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a- or an-
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not, without, less
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ab- or abs-
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from, away from, off
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ad-
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increase, adherence, motion toward, very
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-ad
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toward, in the direction of, -ward
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alge-, algesi-, algio-, or algo-
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pain
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ambi-
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around, on (both) sides, on all sides, both
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amyl- or amylo-
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starch, polysaccharide nature or origin
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ana-
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up, toward, apart
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ante-
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before
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anti-
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1. against, oposing
2. curative 3. an antibody |
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apo-
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separated from, derived from
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arteri- or arterio-
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artery
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arthr- or arthro-
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a joint, an articulation
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-ase
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an enzyme
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-ate
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salt or ester of an "-ic" acid
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aut- or auto-
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self, same
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bacteri- or bacterio-
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bacteria
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bi-
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twice, double
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bio-
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life
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blasto-
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budding by cells or tissue
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bronch-, bronchi-, or broncho-
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bronchus
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carcin- or carcino-
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cancer
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cardi- or cardio-
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1. the heart
2. esophageal opening of stomach |
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cata-
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down
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cephal- or cephalo-
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the head
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chem- or chemo-
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chemistry
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chlor- or chloro-
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1. green
2. chlorine |
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chol-
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bile
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chondrio- or chondro-
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1. cartilage
2. granular 3. gritty |
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chrom-, chromato-, or chromo-
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color
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-cidal or -cide
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killing, destroying
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cis-
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on the side, on the near side
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co-, col-, com-, con-, or cor-
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with, together, in association, very, complete
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crani- or carnio
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cranium
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cry- or cryo-
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cold
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cycl-
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1. a circle
2. the ciliary body |
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cyst-, cysti-, or cysto-
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the bladder, the cystic duct, a cyst
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cyt-, -cyte, or cyto-
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cell
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dactyl- or dactylo-
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the fingers, the toes
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de-
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away from, cessation
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derm-, derma-, dermat-, dermato-, or dermo-
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skin
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dextr- or dextro-
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right, toward or on the right side
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di-, dif-, dir-, or dis-
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separation, taking apart, reversal, not, un-
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duodeno-
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the duodenum
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-dynia
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pain
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dynamo-
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force, energy
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dys-
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bad, difficult
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ect- or ecto-
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outer, on the outside
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encephal- or encephalo-
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the brain
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end- or endo-
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within, inner
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enter- or entero
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the intestines
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epi-
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upon, following, subsequent to
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ergo-
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work
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erythr- or erythro-
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red, redness
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esthesio-
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sensation, perception
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eu-
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good, well
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ex-
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out of, from, away from
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exo-
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exterior, external, outward
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extra-
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without, outside of
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ferri-
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the presence in a compound of a ferric ion
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ferro-
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metallic iron, the divalent ion Fe2+
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fibr- or fibro-
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fiber
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-form
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in the form or shape of
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galact- or galacto-
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milk
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-gen or gen-
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1. producing, coming to be
2. precursor of |
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gloss- or glosso-
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the tongue
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gluco-
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glucose
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glyco-
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sugars
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gnath- or gnatho-
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the jaw
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-gram
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a recording
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granul- or granulo-
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granular, granule
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-graph
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a recording instrument
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gyn-, gyne-, gyneco-, or gyno-
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woman
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hem-, hema-, hemat-, hemato-, or hemo-
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blood
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hemi-
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one-half
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hepat-, hepatico, or hepato-
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the liver
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hidr- or hidro-
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sweat
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hist-, histio-, or histo-
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tissue
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hydr- or hydro-
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water, hydrogen
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hyper-
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excessive, above normal
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hypo-
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beneath, diminution, deficiency, the lowest
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hyster- or hystero-
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1. uterus, hysteria
2. late, following |
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-ia or -iasis
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a condition
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ics
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organized knowledge, practice, treatment
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-ileo-
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the ileum
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infra-
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below
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inter-
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between, among
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intra-
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within
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irid- or irido-
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the iris
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ischi- or ischio-
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the ischium
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-ism
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1. condition, disease
2. a practice, doctrine |
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-ismus
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spasm, contraction
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iso-
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1. equal, like
2. "isomer of" 3. sameness |
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-ite
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the nature of, resembling
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-ites
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-y, -like
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itis- (-itides)
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inflammation (plural form)
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karyo-
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nucleus
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kerat- or kerato-
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the cornea
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kin- or kine-
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movement
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kinesi-, kinesio-, or kineso-
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motion
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lact-, lacti-, or lacto-
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milk
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laryng- or laryngo-
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the larynx
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latero-
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lateral, to one side, a side
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-lepsis or -lepsy
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a seizure
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lepto-
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light, slender, thin, frail
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leuk- or leuko-
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white
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linguo-
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the tongue
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lip- or lipo-
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fat, lipid
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lith- or litho-
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a stone, calculus, calcified
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-log, -log, or logo-
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speech, words
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-login or -logy
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1. study of
2. collecting |
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lymph- or lympho-
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lymph
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lys- or lyso-
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lysis, dissolution
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macr- or macro-
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large, long
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mast- or masto-
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breast
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meg- or mega-
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1. large, oversize
2. one million |
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megal-, megalo-, or -megaly
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large
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melan- or melano-
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black
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mening- or meningo-
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meninges
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mes- or meso-
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1. middle, mean, intermediacy
2. mesentery |
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meta-
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1. after, behind
2. joint, action, sharing |
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micr- or micro-
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1. smallness
2. one millionth 3. microscope |
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mon- or mono-
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single
