
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large immature blood cell
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hepatomegaly
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enlarged liver
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necrosis
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localized tissue death
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necropsy
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examination of dead animal
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oliguria
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scanty urine formation
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oligospermia
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few sperm
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orthodontics
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straightening teeth
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orthodox
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commonly accepted
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pachyderm
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thick-skinned animal
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pachymeninges
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thick meninges
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paleogenetic
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originated in past
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paleontology
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study of primitive life
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platyhelminth
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flatworm
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platyrrhine
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wide nose
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pleomorphic
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many forms
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pleochromatic
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many colors
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poikilocytosis
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irregular red cell shapes
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poikilothermic
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cold-blooded
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sclerosis
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hardening
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arteriosclerosis
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artery hardening
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sinistrad
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toward the left
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sinistromanual
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left-handed
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stenosed
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narrowed, contracted
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stenosis
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abnormal constriction
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stereoscopic
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solid apperance
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steropsis
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three-dimensional vision
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tachypnea
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fast breathing
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tachycardia
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rapid heart rate
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telophase
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final stage
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telencephalon
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end brain
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thermogenic
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producing heat
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thermolabile
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destruction by heat
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xerophthalmia
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dry eyes
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xeroderma
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dry skin
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aqua, hydr/o-
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water
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chol/e-, chol/o-
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bile
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chyle, chyl/o-
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milky fluid - product of digestion
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dacry/o-, lacrima
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tears
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galact/o-, lact/o-
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milk
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hem/a-, hemat/o-, hem/o-
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blood
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hidr/o-, sudor
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sweat
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lymph/o-
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lymph
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mucous, muco-
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secretion of mucous membranes
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myx/o-
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mucus
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plasma
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fluid portion of blood
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ptyal/o-
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saliva
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pyo-, purulent
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pus
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sangui-, sanguin/o-
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blood, bloody
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serum, ser/o-
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clear portion of blood fluid
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sial/o-
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saliva, slaivary glands
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ur/e-, ur/ea-, ur/eo-, ur/in-, ur/ino-, ur/o-
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urine or urea
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adip/o
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fat
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amyl/o-
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starch
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cerumen, cerumin/o-
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fibrous portien of connective tissue, cartilage, bone, and skin
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ele/o-, ole/o-
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oil
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ferrum, ferr/o-
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iron
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gluco-, glyco, saccar/o, sacchar/i-
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sugar
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hal/o-
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salt
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heme
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iron-based, pigment part of hemoglobin
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hormone
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body-produced chemical substance
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hyal/o-, hyalin
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glassy, translucent substance
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lip/o-, lipid
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fat, fatty acids
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lith/o-
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stone or calculus
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mel/i-
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honey or sugar
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natrium
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sodium
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petrous
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stony hardness
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sal
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salt
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sebum
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sebaceous gland secretion
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albus, alba, alb-
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white
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chlor/o-, chloros-
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green
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chrom/o-, chromat/o-
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color (compared to no color)
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cirrhos
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orange-yellow
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cyan/o-
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blue
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erythr/o-
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red
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leuc/o-, leuk/o-
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white
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lutein
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saffron yellow
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melan/o-
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black
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photo-,
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light
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poli/o-
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gray
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rhod/o-
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red
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ruber, rubor
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red, redness
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xanth/o-
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yellow, yellowish
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