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aden/o

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gland

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arthr/o

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joint

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cis/o

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to cut

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crin/o

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to secrete

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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cyt/o

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cell

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glyc/o

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sugar

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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iatr/o

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treatment or physician

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log/o

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study of

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nephr/o or ren/o

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kidney

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onc/o

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tumor (cancerous)

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opthalm/o

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eye

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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child

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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x-rays

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sarc/o

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flesh

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sect/o

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to cut

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thromb/o

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clot, clotting

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ur/o

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urinary tract, urine

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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adip/o

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fat

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bol/o

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to cast or build

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anter/o

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front

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cervic/o

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neck (body or uterus)

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chrom/o

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colour

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coccyg/o

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coccyx

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crani/o

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skull

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dist/o

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far or distant

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dors/o

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back portion of body

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hist/o

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tissue

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ili/o

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ilium

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inguin/o

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groin

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kary/o

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nucleus

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later/o

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side

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lumb/o

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lower back

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medi/o

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middle

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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pelv/i

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pelvis

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poster/o

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posterior

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proxim/o

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nearest

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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spin/o

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spine or backbone

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thel/o, theli/o

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nipple

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thorac/o

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chest

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trache/o

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trachea

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umbilic/o

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navel

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ventr/o

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belly side

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vertebr/o

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vertebrae

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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amni/o

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amnion

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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axill/o

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armpit

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tube

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon

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hydr/o

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water

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdominal wall

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lymph/o

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lymph

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mamm/o, mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal chord, bone marrow

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necr/o

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death

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neutr/o

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neutrophil

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ot/o

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ear

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

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vein

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneumon/o, pulmon/o

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lung

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rect/o

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rectum

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splen/o

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spleen

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staphyl/o

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clusters

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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tonsil/o

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tonsils

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carp/o

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wrist bones

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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, lingu/o

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tongue

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immun/o

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protection

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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 or order

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/o

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pubis (pelvic bone)

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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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thyr/o

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thyroid gland

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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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urethr/o

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urethra

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an/o

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anus

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append/o, appendic/o

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appendix

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bucc/o

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cheek

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cec/o

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cecum

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celi/o

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belly, abdomen

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cheil/o

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lip

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cholecyst/o

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gall bladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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col/o, colon/o

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colon

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dent/i

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teeth

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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enter/o

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intestines (usually small)

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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faci/o

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face

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gingiv/o

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gums

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hepat/o

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liver

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ile/o

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ileum

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jejun/o

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jejunum

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labi/o

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lip

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mandibul/o

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mandibul, lower jaw

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odont/o

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teeth

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or/o

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mouth

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palat/o

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palate

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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pharyng/o

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throat

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proct/o

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anus, rectum

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pylor/o

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pyloric sphincter

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rect/o

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rectum

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sialaden/o

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salivary gland

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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stomat/o

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mouth

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uvul/o

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uvula

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amyl/o

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starch

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bilirubin/o

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bilirubin

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chol/e

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gall, bile

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chlorhydr/

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hydrochloric acid

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lip/o

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fat, lipid

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lith/o

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stone

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prote/o

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protein

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py/o

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pus

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sial/o

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saliva, salivary

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steat/o

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fat

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Bartholin/o

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bartholin gland

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chori/o, chorion/o

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chorion

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colp/o, vagin/o

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vagina

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culd/o

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cul-de-sac

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episi/o, vulv/o

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vulva

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galact/o, lact/o

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milk

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gynec/o

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female, women

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hyser/o

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uterus, womb

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mamm/o, mast/o

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breast

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men/o

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menses, menstruation

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metr/o, metri/o, uter/o

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uterus

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my/o, myom/o

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muscle, muscle tumor

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nat/i

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birth

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obster/o

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pregnancy, childbirth

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o/o, ov/o, ovul/o

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egg

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oophor/o, ovari/o

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ovary

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perine/o

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perineum

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phor/o

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to bear

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salping/o

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fallopian tubes

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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dur/o

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dura mater

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encephal/o

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brain

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gli/o

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glial cells

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lept/o

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slender, thin

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mening/o, meningi/o

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membranes, meninges

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pont/o

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pons

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radicul/o

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nerve root (of spinal nerves)

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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thec/o

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sheath (of myelin sheath)

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vag/o

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vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

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alges/o

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sensitivity to pain

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caus/o

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burning

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comat/o

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deep sleep (coma)

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esthesi/o

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feeling, nervous sensation

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kines/o, kinesi/o

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movement

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lex/o

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word, phrase

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syncop/o

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to cut off, cut short

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tax/o

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order, coordination

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andr/o

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male

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balan/o

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glans penis

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cry/o

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cold

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crypt/o

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hidden

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epididym/o

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epididymis

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gon/o

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seed

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orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o

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testis, testicles

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pen/o

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penis

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prostat/o

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prostate gland

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semin/i

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semen, seed

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sperm/o, spermat/o

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spermatozoa, semen

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tarat/o

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monster

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varic/o

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varicose veins

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vas/o

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vessel, duct; vas deferns

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zo/o

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animal life

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