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112 Cards in this Set
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mono-, uni-
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one
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bi-, di-
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two
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tri-
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three
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quad-, quadri-, tetra-
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four
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centi-
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one hundred or one-hundredth
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milli-
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one-thousandth
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diplo-
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double
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hemi-, semi-
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"half, partly "
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hyper-
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"excessive, more than normal "
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multi-, poly-
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many
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nulli-
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none
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pan-
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all
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primi-
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first
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super-, ultra-
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excessive
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward
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circum-, peri-
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around
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contra-
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against or opposed
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dia-
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through
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ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
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" out, without, away from "
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en-, end-, endo-
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inside
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epi-
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" above, on "
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hypo-, infra-, sub-
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" beneath, under (hypo can mean below normal) "
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inter-
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between
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intra-
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within
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ipsi-
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same
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meso-, mid-
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middle
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para-
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" near, beside, abnormal "
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per-
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through or by
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post-
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" after, behind "
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retro-
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" behind, backward "
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super-, supra-
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" above, beyond "
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sym-, syn-
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" joined, together "
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trans-
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across
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ante-, pre-, pro-
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" before (pro- can also mean favoring, supporting) "
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macro-, mega-, megalo-
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large or great
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micro-
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small
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a-, an-
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" no, not, without "
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in-
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not or inside (in)
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anti-, contra-
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against
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brady-
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slow
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dys-
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" bad, difficult "
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eu-
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" good, normal "
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mal-
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bad
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tachy-
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fast
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alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o, leuc/o
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white
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chlor/o
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green
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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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melan/o
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black
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xanth/o
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yellow
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cyt/o
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cell
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-cyte
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cell
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gen/o
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" beginning, origin (sometimes, genes) "
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-genic
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produced by or in
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-genesis
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producing or forming
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gram/o
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to record
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-gram
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a record
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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kinesi/o
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movement
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-kinesia, -kinesis
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" movement, motion "
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leps/o
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seizure
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-lepsy
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seizure
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lys/o
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" destruction, dissolving "
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-lysin
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that which destroys
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-lysis
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process of destroying
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-lytic
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capable of or producing destroying
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malac/o
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" soft, softening "
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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megal/o
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" large, enlarged "
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-megaly
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enlargement
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metr/o (sometimes metr/i)
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" measure, uterine tissue "
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-meter
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instrument used to measure
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-metry
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process of measuring
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path/o
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disease
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-pathy
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disease
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phag/o
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" eat, ingest "
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-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
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" eating, swallowing "
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phas/o
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speech
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-phasia
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speech
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pleg/o
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paralysis
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-plegia
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paralysis
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schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
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" split, cleft "
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-schisis
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" split, cleft "
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scler/o
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hard
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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scop/o
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" to examine, to view "
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-scope
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instrument used for viewing
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-scopy
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process of examining visually
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troph/o
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nutrition
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-trophic, -trophy
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nutrition
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aer/o
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air
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blast/o
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embryonic form
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cancer/o, carcin/o
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cancer
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cephal/o
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head
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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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dips/o
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thirst
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electr/o
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electricity
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fibr/o
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fiber
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hist/o
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tissue
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myc/o
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fungus
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narc/o
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stupor
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necr/o
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dead
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optic/o, opt/o
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vision
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phon/o
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voice
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phot/o
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light
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py/o
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pus
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therm/o
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heat
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top/o
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" position, place "
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trache/o
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trachea
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