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a-
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Without, not, lack of
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ab-
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From, away from
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-ac
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pertaining to
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acet
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vinigar
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acou-,acousti-, audi
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hear
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acr/o-
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extremity
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actin
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ray, radius
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ad-
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to, toward, near
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aden/o
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gland
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adip/o, lip
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fat
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aer/o
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air
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agglutin/o
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clumping
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-al
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pertaining to, connected with
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alb, leuko, albin/o
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white
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-algesi/o, algia
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pain, sensitivity
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aliment/o
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nourish
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amphi-, ambi
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on both sides, both
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amyl/o
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starch
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-an-
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without, not, lack of
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ana
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up, positive
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andr/o
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male
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angi/o
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vessel
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aniso
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unequal
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ankyl/o
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stiff joint, fusion or growing together of parts
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an/o
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anus, opening of the rectum
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ante-, anter/o
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before, infront of , front
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anti-
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against
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antro
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antrum chamber, sinus, cavity, cavern
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aort/o
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aorta
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aque/o
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water
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arachn
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spide
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-arche
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beginning
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anteri/o
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little artery, arteriole, artery
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arthr/o, articul
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joint
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-asthenia
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without strength, weakness
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asthesi/o
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sensation, feeling
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ather/o
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fatty deposit, plaque
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audi/o
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hearing
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aur/o
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ear
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auto
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self
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axill/o
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armpit
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ba
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go, walk
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bacteri/o
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bacteria
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Balan/o
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Glans penis
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baro
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pressure, weight
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bas/o
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basic or alkaline
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bi-, bis
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two
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bil/i
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bile, gall
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bio
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life
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-blast, -blast/o
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embryonic, primitive, cell
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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brachi/o
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arm
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brady-
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slow
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bronch/o, bronchus
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bronchus (pl. bronchi), windpipe
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bucc/o
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cheek
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burs/o
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sac
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cac
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bad, abnormal
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cal.
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calorie
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calc/i, calc/o
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calcium
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calcane/o
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calcaneum, heel bone, stone
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calor, thermo
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heat
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capit, cephal
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head
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-capnia
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carbon dioxide, CO2
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carcin/o
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cancer, crab
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cardi/o
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heart
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carp/o
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wrist, carpus
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caud
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tail
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caus/o
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burn, burning
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-cele
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tumor, hernia, swelling, protrusion
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celi/o
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abdomen
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cent
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100
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cente, -centesis
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to puncture, puncture to withdraw fluid
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centr
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point, center
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cephal/o
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head
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cept
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take, receive
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cer
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wax
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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cervic/o, trache
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neck, cervix
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-chalasis
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relaxation
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cheil/o, labi
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lip
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cheir, chir
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hand
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chem/o
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chemical drug
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chlor/o
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green
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cholangi/o
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bile duct
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chol/e, cholo
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bile, gall
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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choledoch/e
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common, bile duct
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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-chrome, -chrom/o
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color
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-cide
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cut, kill
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circum-
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around
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cirrh/o
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yellow, tawny
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-cis/o
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to cut
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coagul/o
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clotting
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clasis
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breakdown
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clavic
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collar bone
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clysis
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irrigate, wash, break down
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co, com, con
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with, together, cohesion
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-cocc, coccus
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round bacteria, berry-shaped
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col/o
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colon
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colp/o
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vagina
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contra-
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against
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coron/o
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heart
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corpor
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body
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cost/o
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ribs
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crani/o
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skull bones, cranium, skull
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-crin/o
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to secrete
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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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-cusis
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hearing
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cutane/o
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skin
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cyan/o
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blue
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cyst/o
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bladder, sac, cyst
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cyt/o, cyte
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cell
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dacry/o
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tear, tear duct
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dactyl/o, digit
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appendage (finder or toe)
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de
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away from, down from
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deca
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ten
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dent/o, odont, dent/i
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tooth
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-derm/o, dermat/o
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skin
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-desis
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binding, stabalization, fusion
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dextr/o
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to the right of, right-handed
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di-
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two, twice
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dia-
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through, across, apart and separate
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diaphor/o
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profuse sweating
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diplo-
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double
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-dips/o