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morph- or morpho-
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form, shape, structure
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myx- or myxo-
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mucus
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necr- or necro-
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death, necrosis
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nephr- or nephro-
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the kidney
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neur-, neuri-, or neuro-
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a nerve, the nervous system
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oculo-
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eye, ocular
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odont- or odonto-
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tooth
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odyn- or odyno-
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pain
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-oid
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resemblance to
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olig- or oligo-
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few, little
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-oma (-omata)
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tumor, neoplasm (plural)
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oncho- or onco-
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tumor, bulk, volume
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-one
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ketone group
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onych- or onycho-
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fingernail, toenail
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oo-
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egg, ovary
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oophor- or oophoro-
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ovary
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opthalm- or opthalmo-
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the eye
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orchi-, orchido-, or orchio-
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testis
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-osis (-oses)
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process, condition, state (plural)
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ossi-, ost-, oste-, or osteo- (osseo-)
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bone (bony)
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ovari- or ovario-
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ovary
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ovi- or ovo-
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egg
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oxa-
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the presence or addition of oxygen atoms
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oxo-
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addition of oxygen
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oxy-
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sharp, acid, acute, shrill, quick, oxygen
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pachy-
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thick
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pan-, pant-, or panto-
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all, entire
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para-
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1. abnormal
2. involvement of to like parts |
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path-, patho-, or -pathy
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disease
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ped-, pedi-, or pedo-
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1. child
2. foot |
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-penia
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deficiency
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per-
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through, thoroughly, intensely
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peri-
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around, about
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-pexy
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fixation, usually surgical
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phaco-
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1. lens-shaped
2. relation to a lens |
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-phage, -phagia, phago-, or phagy-
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eating, devouring
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pharmaco-
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drugs, medicine
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pharyng- or pharyngo-
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the pharynx
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phleb- or phlebo-
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vein
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phon- or phono-
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sound, speech
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phor- or phoro-
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carrying, bearing, a carrier, a bearer, phoria
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phos-, phot-, or photo-
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light
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phren-, phreni-, phrenico-, or phreno-
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1. diaphragm
2. the mind 3. phrenic |
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-phrenia
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of mind
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physi or physio-
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1. physical
2. natural 3. the science of physics |
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physo-
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1. tendency to swell or inflate
2. air, gas |
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phyt- or phyto-
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plants
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-plasia
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formation
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plasma-, plasmat-, plasmato-, or plasmo-
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plasma
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-plegia
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paralysis
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pleur-, pleura-, or pleuro-
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rib, side, pleura
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pluri-
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several, more
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-pnea or pneo-
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breath, respiration
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pneum-, pneuma-, pneumat-, or pneumato-
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1. air, gas
2. the lungs 3. breathing |
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pod-, -pod, or podo-
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foot, foot-shaped
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-poiesis
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production
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poly-
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1. multiplicity
2. "polymer of" |
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post-
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after, behind, posterior
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pre-
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anterior, before
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pro-
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1. before, forward
2. precursor of |
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proct- or procto-
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the anus, the rectum
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psych-, psyche-, or psycho-
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the mind
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pyel- or pyelo-
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(renal) pelvis
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pyo-
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suppuration, an accumulation of pus, pus
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pyreto-
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fever
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pyro-
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fire, heat, fever
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rachi- or rachio-
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the spine
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radio-
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1. radiation, chiefly x-ray
2. radius |
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re-
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again, backward
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rect- or recto-
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the rectum
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retro-
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backward, behind
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rhin- or rhino-
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the nose
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-rrhagia
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discharge
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-rrhaphy
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surgical suturing
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-rrhea
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a flowing, a flux
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salping- or salpingo-
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a tube
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sarco-
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muscular substance, fleshlike
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schisto-, schiz-, or schizo-
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split, cleft, division
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scler- or sclero-
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the sclera, hardness (induration), sclerosis
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-scope
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an instrument for viewing
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-scopy
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the use of an instrument for viewing
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semi-
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one-half, partly
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sial0 or sialo-
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saliva, the salivary glands
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sigmoid- or sigmoido-
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sigmoid, the sigmoid colon
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sito-
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food, grain
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somat-, somato, or somatico-
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the body, bodily
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spasmo-
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spasm
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spermato-, spermo-, or sperma-
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semen, spermatozoa
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splanchn-, splanchni, or splanchno-
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the viscera
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splen- or spleno-
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the spleen
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staphyl- or staphylo-
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a grape, a bunch of grapes, sphylococci
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-stat
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an agent to prevent changing or moving
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steno-
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narrowness, constriction
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stheno-
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strength, force, power
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stom-, stoma-, stomat-, or stomato-
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mouth
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sub-
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beneath, less than normal, inferior
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super-
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in excess, above, superior, in the upper part
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sy-, syl-, sym-, syn, or sys-
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together
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thel- or thelo-
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the nipples
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therm- or thermo-
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heat
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thorac-, thoracoico-, or thoraco-
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the chest, the thorax
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thromb- or thrombo-
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blood clot
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thyr- or thyro-
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the thyroid gland
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toco-
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childbirth
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-tome
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1. a cutting instrument
2. a segment, section |
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-tomy
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a cutting operation
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tono-
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tone, tension, pressure
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top- or topo-
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place, topical
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tox-, toxi-, toxico-, or toxo-
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a toxin, a poison
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trache- or tracheo-
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the trachea
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trans-
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across, through, beyond
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trich-, trichi-, -trichia, or tricho-
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the hair, a hair-like structure
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-trophic, tropho-, or -trophy
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food, nutrition
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-tropic
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turning toward, affinity
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uri-, uric-, or urico-
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uric acid
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vas- or vaso-
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a duct, a blood vessel
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vasculo-
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a blood vessel
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vesic- or vesico
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a vesica, a vesicle
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xanth- or xantho-
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yellow, yellowish
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zo- or zoo-
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an animal, animal life
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zym- or zymo-
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fermentation, enzymes
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