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integument/o

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skin

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adip/o

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fat

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coll/a

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fibers that hold together

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cut/i

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skin

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derm/o

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skin

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phot/o

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bear; carry; range

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spir/o

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breathe; coil

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elast/o

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flexing; stretching

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squam/o

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scale-like cell

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bas/o

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alkaline; base of a structure

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theli/o

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cellular layer

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foli/o

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leaf

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ex/o

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away from; external; outward

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folli/o

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sac-like structure

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follicul/o

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follicle

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pil/o

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hair

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trich/o

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hair

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kerat/o

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cornea; hard, fibrous protein

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lip/o

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fat

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lun/o

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moon

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melan/o

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black

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onych/o

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fingernail, toenail

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ungu/o

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fingernail, toenail

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erect/o

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stand up

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seb/o

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oil; sebum

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sebace/o

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oil; sebum

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cutane/o

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skin

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sudor/i

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sweat

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fer/o

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bear

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hidr/o

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sweat

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nosocomi/o

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hospital

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home/o

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same

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protect/o

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defend; protect

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sens/o

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feeling

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synth/o

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put together

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therm/o

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heat

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regulat/o

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control

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hem/o

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blood

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vas/o

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blood vessel

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contus/o

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bruising

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ecchym/o

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blood in the tissue

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hemat/o

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blood

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fiss/o

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vesic/o

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bladder; fluid filled sac

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vesicul/o

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fluid filled sac

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ne/o

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malign/o

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prurit/o

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xer/o

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albin/o

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cyan/o

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erythemat/o

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jaund/o

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icter/o

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necr/o

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dead body; dead tissue

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gangren/o

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pigment/o

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abras/o

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scrape off

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esthes/o

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feeling; sensation

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excori/o

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take out skin

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kel/o

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lacer/o

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cellul/o

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pedicul/o

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dermat/o

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actin/o

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rays of the sun

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sol/o

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angi/o

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blood vessel; lymphatic vessel

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papill/o

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elevated structure

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sen/o

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cancer/o

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carcin/o

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sarc/o

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connective tissue

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squam/o

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scale like cell

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psor/o

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scler/o

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hard; sclera

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system/o

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body as a whole

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rhin/o

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seb/o

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oil; sebum

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phor/o

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bear; carry; range

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alopec/o

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hirsut/o

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onych/o

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fingernail; toenail

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myc/o

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sensitiv/o

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affected by; sensitive to

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exud/o

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oozing fluid

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cry/o

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surg/o

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operative procedure

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cis/o

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abras/o

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scrape off

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micr/o

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one millionth; small

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bi/o

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living organism; living tissue

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fung/o

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vir/o

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cortic/o

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cortex; outer region

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phot/o

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dynam/o

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movement; power

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suct/o

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rhytid/o

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blephar/o

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all/o

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other; strange

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aut/o

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coll/a

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fibers that hold together

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elast/o

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flexing; stretching

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ex/o

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away from; external; outward

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sudor/i

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ungu/o

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fingernail; toenail;

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