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thirst
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dis
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separate, free, undo, from, apart, twice, doubly
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disco
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disk
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dist/o
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away from
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dors/o
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back of body
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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dur/o
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hard
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-dynia, dyno, dys
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pain, bad, difficult
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e, ec
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out from
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ectasis
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dilation, expansion
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ecto-
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outside
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
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-ectopo, ectopia
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misplaced, displaced
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ede
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swell
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electro
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electricity
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em, en, im, in
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in, within, inside
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-emesis, emetic
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vomit
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-emia
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blood condition (of)
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encephal/o
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brain
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endo-
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in, within, inner
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enter/o
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small intestines
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eosin/o
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red, rosy, dawn-colored
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epi-
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uppon, over, in addition to, above
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episi/o
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vulva
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erythem/o, erythro
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redness
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erythrocyt/o
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red cell
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erg/o
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work
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escent
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beginning to be
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esis
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action, process, result, condition
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esophag-
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esophagus
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-esthesia
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feeling, sensation
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estr/o
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female
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eu-
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good, easy, well, normal
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ex, externo, extro, exto, exo
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out, out from, out of, away from
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faci
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face
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febr
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fever, fiber
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ferent
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carry, bear, information
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ferr
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iron
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fet/i, fet/o
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fetus
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fibrin/o
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fiber, connective tissue
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fiss
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split
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flex/o
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to bend
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fluoro
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fluorescence
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funct
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perform, serve
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galact/o
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milk
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gangli/o
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swelling, ganglion
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gastr/o
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stomach
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-gen
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to produce, generate
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gen, geron
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old
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-genesis
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origin, beginning, reproducing, development
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gest
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bear, carry
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gingiv/o
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gum
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-globin, globulin
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protein
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gloss/o
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tongue
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gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o
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sugar, sweetness
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gnoso, gnosis
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know, discern, knowledge
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gonad/o
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sex gland
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-gram
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a writing, record, draw, letter
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-graph
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instrument, used for recording; to write
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-gravida
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pregnancy, heavy
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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hemi-
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half, partial
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hem, hemat, hem/o
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blood
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hemangi/o
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blood vessel
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hepat/o
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liver
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heter/o
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different, the other
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hidr/o
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sweat
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hist/o, histi/o
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tissue
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home/o
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likeness, resemblance, common, same
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horm/o
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impulse, impetus
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hydr/o, hydra
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water
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hyper-
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over, above, excessive, beyond, too much
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hypn/o
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sleep
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hypo-
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under, below, beneath, less, decreased
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hyster/o
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uterus, womb
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-ia, ity
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condition (of), process, state
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-iasis
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abnormal condition, formation of, presence of
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-iatric
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medicine, physician
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iatro
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treatment physician
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-ic, -ical, -iac, -ile, -ior
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pertaining to
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ichthyl/o
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scaly, dry
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ician
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specialist
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hist/o, histi/o
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tissue
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home/o
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likeness, resemblance, common, same
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horm/o
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impulse, impetus
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hydr/o, hydra
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water
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hyper-
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over, above, excessive, beyond, too much
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hypn/o
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sleep
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hypo-
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under, below, beneath, less, decreased
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hyster/o
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uterus, womb
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-ia, ity
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condition (of), process, state
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-iasis
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abnormal condition, formation of, presence of
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-iatric
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medicine, physician
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iatro
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treatment physician
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-ic, -ical, -iac, -ile, -ior
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pertaining to
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ichthyl/o
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scaly, dry
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ician
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specialist
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ile/o
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lower abdomen
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ili/o
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ilium, hip
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im-, in-
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not, in, on
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infra-, infer/o
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under, below, beneath, after
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inguin/o
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groin
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inter-
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between, among
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intestin/o
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intestines
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intra-, intro
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in, within, inside
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is/o
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equal, same
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ischi/o
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ischium, hip
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-ism
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condition, state of being, practice of
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-ist
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one who specializes
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-itis
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inflammation
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-ize
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to make, to use
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ject
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throw
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jejun/o
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jejunum
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kal/i
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potassium
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kerat/o
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cornea; hornlike
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kilo
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1,000
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kinesi/o, kine, kinesia
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movement
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kyph/o
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hump
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labi/o
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lip
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lacrim/o
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tear
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lact/o
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milk
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall, abdomin, loin, flank
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-lapse
