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a-

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no, not, without

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an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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away from

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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-ac

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pertaining to

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acanth/o

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spiny, thorny

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acar/o

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mites

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acetabul/o

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acetabulum (hip socket)

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acous/o

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hearing

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acoust/o

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hearing, sound

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acr/o

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extremities

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acromi/o

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acromion (extension of shoulder bone)

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actin/o

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light

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acu/o

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sharp, sudden, severe

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-acusis

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hearing

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ad-

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toward

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-ad

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toward

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aden/o

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gland

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adenoid/o

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adenoids

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adip/o

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fat

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adren/o

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adrenal gland

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adrenal/o

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adrenal gland

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aer/o

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af-

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agglutin/o

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clumping, sticking together

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-agogue

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producer, leader

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-agon

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to assemble, gather

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agora-

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marketplace

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-agra

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excessive pain

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-al

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pertaining to

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alb/o

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white

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albin/o

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white

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albumin/o

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albumin (protein)

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alges/o

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sensitivity to pain

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-algesia

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sensitivity to pain

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-algia

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pain

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all/o

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other

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alveol/o

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alveolus, air sac, small sac

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ambi-

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around, on both sides, about

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ambyl/o

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dim, dull

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amphi-

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around, on both sides

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-amine

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nitrogen compund

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ammon/o

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amni/o

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amyl/o

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an/o

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-an

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pertaining to

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ana-

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up, apart, backward, again, anew

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andr/o

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aneurysm/o

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aneurysm (widening of blood vessel)

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angi/o

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vessel (blood)

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anis/o

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ankyl/o

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ante-

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before, forward

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anter/o

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anthrac/o

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anthr/o

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antrum of the stomach

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anti-

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anxi/o

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uneasy, anxious

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aort/o

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aorta (largest artery)

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-apheresis

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aphth/o

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apo-

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aponeur/o

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aponueorosis (type of tendon)

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append/o

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appendic/o

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aque/o

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-ar

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pertaining to

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arachn/o

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-arche

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arsenic/o

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arter/o

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arteri/o

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arteriol/o

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arthr/o

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-arthria

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articulate (speak distinctly)

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articul/o

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-artresia

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closure, occlusion

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atreto-

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closed, lacking an opening

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-ary

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pertaining to

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asbest/o

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-ase

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aspir/o

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-assay

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to examine, analyze

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-asthenia

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lack of strength

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astr/o

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star, star shaped

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aque/o

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atel/o

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incomplete

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ather/o

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plaque (fatty substance)

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-ation

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process, condition

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atri/o

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atrium (upper heart chamber)

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atmo-

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steam, vapor

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audi/o

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audit/o

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aur/o

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auricul/o

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auscult/o

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aut/o

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aut-

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auto-

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aux/o

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growth, acceleration

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axill/o

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axi/o

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azot/o

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urea, nitrogen

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