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1
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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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Seps/o

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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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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 glad; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [oid] a shield to those who named it.

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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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-blast

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Embryonic, immature

Suffix

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-crine

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To secrete

Suffix

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-drome

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To run

Suffix

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-fusion

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Coming together; to pour

Suffix

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33
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-gen

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Substance that produces

Suffix

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34
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-lapse

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To slide, fall, sag

Suffix

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35
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-lysis

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Breakdown, destruction, separation

Suffix

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36
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-meter

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To measure

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37
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-mission

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To send

Suffix

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38
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-or

A

One who

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-oxia

A

Oxygen

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-partum

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Birth, labor

Suffix

41
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Phoria

A

To bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

42
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-physics

A

To grow

43
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-plasia

A

Development, formation, growth

Suffix

44
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-plasm

A

Structure or formation

Suffix

45
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-pnea

A

Breathing

Suffix

46
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-ptosis

A

Falling, drooping, prolapse

Suffix

47
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-rrhea

A

Flow, discharge

Suffix

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-stasis

A

Stopping, controlling

Suffix

49
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-trophy

A

Development, nourishment

Suffix

50
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-a,-an

A

No,not,without

Prefix

51
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Ab-

A

Away from

Prefix

52
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Ad-

A

Toward

Prefix

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Ana-

A

Us,apart

Prefix

54
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Ante-

A

Before, forward

Prefix

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Anti-

A

Against

Prefix

56
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-auto-

A

Self, own

Prefix

57
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Bi-

A

Two

Prefix

58
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Brady-

A

Slow

Prefix

59
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Cata-

A

Down

Prefix

60
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Con-

A

With, together

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Contra-

A

Against, opposite

Prefix

62
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De-

A

Down, lack of

Prefix

63
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Dia-

A

Through, complete

Prefix

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Dys-

A

Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Prefix

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Ex-, ecto-

A

Out, outside

Prefix

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Endo-

A

In,within

Prefix

67
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Epi-

A

Upon, on, above

Prefix

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Eu-

A

Good, normal

Prefix

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Ex-

A

Out, outside, away from

Prefix

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Hemi-

A

Half

Prefix

71
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Hyper-

A

Excessive above

Prefix

72
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Hypo-

A

Deficient, under

Prefix

73
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In-

A

Not, into, within

Prefix

74
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Infra-

A

Beneath, under

Prefix

75
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Inter

A

Between

Prefix

76
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Carp/o

A

Wrist bones

77
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Intra-

A

In,within,into

78
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Macro-

A

Large

79
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Mal-

A

Bad

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Meta-

A

Beyond, change

81
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Micro-

A

Small

82
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Neo-

A

New

83
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Pan-

A

All

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Para-

A

Abnormal, beside, near

85
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Per-

A

Through

86
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Peri-

A

Surrounding

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Poly-

A

Many, much

88
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Post-

A

After, behind

89
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Pre-

A

Before, in front of

90
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Pro-, pros-

A

Before, forward

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Re-

A

Back, again

92
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Retro-

A

Behind, backward

93
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Sub-

A

Under

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Supra-

A

Above, upper

95
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Syn-, sym-

A

Together, with

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Tachy-

A

Fast

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Trans-

A

Across, through

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Ultra-

A

Beyond, excess

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Uni-

A

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