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to slide, sag
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laryng/o
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voice box, larynx
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later/o
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side
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-lepsy
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seizure
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leuc/o-, leuk/o
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white
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lingu/o
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tongue
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lip/o
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fat
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-lith/o
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stone, calculus
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-logist
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one who studies
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-logy
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study of, science of
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lun
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moon
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lymphaden/o
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lymph node
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lymphangi/o
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lymph vessel
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-lysis
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separate, destroy, break down, loosen
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-lytic
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destruction
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macro-, mega, megaly
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large, big, enlargement
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macul/o
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stain, spot
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mal-
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ill, bad, poor, abnormal, disordered
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-malacia
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softening
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mamm/o, masto
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breast
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man
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hand
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mania
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excessive excitement
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-monometer
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instrument to measure pressure
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mastoid/o
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mastoid process
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megaly
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enlarged
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melan/o
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black
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mening/o
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meninges, brain covering, membrane
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men/o
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menses, menstruation
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ment/o
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mind
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mes.o, med, mid, medi
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middle
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meta
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after, beyond, over, change
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metr/o
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uterus, womb
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-metry
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act of measuring, to measure
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micro-
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small
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milli
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1/1000
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mono-
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one
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morph/o
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shape, form
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multi-
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many, much
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mut/a
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genetic change, mutation
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myces, mycosis, myco
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fungus, fungal infection
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myc/o, mych/o
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fungus
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mydr/o
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larger, widen
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
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my/o, muscul
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muscle
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myring/o
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tympanic membrane, eardrum
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narc/o
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sleep, numbness, stupor
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nas/o
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nose
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nat/o, nat/i
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birth
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natr/o
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sodium
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necr/o
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corpse, dead
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ne/o
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new
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve, neuron
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noct/o, noct/i
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night
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norm/o
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rule, odor
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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nulli
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none
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nutri
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nourish
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o/o
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egg
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ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o
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eye
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odont/o
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tooth
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odynia
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pain in a specific location
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-oid
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resemble, form
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olig/o
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scanty, few, small
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-ology
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study of
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-oma
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tumor
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omento
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covering
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omphal/o
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umbilicus, navel
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onc/o
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tumor, mass
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oo/o, o/o
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egg, ovum
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oophor/o, ovari/o
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ovary
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op, -opia, opsia
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vision, see
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opaque
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nontransparent
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opistho
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backward
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opsy
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view, examine
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
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testes
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orexia
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condition of the appitite, appitite
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or/o
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mouth
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orth/o
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straight
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ose
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carbohydrate
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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oss, oste/o
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bone
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ostomy
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forming an opening
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ov/i, ov/o
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egg
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ox/o, oxy/o, ox/i
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oxygen, O2
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pachy
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thick
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palpebro
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eyelid
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pan-
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all
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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papillo
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optic disc
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papul/o
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pimple
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para-
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near, beside, beyond
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par/o, part/o
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labor, childbirth
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-paresis
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partial or imcomplete paralysis, weakness
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parous
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bearing, give birth
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partum
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birth, labor
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patell/o
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patella, knee cap
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-pathy, patho
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disease
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pector/o, pect
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chest, breast
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ped/o
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foot, child
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pelv/o
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pelvis
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-pen, penia
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decrease, deficiency, lack of
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pend
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hang down
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pepsia, peps, pept
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digestion
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per
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throughout, through, by
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peri-
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around, about
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-pexy
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fixation, suspension
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phac/o
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lens
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phag/o, phagia
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swallow, eat
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phalang/o
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phalanges, bones of fingers and toes
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pharmac/o
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drug
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pharyng/o
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pharynx, throat
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phas/o
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speak, say
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pharmac
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drug
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-phasia, phas/o
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speech
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-phil, -philia
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to love, attraction for
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phleb/o
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vein
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-phobia
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fear (irrational)
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-phon/o
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voice, sound
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photo
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light
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phren/o
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diaphram, mind
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physio
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related to nature, body
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physis
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to grow, growing
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pilo
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hair
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plakia
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plate, patch
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-plasia, plas, plasty, plas/o
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formation, development, surgical, repair
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-plegia
