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1
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carp/o

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wrist bones

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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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bith

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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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18
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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/o

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pubis; anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone

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seps/o

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infection

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21
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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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24
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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

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top/o

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place, position, location

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27
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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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angi/o

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vessel

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aort/o

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aorta

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arter/o

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artery

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arteri/o

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artery

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34
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ather/o

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yellowish plaque

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35
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atri/o

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atrium

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36
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brachi/o

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arm

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37
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cardi/o

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heart

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38
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cholestero/o

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cholesterol

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39
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coron/o

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heart

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40
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cyan/o

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blue

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41
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myx/o

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mucus

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42
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ox/o

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oxygen

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43
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pericardi/o

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pericardium

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44
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phleb/o

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vein

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sphygm/o

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pulse

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46
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steth/o

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chest

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thromb/o

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clot

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angi/o

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vessel

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aort/o

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arter/o

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arteri/o

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ather/o

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yellowish plaque

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atri/o

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valvul/o

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valv/o

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vas/o

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vascul/o

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ven/o, ven/i

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ventricul/o

60
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-constriction

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-dilation

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widening,stretching, expanding

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-lysis

A

breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meter

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-oma

A

tumor, mass, fluid collection

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-osis

A

condition, usually abnormal

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

70
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-sclerosis

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-stenosis

A

tightening, structure

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-tomy

A

process of cutting

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a-, an

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no, not, without

74
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brady-

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de-

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lack of, down, less, removal of

76
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dys-

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bad, painful difficult, abnormal

77
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endo-

A

in, within

78
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hyper-

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above, excessive

79
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hypo-

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deficient, below, under, less than normal

80
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inter-

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peri-

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surrounding

82
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tachy-

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tetra-

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tri-

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adenoid/o

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alveol/o

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alveolus, air sac

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bronch/o

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bronchial tube

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bronchi/o

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole, small bronchus

90
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capn/o

A

carbon dioxide

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coni/o

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cyan/o

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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laryng/o

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larynx, voice box

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lob/o

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lobe of the lung

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum

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nas/o

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orth/o

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straigt, upright

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ox/o

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pector/o

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pharyng/o

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pharynx, throat

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phon/o

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phren/o

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pleur/o

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pneum/o

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pneumon/o

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pulmon/o

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rhin/o

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sinus/o

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sinus cavity

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spir/o

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tel/o

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thorac/o

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tonsill/o

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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-ema

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-osmia

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-pnea

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-ptysis

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-sphyxia

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-thorax

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pleural cavity, chest

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