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cirru-

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hairlike curls

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co-

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with, together

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cocc-

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seed, berry

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coel-

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hollow

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coll-

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glue

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coni-

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cone

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contra-

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against

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corp-

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body

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cort-, cortic-

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outer layer

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cosmo-

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world, order, form

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cotyl-

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cup

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counter-

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against

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crani-

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skull

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cresc-, cret-

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begin to grow

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crypt-

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hidden, covered

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-cul-, -cule

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small, diminutive

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cumul-

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heaped

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cuti-

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skin

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cyan-

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blue

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-cycle, cycl-

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ring, circle

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-cyst-

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sac, pouch, bladder

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cyt-, -cyte

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cell, hollow container

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dactyl-

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finger

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de-

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away from, down

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deca-

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ten

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deci-

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tenth

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deliquesc-

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become fluid

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demi-

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half

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dendr-

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tree

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dent-

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tooth

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derm-

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skin

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di-, dipl-

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(Latin) two, double

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di-, dia-

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through, across, apart

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dia-

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(Latin) day

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digit-

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finger, toe

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din-

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terrible

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dis-

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apart, out

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dorm-

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sleep

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dors-

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back

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du-

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duo, two

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-duct

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lead

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dynam-

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power

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dys-

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bad, abnormal, diffucult

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ec-

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out of, away from

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echin-

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spiny, prickly

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eco-

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house

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ecto-

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outside of

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-elle

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small

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-emia

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blood

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en-, endo-, ent-

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in, into, within

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-en

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made of

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encephal-

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brain

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enter-

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intestine, gut

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entom-

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insects

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-eous

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nature of, like

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epi-

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upon, above, over

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-err-

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wander, go astray

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erythro-

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red

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-escent

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becoming

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eso-

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inward, within, inner

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eu-

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well, good, true, normal

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eury-

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widen

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ex-

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out of, away from

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extra-

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beyond, outside

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-fer-

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bear, carry, produce

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ferro-

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iron

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fibr-, fiber-

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thread

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-fid, fiss-

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split, divided into

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-flect

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flex, bend

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flor-

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flower

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flu-, fluct-, flux-

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flow

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foli-

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leaf

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fract-

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break

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-gam-

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marriage

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gastr-

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stomach

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geo-

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land, earth

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-gen, -gine

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producer, former

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-gene-

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origin, birth

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-gest-

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carry, produce, bear

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-glen-

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eyeball

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-glob-

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ball, round

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gloss-

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tongue

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gluc-, glyc-

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sweet, sugar

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glut-

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buttock

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gnath-

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jaw

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-gon

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angle, corner

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-grad-

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step

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-gram

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graph, record, writing

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grav-

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heavy

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-gross-

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thick

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gymno-

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naked, bare

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gyn-

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female

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