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sud/o

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sweat

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super-

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above, beyond

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-suppression

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to stop

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supra-

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above; upper

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sym-

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together; with

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symptom/o

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occurrence

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syn-

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together; with

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synaps/o, synapt/o

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point of contact, to join

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syncop/o

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to cut off, cut short; faint

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syndesm/o

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ligament

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synov/o

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synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon

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syring/o

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tube

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system/o

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system

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systol/o

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contraction

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tachy-

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fast

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tal/o

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talus

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tars/o

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tarsus; hindfoot or ankle

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tauto-

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identical, same

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tax/o

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order; coordination

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techn/o

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skill, art

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tel/o

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complete

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tele/o

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distant

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temp/o, tempor/o

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period of time, the temples

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deca-

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ten

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ten/o

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tendon

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tendin/o

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tendon

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-tension

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pressure

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tens/o

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stretched, strained

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tephr/o

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gray (ashen)

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terat/o

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monster; malformed fetus

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test/o

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testis

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tetan/o

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tetanus

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tetra-

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four

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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thalass/o

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sea

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thanat/o

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death

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the/o

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put; place

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thec/o

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sheath

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thel/o

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nipple

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therapeut/o

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treatment

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-therapy

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treatment

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therm/o

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heat

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thorac/o

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chest

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-thorax

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chest; pleural cavity

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tri-

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three

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thromb/o

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clot

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-tropia

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to turn

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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-thymia

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mind (condition of)

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-thymic

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pertaining to mind

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland; sheild

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thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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tibi/o

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tibia (shin bone)

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-tic

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pertaining to

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toc/o

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labor; birth

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-tocia

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labor; birth (condition of)

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-tocin

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labor; birth (a substance for)

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tom/o

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to cut

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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ton/o

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tension

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tone/o

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to stretch

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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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top/o

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place; position; location

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torso

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twisted

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tox/o

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poison

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toxic/o

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poison

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

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trans-

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across; through

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traumat/o

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trauma, injury, wound

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trem/o, tremul/o

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shaking, trembling

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-tresia

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opening

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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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trigon/o

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trigone (area within the bladder)

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tri/o

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to sort out, sorting

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-tripsy

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to crush

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troph/o

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nourishment; development

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-trophy

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nourishment; development (condition of)

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-tropia

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to turn

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-tropic

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turning

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-tropin

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stimulate; act on

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tub/o

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tube

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tumesc/o, -tumescence

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swelling

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tympan/o

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tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear

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-type

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classification; picture

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typhl/o

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cecum, blindness

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-ule

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little; small

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uln/o

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ulna (middle lower arm bone)

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ul/o

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scar, scarring

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ultra-

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beyond; excess

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-um

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structure; tissue; thing

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umbilic/o

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umbilicus (navel)

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ungu/o

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nail

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uni-

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one

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uran/o

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palate

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-uresis

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urination

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ur/o

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urine; urinary tract

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ureter/o

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ureter

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urethr/o

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urethra

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-uria

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urination; condition of urine

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uric/o

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urine condition

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urin/o

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urine

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-us

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structure; thing

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uter/o

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uterus (womb)

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uve/o

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uvea, vascular layer of eye (iris, choroid, ciliary body)

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uvul/o

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uvula

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vaccin/o

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vaccine

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vag/o

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vagus nerve

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vagin/o

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vagina

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valv/o

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valve

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valvul/o

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valve

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varic/o

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varicose veins

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vas/o

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vessel; duct; vas deferens

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vascul/o

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vessel (blood)

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ven/o

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vein

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ven/i

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vein

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vener/o

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venereal (sexual contact)

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ventil/o

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to aerate, oxygenate

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ventr/o

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belly side of body

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ventricul/o

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ventricle (of heart or brain)

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venul/o

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venule (small vein)

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verm/i

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worm

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verruc/i

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wart

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-verse

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to turn

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-version

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to turn

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vers/o, -verse

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turn, turning

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vertebr/o

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vertebra (backbone)

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vesic/o

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urinary bladder

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vesicul/o

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seminal vesicle

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vestibul/o

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vestibule of the inner ear

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vir/o

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virus

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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vit/o

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life

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vitr/o

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vitreous body (of the eye)

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vitre/o

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glass

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viv/o

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life

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-volemia

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blood volume

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volv/o, volut/o

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to roll

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vulv/o

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vulva

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-ward

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in the direction of

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-where

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location e.g. anywhere

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-wise

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direction e.g. clockwise

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with-

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together, united

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xanth/o

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yellow

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xen/o

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stranger, foreigner

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xer/o

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dry, dryness

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xiph/o or xiphi-

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sword shaped

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xylo-

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wood e.g. xylum

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xys-

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file, scrape

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-y

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condition; process

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yalos

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Glass

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ydor

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Water

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-yne

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ending for alkynes

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yocto-

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prefix: one septillionth part of; the factor 10: yoctosecond

156
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yoeides

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U-shaped

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-yl

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suffix - a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, e.g. ethyl

158
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-ylene

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suffix - A bivalent organic radical

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yper

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Above

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ypo

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Under

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ypsi

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High

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ystera

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Uterus

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zeo-

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boil

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zinco-

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Pertaining to or containing the element zinc

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zo/o

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animal life

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zon-

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girdle, belt

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zyg/o

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union, junction, pair, yoke, tied together

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zym/o

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enzyme, ferment

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-zyme

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enzyme

Medical Roots, Suffixes and Prefixes (8 decks)

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