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1
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cib/o

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Meal

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cis/o

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To cut

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cost/o

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Rib

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cutane/o

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Skin

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dactyl/o

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Fingers, toes

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duct/o

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To lead, carry

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flex/o

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To bend

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furc/o

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Forking, braching

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gloss/o

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Tongue

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glyc/o

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Sugar

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iImmun/o

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Protection

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morph/o

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Shape, form

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mort/o

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Death

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nect/o

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To bind, tie, connect

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nat/i

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Birth

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norm/o

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Rule, order

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ox/o

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Oxygen

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pub/o

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Pubis; anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone

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seps/o

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Infection

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somn/o

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Sleep

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son/o

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Sound

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the/o

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To put, place

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thel/o, theli/o

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Nipple

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thyr/o

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Thyroid gland, shield

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top/o

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Place, position, location

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tox/o

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Poison

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trache/o

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Windpipe, trachea

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urethr/o

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Urethra

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-blast

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Embryonic, immature

Thoi ky dau cu su phat trien ( bao thai)

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-crine

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To secrete

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-drome

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To run

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carp/o

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Wrist bones

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-fusion

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Coming together; to pour

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-gen

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Substance that produces

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-lapse

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To slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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Breakdown, destruction, separation

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-meter

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To measure

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-mission

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To send

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-or

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One who

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-oxia

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Oxygen

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-partum

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Birth, labor

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-phoria

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To bear, carry; feeling

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-physis

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To grow

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-plasia

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Development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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Structure or formation

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-pnea

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Breathing

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-ptosis

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Dropping, falling, prolapse

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-stasis

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Stopping, controlling

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-trophy

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Development, nourishment

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A-, an-

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No, not, without

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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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Ana-

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Up, apart

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Ante-

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Before, forward

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anti-

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Against

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auto-

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Self, own

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bi-

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Two

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cata-

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Down

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brady-

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Slow

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con-

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With, together

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contra-

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Against, opposite

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de-

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Down, lack of

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dia-

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Through, complete

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dys-

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Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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Ec-, ecto-

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Out, outside

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endo-

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In, within

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epi-

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Upon, on, above

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eu-

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Good, normal

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ex-

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Out, outside, away from

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hemi-

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Half

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hyper-

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Excessive, above

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hypo-

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Deficient, under

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in-

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Not

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in-

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into, within

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infra-

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Beneath, under

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inter-

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Between

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intra-

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In, within, into

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marco-

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Large

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mal-

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Bad

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meta-

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Beyound, change

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micro-

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Small

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neo-

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New

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Pan-

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All

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para-

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Abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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Through

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Peri-

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Surrounding

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poly-

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Many, much

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post-

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After, behind

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Pre-

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Before, in front of

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Pro-

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Before, forward

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Re-

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Back, again

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Retro-

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Behind, backward

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Sub-

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Under

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Supra-

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Above, upper

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Syn-, sym-

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Together, with

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Tachy-

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Fast

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trans-

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Across, through

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Ultra-

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Beyond, excess

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uni-

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One

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Antigen

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A substance, usually foreign to the body, that stimulates the production of antibodies.

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Antibodies

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Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.

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Rh condition

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An antigen-antibody condition that develops when there is a difference in Rh blood factor between that of the pregnant mother (Rh negative) and that of the fetus (Rh positive).

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Prostate gland

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Tuyen tien liet

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Ultrasonography

A

Qua trinh ghi hinh qua may sieu am

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Sonogram

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Hinh bao thai

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Echocardiogram

A

Hinh sieu am tim

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