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Word building, suffix's, prefix's and combining forms

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder, sac, cyst

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Urinary bladder, sac, cyst (CF)

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Cyst/o

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study of (CF)

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log/o

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LOG/O

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study of

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epi-

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above, upon

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above, upon (P)

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epi-

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ex- exo-

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out, outside of, outward

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out, outside of, outward (p)

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ex- exo-

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life (CF)

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bi/o

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bi/o

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life

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cancerous/cancer (CF)

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carcin/o

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carcin/o

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cancerous/cancer

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heart (CF)

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cardi/o

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cardi/o

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heart

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skin (CF)

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derm/o, Dermat/o

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Derm/o, Dermat/o

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skin

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electricity (CF)

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electr/o

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electr/o

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electricity

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stomach (CF)

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gastr/o

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gastr/o

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stomach

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women, female (CF)

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gynec/o

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gynec/o

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women, female

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nerve (CF)

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neur/o

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neur/o

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nerve

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eye (CF)

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ophthamal/o

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ophthamal/o

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eye

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x-rays (CF)

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radi/o

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radi/o

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x-rays

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-y

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condition, process

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condition, process (S)

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-y

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no, not, without (P)

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a- an-

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a- an-

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no, not, without

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-emia

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blood condition

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blood condition (S)

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-emia

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sarc/o

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flesh

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flesh (CF)

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sarc/o

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thromb/o

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clot, clotting

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clot, clotting (CF)

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thromb/o

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nose (CF)

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rhin/o

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rhin/o

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nose

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protein (S)

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-globin

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-globin

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protein

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iatr/o

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treatment, physician

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treatment, physician (CF)

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iatr/o

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onc/o

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tumor (cancerous)

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tumor (cancerous) (CF)

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onc/o

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mind (CF)

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psych/o

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psych/o

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mind

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self, own (P)

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auto- aut-

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auto- aut-

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self, own

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into in (P)

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in-

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in-

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into, in

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behind (P)

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retro-

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retro-

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behind

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cerebrum (CF)

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cerebr/o

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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knowledge (CF)

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gnos/o

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disease (CF)

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path/o

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path/o

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disease

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cell (S)

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-cyte

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-cyte

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blood (CF)

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hem/o hemat/o

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hem/o hemat/o

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-gram

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record (S)

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bone (CF)

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oste/o

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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abnormal condition (CF)

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arthr/o

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joints (CF)

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tumor, mass, swelling (S)

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-oma

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tumor, mass, swelling

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leuk/o

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white (CF)

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pain (S)

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-algia

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hyper-

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excessive, more than normal, above

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excessive, above, more then normal (P)

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urinary tract, urine (CF)

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ur/o

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urinary tract, urine

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child (CF)

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ped/o

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intestines (usually small) (CF)

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enter/o

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intestines (usually small)

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glyc/o

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sugar (CF)

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pertaining to (S)

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-ac

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pertaining to

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pertaining to (S)

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-ic, -ical

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sect/o

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to cut (CF)

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complete, through (P)

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dia-

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complete, through

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liver (CF)

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hepat/o

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process of viewing (S)

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-opsy

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process of viewing

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surrounding, around (P)

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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kidney (CF)

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ren/o

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-ic, -ical

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pertaining to

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inflammation (S)

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-itis

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inflammation

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specialist (S)

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excision, removal (S)

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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pertaining to (S)

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-al

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pertaining to

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process (S)

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-ion

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pro-

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before, foreward

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-ist

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specialist

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before, foreward

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to cut (CF)

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cis/o

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trans-

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through, across

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through, across (P)

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kidney (CF)

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nephr/o

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brain (CF)

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encephal/o

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encephal/o

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within (P)

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endo-

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disease condition (S)

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pathy-

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disease condition

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aden/o

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gland (CF)

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-tomy

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process of cutting, incision

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process of cutting, incision (S)

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crin/o

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to secrete

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to secrete (CF)

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-genic

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pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in

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pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in (S)

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erythr/o

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red (CF)

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sub-

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below, under

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cephal/o

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cyt/o

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head

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below, under (P)

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cyt/o

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back, backward, again (P)

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re-

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back, backward, again

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state of, condition (S)

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-sis

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state of, condition

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process of study (S)

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-logy

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process of study

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instrument to visually examine (S)

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process of visually examining (S)

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-scope

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instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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process of visually examining

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