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combining forms Flashcards

1
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acanth

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thorn,spine

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alg

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pain

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alges

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sensitivity to pain

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all

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other, divergence, difference from

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angi

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blood vessel, duct

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arteri

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artery, or air passage

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arthr

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joint

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bi

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life

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brady

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slow

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cardi

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heart

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cephal

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head

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crani

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skull

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cyt

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cell

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encephal

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brain

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erythr

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red, red blood cell

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lept

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fine, slight, thin

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leuk

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white, white blood cell

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lith

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stone, calculus

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log

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word, study

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malac

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soft

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mes

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middle, secondary, partial, mesentery

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meter, metr

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measure, measuring device

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nephr

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kidney

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neur

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tendon, nerve, nervous system

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oste

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bone

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prosop

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face

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prot

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first, primitive, early

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scler

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hard

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sten

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narrow

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stere

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solid, having three dimensions

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tachy

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rapid

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tox, toxi

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poison

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acr

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highest point, extremities, hands or feet

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ambly

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dull, faint

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carcin

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cancer

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cel

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hernia, tumor, swelling

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cheir, chir

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hand

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chol, chole

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bile, gall

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col, coli, colon

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colon

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cyan

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blue

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cyst, cysti, cystis

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cyst, bladder

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diplo

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double, twin

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enter

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small intestine, intestine

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erg

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action, work

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gastr

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stomach

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hem, hemat, em

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blood

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hepar, hepat

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liver

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lip

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fat

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macr

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large or long

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mega, megal

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large or long

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melan

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dark, black

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micr

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small

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nyct

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night

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odyn

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pain

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55
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onc

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tumor

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pachy

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thick

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psued

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false

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py

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pus

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sarc

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flesh, soft tissue

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spasm

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spasm, involuntary muscle contraction

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splen

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spleen

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stom, stomat

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mouth, opening

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arachn

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spider, web, arachnoid, membrane

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chlor

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green

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chondr

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cartilage

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dactyl

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finger, toe

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derm, dermat, derma

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skin

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helc, elc

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ulcer

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hidr, hidrot, idr

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water, fluid

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hypn

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sleep

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icter

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jaundice

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in, inos

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fiber, muscle

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is

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equal, same, similar, alike, meningeal membrane, meninges

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my, mys

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muscle

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myc, mycet

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fungus

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myel

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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narc

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stupor, numbness

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necr

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corpse, dead

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olig

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few, deficient

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onych

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fingernail, toenail

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pod

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foot

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poli

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gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

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poly

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many, excessive

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psych

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mind

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som, somat, soma

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body

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sthen

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strength

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trachel

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neck, cervix

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xanth

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yellow

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aut

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self

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crin

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secrete, secretion

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esthe, esthes

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sensation, sensitivity, sense

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gen, gene

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come into being, produce

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gram

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a record

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graph

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write, record

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iatr

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healer, physician, treatment

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idi

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of one’s self

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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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ly, lys

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destroy, breakdown

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myx

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mucus

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orth

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straight, erect, normal

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ot

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ear

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path

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disease

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phil

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love, have an affinity for

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pt

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fall, sag, drop, prolapse

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pyr

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fever, burning

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pyret

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fever

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pyrex

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be feverish

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rhe

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flow, secrete

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rhag

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flow profusely, hemorrhage

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rhex

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rupture

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rhin

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nose

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scop

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look at, examine

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sep

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be infected

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ta

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stretching

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tel

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end, completion

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ten, tenon, tenont

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tendon

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therap, therapeu

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treat medically, heal

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tom

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a cutting, slice, incision

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ton

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muscular tone, tension

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acous, acus, acou, acu

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hear

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amni

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fetal membrane, amniotic sac, amnion

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asc, ascit

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bladder, sac, bag

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bary

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heavy, dull, hard

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cente

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pierce

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chrom, chroma, chromat

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color, pigment

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dips

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thirst

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echo

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reverberating sound, echo

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edema, edemat

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swelling

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eme

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vomit

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gno, gnos

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know

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lal

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talk

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lapar

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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lex

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read

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mne

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remember

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ne

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new

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no

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mind, mental activity, comprehension

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orec, orex

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have an apetite

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ox, oxy

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acute, pointed, rapid, acid, oxygen

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pha

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speak, communicate

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phag

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swallow, eat

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pharmac, pharmaceu

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medicine, drug

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phem

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speech

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phob

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fear

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phon

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voice, sound

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phrac, phrag

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enclose, obstruct

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phras

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speak

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phren

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mind; diaphragm

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phylac

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protection

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phys, physi

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nature, apperance

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phyt

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plant, growth

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poie

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produce, make

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sapr

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rotten, putrid, decaying

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stear, steat

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fat, sebum, sebaceous growth

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