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carp/o

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wrist bones

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cis/o

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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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lead, carry

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flex/o

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bend

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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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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; anterior portion of hip bone

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sep/s

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infection

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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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put, place

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thel/o
theli/o

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nipple

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tens/o

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  • force
  • strain
  • stretch
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thyr/o

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  • thyroid gland
  • shield
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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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28
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-crine

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secrete

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29
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-drome

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run

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-fusion

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  • coming together
  • to pour
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31
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-gen

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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  • slide
  • fall
  • sag
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-lysis

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  • breakdown
  • destruction
  • separation
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34
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-meter

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measure

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35
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-mission

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send

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36
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-or

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one who

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37
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-oxia

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oxygen

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38
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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

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  • bear
  • carry
  • feeling (mental state)
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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 formation

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-pnea

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-ptom

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  • happening
  • occurence
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-ptosis

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  • 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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  • abnormal
  • bad difficult
  • painful
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ec-

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  • out
  • outside
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endo-

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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
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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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in-

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  • 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-

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post-

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  • after
  • behind
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pre-

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  • before
  • in front of
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pro-

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  • before
  • forward
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pros-

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  • before
  • forward
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re-

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  • back
  • again
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retro-

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  • 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
99
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uni-

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