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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Enter/o

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Small intestines

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Hem/o

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Blood

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My/o

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Muscle

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Muscul/o

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Muscle

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Anti/o

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Vessel (most commonly a blood vessel)

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Vas/o

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Vessel (most commonly a blood vessel)

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Vascul/o

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Vessel (most commonly a blood vessel)

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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17
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Pneum/o

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Lung

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18
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Pneumon/o

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Lung

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19
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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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20
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Gen/o

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Creation, cause

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21
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Hydr/o

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Water

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22
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Morph/o

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Change

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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24
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Nerc/o

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Death

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25
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Orth/o

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Straight

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Path/o

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Suffering, disease

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27
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Phag/o

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Eat

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Plas/o

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Formation

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29
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Py/o

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Pus

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Scler/o

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Hard

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31
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sten/o

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Narrowing

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Troph/o

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Nourishment, development

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33
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Xen/o

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Foreign

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34
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8 suffixes meaning ‘pertaining to’

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-ac
Cardiac
-al
Skeletal
-ar
Muscular
-ary
Pulmonary
-eal
Esophageal
-ic
Medic
-tic
Neurotic
-ous
Subcutaneous

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35
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-ia

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Condition
Ex: pneumonia

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-ism

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Condition
Ex: autism

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37
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-ium

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Tissue, structure
Ex: pericardium

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38
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-y

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Condition, procedure
Ex: hypertrophy

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39
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4 suffixes meaning ‘small’:

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-icle
Ventricle
-ole
Arteriole
-use
Pustule
-ula
Uvula

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40
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-iatrics

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Medical science

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41
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-iatry

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Medical science

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42
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-iatrist

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Specialist in medicine of

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-ist

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Specialist

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44
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-logist

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Specialist in the study of

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45
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-logy

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Study of

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46
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-algia

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Pain

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47
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-dynia

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Pain

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48
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-cele

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Hernia (a building of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong)

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-iasis

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Presence of

51
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-itis

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Inflammation

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-lysis

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Break down, loosen

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-megaly

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Enlargment

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-oid

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Resembling

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-oma

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Tumor

57
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-osis

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Condition

58
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-pathy

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Disease

59
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-penia

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Deficiency

60
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-ptosis

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Dropping

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-rrhage

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Excessive flow

62
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-rrhea

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Flow

63
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-rrhexis

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Rupture

64
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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction

65
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-centesis

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Puncture

66
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-gram

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Written record

67
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-graph

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Instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

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Writing procedure

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-meter

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Instrument used to measure

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-scope

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Instrument used to look

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-scopy

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Process of looking

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-desis

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Dining, fixation

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-ectomy

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Removal

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

75
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-plasty

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Reconstruction

76
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-rrhaphy

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Suture

77
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-stomy

A

Creation of an opening

78
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-tomy

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Incision

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Brady-

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Slow

80
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Tachy-

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Fast

81
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Post-

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After

82
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Re-

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Again

83
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Pro-

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Before, on behalf of

84
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Ante-

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Before

85
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Pre-

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Before

86
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Ab-

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Away

87
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ad-

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Toward

88
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Circum-

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Around

89
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Dia-

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Through

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Trans-

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Through

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Peri-

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Around

92
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E-
Ec-
Ex-

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Out

93
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Mono-

A

One

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Oligo-

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Few

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Pan-

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All

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Poly-

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Many

97
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multi-

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Many

98
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Con-

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With, together

99
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Syn-

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With, together

100
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Sym-

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With, together

101
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Dys-

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Bad

102
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Eu-

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Good

103
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Ecto-

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Outside

104
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Exo-

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Outside

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Extra-

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Outside

106
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En-

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In, inside

107
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Endo-

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In, inside

108
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intra-

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In, inside

109
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Epi-

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Upon

110
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Sub-

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Beneath

111
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Inter-

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Between

112
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Bi-

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Two

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Hemi-

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Half

114
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Semi-

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Half

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Hyper-

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Over (quantity/size)

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Hypo-

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Under (Quantity/size)

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macro-

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Large

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Micro-

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Small

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