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paralysis
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pleur/o, cost/o
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pleura, side, rib
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pne, pnea, pneum/o, pneumon/o
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lung, air, breathing
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pod/o
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foot
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-poiesis
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formation, production, make
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poly-
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many, much
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-porosis
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pores or cavities, callus
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posit
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put, place
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post-, postero
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after, backward, behind
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-prandial
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pertaining to a meal
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pre-, pro-
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before, in front of
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presby/o
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old age
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primi-
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first
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proct/o
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anus, rectum
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prosth/o
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addition
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proteo
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protein
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proxim/o
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near, point of reference
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pseud/o-
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false
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psych/o
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mind
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-ptosis
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prolapse, falling, drooping
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pulmon/o
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lung
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punct
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prick, pierce
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py/o, pur
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pus
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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pylor/o
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pylorus
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pyr, pyro, pyret/o
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febrile condition, fire
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quad-, quadri-
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four
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quinque
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five
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radi/o
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root, radius, ray, radiation
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re-
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again, back, contrary
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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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reticul/o
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immature, net
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retro-
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backward, behind
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rhin/o
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nose
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rhythmia
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rhythm
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roentgen/o
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x-ray
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-rrhage, -rrhagia, -rhexis
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burst forth (of), excessive flow
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-rrhea
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rupture
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-rrhaphy
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suture, repair
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-rhe
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discharge, flow
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-rube
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red
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salping/o
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fallopian tubes, oviducts, uterine tubes, eustachian tube
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sanguin/o
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blood
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sarc/o
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flesh
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schiz/o
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divided
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scler/o
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sclera, hard
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scoli/o
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vertebra, backbone
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-scope
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instrument to view or examine
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-scopy
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visual examination, observe, look
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seb/o
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sebum, oil
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sect/o
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to cut
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semi-
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half, partial
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sens
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feeling
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-seps/o
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infection
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sept
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poison, wall off, infection, rot, decay, seven
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sinistr/o
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left
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sis
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action, process, state or condition
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somat/o
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body
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somn/o
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sleep
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spher/o
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round
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sphygm/o
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pulsing
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spir/o
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breathing
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splen/o
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spleen
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spondyl/o
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vertebrae, backbone
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squam/o
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scale-like
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sta
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make stand, stationary, sit, set
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stalsis
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constriction, contraction
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staphyl/o
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grape-like clusters
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stasis
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standing still
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-steat/o, stear
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fat
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-stenosis
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constriction, narrowing
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stern/o
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breast bone, sternum
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steth/o
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chest
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-sthenia
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strength, energy
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stomat/o
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mouth
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-stomy
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mouth, forming an operning
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strep
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twisted
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struct
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pile up
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sub-
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under, beneath, below
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sudoro
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sweat
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super-, supra-
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above, over
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sym, syn
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union, together
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tachy-
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rapid, fast
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tact
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touch
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talo, tars/o
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ankle
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-taxia
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muscular coordination, order, arrange
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teg
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cover
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-tension
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pressure
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tens/o
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stretch
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thel/o
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nipple
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-therapy
|
treatment
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therm/o
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heat
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thorac/o, -thorax
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chest
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thromb/o
|
clot
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thym/o
|
thymus
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thyr, thyroid/o
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thyroid, shield
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tme
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cut
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-tocia, toc/o
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labor, childbirth
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toma
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tumor, mass
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
|
incision, cut into
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ton/o. tend/o, tendin/o
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tendon, tone, stretch
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tors
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twist
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-toxic, tox/o
|
poison, toxic
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trache/o, tracheal
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trachea, windpipe
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trans-
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through, across
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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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-tripsy
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crush
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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-tropia
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turning, to turn
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane, eardrum
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uln/o
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ulna
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ultra-
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beyond, excess
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ungu/o
|
nail
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uni-, un
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one
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ur/o, uria, urio
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urine
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ureter/o
|
urethra
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uter/o, hyster, metr
|
uterus, womb
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uve/o
|
vascular
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vagin/o, colp
|
vagina, sheath
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vas/o
|
vas deferens, vessel
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ven/o
|
vein
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ventr/o
|
belly, belly-side
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version, vert
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turning, altering position of a fetus
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vesic/o
|
bladder, blister
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vesicul/o
|
seminal vesicle
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viscer/o
|
organ (internal)
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vit/o
|
blemish
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vitre/o
|
glassy
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vuis
|
turn, twist
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xanth/o
|
yellow
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xer/o
|
dry
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xipho
|
sword, xiphiod process
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zo
|
life
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zyg
|
yolk
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