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-meter

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Measure, measuring instrument

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-scopy

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Process of viewing

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-malacia

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Softening

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-opsy

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View

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-oxia

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Condition of oxygen

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Dys-

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Bad, abnormal, painful, difficult

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-physis

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Growth

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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Quadri-

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Four

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-oma

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Tumor

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Oste-

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Bone

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-stasis

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Standing still

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-phagia

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Eating, swallowing

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-algia

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Condition of pain

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-astresia

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Closure or absence of a normal body opening

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-cele

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Hernia

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Mening/o

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Membranes, meninges

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-dynia

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Pain

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Albin/o

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White

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-penia

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Deficiency or abnormal reduction in number

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Leuk/o

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White

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-phobia

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Fear

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Hydr/o

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Water

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-rrhagia

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Abnormal flow condition

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-sclerosis

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Condition of hardening

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-spasm

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Sudden, involuntary muscle contration

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-ad

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Toward

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-poly

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Excessive, over, many

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Cyt

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Cell

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Pod

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Feet

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Audi/o

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Hearing

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-practic

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A practice

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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Thorax/o

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Chest, thorax

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-classic, -clasis, -clast

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Break apart

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-desis

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Surgical fixation, fusion

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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-phylaxis

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Protection

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Mast/o

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Breast

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-tomy

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Incision

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-tome

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Instrument to cut

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-tripsy

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Surgical crushing

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-ion

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Process

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Hypo-

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Deficient, below, under, less than normal

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Dys-

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Bad, abnormal, painful, difficult

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A-

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Without or absence of

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Oste-

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Bone

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Home/o

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Sameness, unchanging

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Poly-

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Excessive, over,many

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Cyt

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Cell

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Ab-

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Away from

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Bi

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Two within

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Endo-

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Within excessive

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Hyper-

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Excessive abnormally, high above

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Intra-

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Within

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-meter

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Measure measuring instrument

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-scopy

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Process of viewing

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-drome

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Runing

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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-opsy

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View

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-oxia

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Condition of oxigen

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-oma

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Tumor

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-tasis

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Standing still

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-algia

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Condition of pain

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-cele

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Hernia

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-dynia

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Pain

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-ia

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Condition of

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-osis

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Condition of

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-ism

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Condition or disease

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-itis

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Inflamation

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-meter

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Measure, measuring

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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Endocarditis

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Inflammation within the heart

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Arthropathy

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Disease of the joins

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Arthr-

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Pain

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Hysteratresia

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Is the closure or absence of the uterine cavity

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Meningocele

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Hernia of the meninges of the brain or spinal cord

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Gastritis

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Inflammation of the stomach

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Lipoma

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Tumor of fat tissue

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Neurophaty

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Disease of the glad

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Leukopenia

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Deficiency of white blood cells

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Hydrophobia

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Fear to the water

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Neoplasia

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New formation or growth and refer to a tumor

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Rhinorrhagia

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Abnormal discharge of the nose or nose bleed

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Rhinorrhea

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Nasal discharge or runny nose

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Amniorrhexis

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Rupture of the membrane known as the amnion

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Arteriosclerosis

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The artery wall are hardening and losing their elasticity

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Bronchospams

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Indicates a sudden involuntary muscle contraction of the wall of the bronchi

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Podiatry

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Study of the disease of the foot

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Audiologist

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Studies the hearing disorders

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Chiropractic

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Practice involving the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disorder

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Osteoclasis

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Surgical procedure in which a bone is artificially fractured or broken apart

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Arthrodesis

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Procedure that involves surgically fixation or fusion or two or more joints using either bone grafts or metal rods

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Thyroidectomy

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Is the excision of the thyroid gland in the neck

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Herniorrhaphy

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Suturing of a hernia

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Gastroscope

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Instrument for examination and treat the stomach

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Craniotome

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Is the cutting instrument used during a craniotomy which is performed to access the brain

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Lithotripsy

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Surgical crush or unwanted stones that may form in the kidneys or gallbladder

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