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carp/o

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wrist bone

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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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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 (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 gland, 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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trachea, windpipe

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urethr/o

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urethra

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-blast

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embryonic, immature (always cancerous)

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-crine

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to secrete

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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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-gen

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-meter

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(instrument) to measure

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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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-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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to grow

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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formation or structure

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-pnea

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breath, breathing

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-ptosis

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drooping, falling, prolapse

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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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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away from

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ad-

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toward

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ana-

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up, apart

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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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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complete, through

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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ec-

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out, outside

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endo-

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within

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epi-

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above, upon, on

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside of, outward

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive, above, more than normal

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hypo-

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deficient, below, under, less than normal

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in-

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into, in (not)

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infra-

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beneath, under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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meta-

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beyond, change

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micro-

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small

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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poly-

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many, much

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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, backward, again

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retro-

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behind, back, backward

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sub-

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below, under

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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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fast

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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-

A

one

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