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peri-

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Surrounding, around

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re-

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back, backward, again

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exo-

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outside

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ana-

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up, apart, away

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dia-

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through, complete

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mal-

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bad, poor

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-stalsis

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contraction

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-id

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pertaining to

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-crine

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to secrete

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-kinin

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movement substance

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-pepsia

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digestion condition

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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-chezia

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condition of stools

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-stenosis

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condition of narrowing

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-tresia

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condition of an opening

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-plakia

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condition of patches

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-occlusion

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condition of closure

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-flux

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flow

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-chalasia

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condition of relaxing

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-phagia

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condition of swallowing, eating

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-algia

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pain

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-iasis

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condition, presence of

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-genic

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pertaining to produced by

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-carcinoma

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cancerous tumour

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-scopy

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process of viewing, visual examination

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-opsy

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process of viewing

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-occult

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secret

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-ation

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process of

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-stomy

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new opening

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-logist

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one who specializes in the study of

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*abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o

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abdomen

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*gastr/o

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stomach

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adnex/o

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accessory

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an/o

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anus

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*Proct/o

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anus and rectum

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*appendic/o, append/o

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appendix

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*chol/e, bil/i

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bile, gall (substance that helps to emulsify or break down fat - made in the liver, stored in the gallbladder)

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cholangi/o

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bile vessel

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*choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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*cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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*pancreat/o

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pancreas

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bol/o

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bolus

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cec/o

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cecum (1st part of the large intestine)

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*col/o, colon/o

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colon, large intestine

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*sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon (S-shaped part of the large intestine)

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corpor/o

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corporis, body

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*duoden/o

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duodenum (1st part of the small intestine)

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*jejun/o

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jejunum (2nd part of the small intestine)

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*ile/o

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ileum (3rd part of the small intestine)

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*enter/o

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small intestine

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intestin/o

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intestines

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*cheil/o, labi/o

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lips

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*or/o, stom/o, stomat/o

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mouth, oral cavity

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nas/o, rhin/o

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nose

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*gingiv/o

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gums

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aliment/o

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nutrition

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plic/o

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fold, plica

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rug/o

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rugae (ridges in the stomach)

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fund/o

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fundus

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*pylor/o

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pylorus (distal end of the stomach)

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*hepat/o

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liver

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lob/o

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lobe

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*mandibul/o

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lower jaw

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*maxill/o

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upper jaw

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*dent/i, odont/o

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teeth

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*uval/o

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uvula (tag of flesh that hangs from the soft palate)

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*pharynxg/o

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throat, pharynx

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*esophag/o

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esophagus (tube that leads to the stomach)

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fec/a

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feces

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lipid/o, lip/o

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fat

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lumin/o

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lumen

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vill/o

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villus (finger like projections that line the small intestines to absorb nutrients)

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prosth/o

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addition

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*laryng/o

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larynx, voice box

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*palat/o

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palate

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bucc/o

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cheek

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*gloss/o lingu/o

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tongue

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*sial/o

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saliva

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*sial/o

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saliva

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*sialaden/o

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salivary gland

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mucos/o, myx/o

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mucus, mucosa

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ped/o

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child

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orth/o

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straight

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*diaphragmat/o, phren/o

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diaphram

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cholesterol/o

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cholesterol

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amyl/o

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starch

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*halit/o

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breath

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*melan/o

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black, dark

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*pyr/o

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fire

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aphth/o

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ulceration

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leuk/o

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white

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py/o

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pus

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diverticul/o

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diverticulum (abnormal outpouches from colon)

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*periton/o

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peritoneum (lining of the abdomen)

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*lith/o

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stones

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cirrh/o

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orange-yellow

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femor/o

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femur

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hiat/o

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an opening

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inguin/o

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groin

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umbilic/o

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umbilicus

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cyst/o

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bladder/sac

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aden/o

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gland

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plas/o

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formation

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squam/o

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scaly

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cellul/o

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cell

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tom/o

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section, cutting

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*son/o

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sound

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man/o

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scanty pressure

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*hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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Melena

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Black, tarry stools

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