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1
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aesthe,aesthes,aesthesi

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sensation

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alges

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sensitivity to pain

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alg

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pain

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bi

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life

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brady

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slow

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cheir,chir

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hand

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hypn

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sleep

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cephal

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head

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lip

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fat

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lith

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stone

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log

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word,study

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ly,lys

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destroy, break down

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macr

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abnormally large/ long

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malac

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soft

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micr

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abnormally small

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odyn

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pain

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pen

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decrease / deficiency

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plec, pleg

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paralyse

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pnoe

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breathe

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poly

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many, excessive

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rhin

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nose

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rhythm

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heartbeat

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scler

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hard

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spasm

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spasm

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sten

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narrow

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sthen

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strength

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tachy

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rapid

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aeti

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causation

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angi

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vessel (blood)

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arthr

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joint

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chol, chole

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bile, gall

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dactyl

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finger/ toe

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encephal

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brain

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enter

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(small) intestine

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erg

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action, work

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gen- , -gen, gene-

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produce / come into being

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gram

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record

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graph

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write, record

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haem, haemat, -aem-

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blood

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hepat

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liver

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sta, stat

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stand, stop

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hydr

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water / fluid

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idi

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one’s self

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clas, -clast, clast-

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break (up) destroy

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cyst

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bladder

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cyt

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cell

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leuk

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white, white blood cell

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mega, megal

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large or long

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mening, meninx

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meningeal membrane, meninges

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morph

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form, shape, structure

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51
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path

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disease

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phob

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fear

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plas, plast

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form, develop

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poie

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produce, make

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55
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rhag

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flow profusely

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rhoe

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flow, secrete

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57
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rhex

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rupture

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58
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scop

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examine

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stom, stomat

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mouth
formation of a passage or communication

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tom

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cutting, slice

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aden

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gland

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acr

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extremities

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ankyl

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stiffened, hooked

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arachn

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spider, web

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arteri

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artery

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blenn

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mucus

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chrom, chroma, chromat

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colour, pigment

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derm, derma, dermat

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skin

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dips

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thirst

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erythr

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red, red blood cell

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gastr

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stomach

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72
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gno, gnos

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know

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73
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hidr, idr

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sweat

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hist, histi

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tissue

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75
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iatr

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healer , physician

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76
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kine

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move

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kines, kinesi

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movement, motion

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78
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celi, cel

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abdomen

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col, cool, colon

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colon

80
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crani

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skull

81
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cyan

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blue

82
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lapar

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abdomen, abdominal wall

83
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lex

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read

84
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melan

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dark, black

85
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myel

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bone marrow, spinal chord

86
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nos

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disease, illness

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olig

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few, deficient

88
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paed

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child

89
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poli

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grey matter (of brain and spinal chord)

90
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py

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pus

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rhaph

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suture

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sarc

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flesh, soft tissue

93
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splen

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spleen

94
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acous, acus

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hear

95
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andr

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man

96
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aphrodisi and er

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sexual desire

97
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aut

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self

98
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cheil, chil

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lip

99
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chlor

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green

100
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dem

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people, population
(the way a disease has spread among populations)

101
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drom
(syn+ drom)

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a running, a grouping
(running together)

102
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er, erot

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sexual desire

103
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gyn, gynae, gynaec

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woman, female

104
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icter

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jaundice

105
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cardi

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heart, cardia (upper office of the stomach linked to the oesophagus)

106
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carcin

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cancer

107
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cel

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hernia

108
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cente or (2) centesis

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pierce
(2) surgical puncture

109
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my-(i),mys

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muscle

110
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narc

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stupor, numbness

111
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necr

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corpse,dead

112
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neur

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nerve

113
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odont

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tooth

114
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onych

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fingernail, toenail

115
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orth

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straight, erect

116
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Ot

A

ear

117
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pachy

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thick

118
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pex

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fixing

119
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pharmac, pharmaceu

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medicine, drug

120
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Pt

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fall, sag

121
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stear, steat

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fat, sebum, sebaceous glands

122
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ten, tendon, tenont

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tendon

123
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ton

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tension, tone

124
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1) endemic
2) epidemic
3) pandemic

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1) disease occurring continuously in a population
2) affecting many people at the same time in the same area
3) affecting majority of people of a large region

125
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ptosis
pexy

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dropping, downward displacement
surgical procedure to rectify what caused by ptosis due to weakness of abdominal muscle

126
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cele (end)

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indicating the presence of a hernia

127
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orth + paed

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orthopaedics
correction of structural deformities in general

128
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desis

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binding

129
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desm

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ligament

130
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diaphragm
diaphragmat

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1) diaphragm (muscle separating abdomen and thoracic cavity)
2) wall, partition

131
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dynam

A

force, power

132
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eme

A

vomit

133
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elc, helc

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ulcer

134
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isch, sche

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suppress, check

135
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is

A

equal (having equal power)
aniso (unequal)

136
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lal

A

talk

137
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lei

A

smooth

138
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lep

A

attack, seizure

139
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man

A

be mad

140
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mel

A

limb

141
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meter, metr (I)

A

measure
instrument/ device used for measuring

142
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mne

A

remember

143
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myx

A

mucus

144
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ne

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new

145
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nephr

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kidney

146
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onc

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tumor

147
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orec, orex

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have an appetite

148
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oste

A

bone

149
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ox, oxy

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acute - oxypathy (acute diseased condition)

pointed - oxycephaly (pointer

rapid, oxygen

150
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pali, palin

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back, again

151
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pan, pant

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all, entire, every

152
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phag

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swallow, eat

153
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pha

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speak, communicate
comprehensive communication

154
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phon

A

sound
voice quality

155
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phrac, phrag

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enclose, obstruct

156
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phras

A

speak

157
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ptyal

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saliva

158
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pty

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spit

159
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tel, tele

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1) end, completion
2) distance

160
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than, thanat

A

death

161
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therap, therapeu

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treat medically, heal

162
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mania

A

mental disorder that manifests in excessive excitement

nymphomania = excessive sexual desire

163
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atelo
atelia

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incomplete
incomplete development

164
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amnesty

A

a state of having forgotten

165
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aer

A

air, gas

166
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chondr

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cartilage

167
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gnath

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jaw (lower)

168
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myc, mycet

A

fungus

169
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oedema
oedemat

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swelling

170
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phil-, -phil

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love for, tendency toward, craving for

171
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phor

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bearing, carrying

172
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phos-, phot

A

daylight

173
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phren

A

mind
diaphragm

174
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phylac

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protect (against disease)

175
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phys, physi

A

nature, appearance

176
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phyt

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plant, growth

177
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pod

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foot

178
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prostat

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prostate gland

179
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psych

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mind

180
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pyr

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fever, burning

181
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pyrex

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be feverish

182
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pyret

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fever

183
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rachi, rhachi

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spine

184
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schisis, schist, schiz

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split

185
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sit

A

food

186
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som, *soma, somat

A

body

187
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Spondyl

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vertebra

188
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ta

A

stretching
ending sia, sis ENLARGEMENT

189
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tax

A

coordination (muscular)
orderly arrangement

190
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therm

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heat, temperature (body)

191
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trich

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hair

192
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the

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to place

193
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top

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place

194
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tox, toxi

A

poison

195
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trop

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turning
(bending, turning or movement toward or away from)

196
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troph

A

nourishment (circulating blood)degeneration and functional loss of tissue

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