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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Enter/o

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Small intestine

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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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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Hem/o

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Blood

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Hemat/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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Angi/o

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Vessel

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Vas/o

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Vessel

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Vascul/o

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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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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Pneum/o

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Lung

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Pneumon/o

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Lung

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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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Gen/o

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Creation, cause

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Hydr/o

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Water

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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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Necr/o

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Death

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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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Phag/o

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Eat

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Plas/o

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Formation

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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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Sten/o

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Narrowing

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Troph/o

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Nourishment, development

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Xen/o

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Foreign

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-ar

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Pertaining to

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-ary

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Pertaining to

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-eal

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Pertaining to

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-tic

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Pertaining to

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-ia

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Condition

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-ism

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Condition

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-ium

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Tissue, structure

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-y

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Condition, procedure

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-icle

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Small

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-ole

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Small

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-ule

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Small

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-ula

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Small

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-iatrics

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Medical science

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-iatry

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Medical science

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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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-logist

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Specialist in the study of

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-logy

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Study of

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-algia

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Pain

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-dynia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-iasis

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Presence of

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-lysis

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Loosen, break down

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-oid

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Resembling

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-oma

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Tumor

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-osis

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Condition

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-pathy

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Disease

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-pathy

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Disease

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-ptosis

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Drooping

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-rrhage

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Excessive flow

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-rrhagia

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Excessive flow

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-rrhea

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Flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction

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-centesis

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Puncture

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-gram

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Written record

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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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-metry

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Process of measuring

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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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Binding, fixation

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-ectomy

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Removal

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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-plasty

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Reconstruction

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-rraphy

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Suture

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-stomy

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Creation of an opening

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-tomy

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Incision

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a-

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Not

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an-

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Not

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anti-

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Against

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contra-

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Against

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de-

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Down, away from

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Ante-

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Before

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Pre-

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Before

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Pro-

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Before, on behalf of

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Brady-

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Slow

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Post-

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After

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Re-

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Again

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ab-

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Away

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ad-

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Toward

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Circum-

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Around

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Peri-

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Around

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Dia-

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Through

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Trans-

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Through

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E-

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Out

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Ec-

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Out

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Ex-

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Out

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Ecto-

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Outside

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Exo-

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Outside

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Extra-

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Outside

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En-

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In, inside

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Endo-

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In, inside

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Intra-

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In, inside

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Epi-

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Upon

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Sub-

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Beneath

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Inter-

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Between

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Bi-

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Two

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Hemi-

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Half

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Semi-

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Half

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Hyper-

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Over

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Hypo-

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Under

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Macro-

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Large

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Micro-

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Small

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Mono-

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One

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Uni-

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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

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Multi-

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Many

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Con-

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With, together

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Syn-

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With, together

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Sym-

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Symmetry

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Dys-

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Bad

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Eu-

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Good

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