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1
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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen

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Aden

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Gland

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Aer

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Air

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Angi

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Vessel

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Arthr

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Joint

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Blephar

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Eyelid

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Cardi

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Heart

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cerebr

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Brain

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Cerv

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Neck, cervix

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Uteri

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Neck of the uterus

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Cheil

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Lip

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Chir

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Hand

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Chol

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Bile

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Cost/o

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Ribs

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Crani/o

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Cranium, skull

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Cyan

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Blue

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Cyst

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Bladder, sac

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Dacry

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Tear

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Dactyl

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Finger or toe

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Encephal

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Brain

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Enter

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Intestine

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Glyc

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Sugar

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Hemat

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Blood

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Hepat

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Liver

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Hyster

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Uterus

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Ile

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Ileum

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Ili/o

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Ilium

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34
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Leuk/o

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White

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35
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Lip/o

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Fat

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36
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Lith

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Stone

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Melan

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Black

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Mening

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Membrane

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39
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Metr

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Uterus

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My/o

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Muscle

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Myel

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Marrow

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42
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Nephro

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Kidney

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43
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Opthalm

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Eye

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44
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Oste

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Bone

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45
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Path/o

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Disease

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46
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Pneum

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Lung

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47
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Proct

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Rectum

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48
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Psych

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Soul, mind

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49
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Py

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Pus

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Pyel

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Pelvis

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Pylor

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Gatekeeper

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Spondyl

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Vertebra

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Trachel

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Neck of an organ

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Viscer/o

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Internal organs

55
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-ac, -al, -ic

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Pertaining to, relating to

56
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-algia, -dynia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-clasis

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To break

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-desis

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Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

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-ectasis

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Dilation, expansion, distension

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-Emia

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Blood

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-gram

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Record, writing

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-graph

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Instrument for recording

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-Ia

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Condition

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition

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-itis

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Inflammation

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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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-lysis

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Separation, destruction, loosening, freeing

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-malacia

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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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Abnormal condition, increase

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-penia

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Decrease, deficiency

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-pexy

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Suspension, fixation

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-ptosis

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Prolapse, downward displacement, drooping, floating

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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Bursting forth

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-rrhapy

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Suture

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-rrhea

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Discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-scope

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Instrument to view or examine

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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-stomy, -ostomy

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Forming an opening to the outside

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-tomy, -otomy

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Incision

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-tripsy

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Crushing

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A, an-

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Without, not

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Ab-

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away from

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Ad-

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Towatd

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Ante-

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Before

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Anti-

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Against

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Bi-

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Two

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Brady-

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Slow

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Circum

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Around

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Co-, com-, con-

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With, together

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Contra-

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Against

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Dia-

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Through, across

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Dys-

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Bad, painful

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Ecto-

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Outside, outward

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Endo-

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In, within

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Epi-

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Above, upon

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Ex-

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Out

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Hemi-

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One half

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above normal

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Hypo-

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Under, below

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Inter-

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Between

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Mono-

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One

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Multi-

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Many

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Olig-

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Scanty

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Para-

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Beside, aside

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Peri-

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Around

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Poly-

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Many

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Post-

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After, behind

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Pre-, pro-

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Begore

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Quadri-

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Four

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Retro-

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Backward, behind

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Semi-

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One half

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Sub-

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Situated below

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Super-

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Upper, above

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Supra-

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Situated above

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Sym-, syn-

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Together, union

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Trans-

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Through, across

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Tri-

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Three

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