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1
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Gloss/o

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Tongue

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Lingu/o

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Tongue

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Cataract

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Progressive opacification of the lens

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Diagnosis

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Disease or condition named after an evaluation

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Prognosis

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Prediction of the probable outcome of a disease or disorder

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Endo-

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in or within

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Sequela

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A condition that results from an injury or disease

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Acute

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An abrupt severe onset to a disease

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Chronic

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Developing slowly and lasting for a long time

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Sign

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An objective finding of a disease state (examples include fever high blood pressure rash etc.)

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Symptom

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A subjective report of a disease (examples include pain, itching, etc.)

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Eponyms

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Terms that are named after a person or place associated with the term

Alzheimer’s disease
Achilles tendon

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CABG

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Coronary artery bypass graft

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TURP

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Transurethral resection of the prostate

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‘-algia

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Pain

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‘-plasty

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Surgical repair

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‘-itis

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Inflammation

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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‘-trite

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Instrument to crush

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‘-graph

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Instrument to record

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‘-tripter

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Machine to crush

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Epi-

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Above, upon

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Par-

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Near, beside

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Per-

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Through

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Peri-

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Surrounding, around

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‘-megaly

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Enlargement

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dys-

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abnormal, difficult, painful, bad

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para-

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abnormal

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poly-

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many, much, excessive, frequent

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par-

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near

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cardi/o

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heart

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col/o

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colon

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder, cyst, or sac

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enter/o

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intestines

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gastr/o

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stomach

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hyster/o

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uterus

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mamm/o

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breast

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nat/o

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birth

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neur/o

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nerves

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ophthalm/o

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eyes

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oste/o

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bones

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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feet

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rhin/o

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nose

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therm/o

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temperature

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arteri/o

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arteries

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cephal/o

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head

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ot/o

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ear

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somn/o

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sleep

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splen/o

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spleen

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‘-scope

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instrument to view

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‘-scopy

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process of viewing

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‘-stomy

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new opening

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‘-um

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structure, thing, membrane

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‘-ic

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pertaining to

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‘-ia

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condition

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‘-al

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pertaining to

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‘-graphy

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process of recording

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‘-ectomy

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removal, excision, resection

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‘-logy

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study of

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‘-dynia

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pain

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‘-meter

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instrument to measure

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‘-oma

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tumor, mass

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‘-osis

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abnormal condition

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‘-pathy

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disease process

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‘-rrhage, rrhagia

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bursting forth

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‘-rrhaphy

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suture

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‘-ar

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pertaining to

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‘-ole

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small, tiny

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‘-ule

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small, tiny

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‘-y

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process of

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‘-is

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structure, thing

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‘-icle

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small, tiny

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‘-ac

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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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‘-ous

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pertaining to

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‘-emia

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blood condition

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‘-cele

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herniation

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‘-malacia

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softening

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‘-ptosis

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proloapse, drooping, sagging

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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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‘-sclerosis

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abnormal condition of hardening

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‘-stenosis

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abnormal condition of narrowing

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‘-metry

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process of measuring

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‘-opsy

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process of viewing

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‘-tripsy

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crushing

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‘-tomy

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incision, cutting

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‘-tome

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instrument to cut

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‘-trite

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instrument to crush

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‘-er

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one who

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ante-

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forward, in front of

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post-

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after, behind

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anti-

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against

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, below

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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neo-

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new

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pre-

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before, in front of

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sub-

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under, below

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trans-

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through, across

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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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bi/o

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living, life

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cervic/o

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neck, cervix

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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coron/o

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crown, heart

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cut/o

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skin

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cutane/o

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skin

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dent/o

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tooth

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dermo/o

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skin

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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electr/o

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electricity

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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glyc/o

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glucose, sugar

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hem/o

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blood

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lipid/o

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lipids, fat

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lith/o

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stone

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muscul/o

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muscle

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my/o

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muscle

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phil/o

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attraction

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pne/o

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breathing

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psych/o

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mind

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spir/o

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breathing

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tonsill/o

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tonsil

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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troph/o

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nourishment

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urethr/o

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urethra

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valvul/o

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valve

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ven/o

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vein

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vers/o

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turning

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vertebr/o

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backbone, vertebra

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