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carp/o

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wrist bones

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cib/o

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meals

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cis/o

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to cut

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cost/o

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rib

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cutane/o

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skin

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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

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duct/o

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to lead, carry

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flex/o

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to bend

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furc/o

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forking, branching

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sugar

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immun/o

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protection

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/o

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death

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nat/i

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birth

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nect/o

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to bind, tie, connect

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norm/o

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rule, order

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/o

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pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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20
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seps/o

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infection

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21
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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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the/o

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to put, place

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thel/o, theli/o

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nipple

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland

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top/o

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place, position, location

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tox/o

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poison

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trache/o

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windpipe, trachea

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urethr/o

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urethra

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30
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-blast

A

embryonic, immature

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31
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-crine

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to secrete

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32
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-drome

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to run

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-fusion

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coming together; to pour

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34
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-gen

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substance that produces

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35
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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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36
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-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction, separation

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37
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-meter

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to measure

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38
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-mission

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to send

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-or

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one who

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-oxia

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oxygen

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41
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-partum

A

birth, labour

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42
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-phoria

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to bear, carry; feeling

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-physis

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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structure or fomation

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-pnea

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-ptosis

A

falling, drooping, prolapse

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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ad-

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ana-

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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auto-

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bi-

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brady-

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cata-

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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, opposite

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de-

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down, lack of

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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ec-, ecto-

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out, outside of

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endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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upon, on, above

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside, away from

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hemi-

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, under

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in-

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not, into, within

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infra-

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beneath, under

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inter-

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intra-

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in, within, into

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macro-

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mal-

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meta-

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beyond, change

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micro-

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neo-

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pan-

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

A

many, much

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post-

A

after, behind

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pre-

A

before, in front of

90
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pro-

A

before, forward

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pros-

A

before, forward

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re-

A

back, again

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retro-

A

behind, backward

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sub-

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supra-

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above, upper

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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

101
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HDN

A

Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn

102
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Bilirubin

A

chemical pigment produced by hemoglobin

103
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-cyesis

104
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-rrhaphy

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ipsi-

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