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A

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Without, away from

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Asepsis

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Without living organism

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An

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Without

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Anencephalic

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Without a brain

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Ana

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Up, towards

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Anaphylactic

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Exaggerating in the reaction to antigen

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Anti

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Against

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Antibacterial

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Prevents the growth of bacteria

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Ante

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Before

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Antemortem

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Before death

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Auto

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Self

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Auto-immune

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Against the immunity of the individuals tissue

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Brady

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Slow

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Bradycardia

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Slow heartbeat

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Dys

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Painful, abnormal

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Endo

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Within, inner

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Endoabdominal

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Within the abdominal

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Epi

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Upon or over

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Epicondyle

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Projective over or near the condyle

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Eu

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Normal or good

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Eupepsia

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Normal digestion

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Ex

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External or outwards

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Extra

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Outside of

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Exhale

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Breathe out

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Extra corporeal

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Outside the body

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Hetero

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Different

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Heterograft

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Graft skin graft using donor skin from one species to another

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Homograft

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Skin graft using donor skin from one person to another

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Hyperglycemia

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High blood sugar

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Hypoglycemic

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Low blood sugar

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Demyelination

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Loss of myelin

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Interdental

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Between teeth

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Intramuscular

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Within the muscles

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Microplasia

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Stunted growth

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Neonatal

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Newborn

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Prenatal

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Before birth

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Peraxillary

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Through axilla

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Isometric

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Same dimensions

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Periappendicitis

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Inflammation of tissue surrounding appendix

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Postmortem

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After death

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Prodrome

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Symptoms occurs before disease shows up

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Pseudopregnancy

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Presence of all signs and symptoms of pregnancy without presence of fetus

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Reflux

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Backward flow

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Retroversion

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Turning backward

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Subcutaneous

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Beneath skin

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Tachycardia

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Rapid heartbeat

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Transocular

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Across the eye

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Ultrasonic

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Relating to energy waves of higher frequency than sound waves

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Unconscious

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Not conscious

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Primigravida

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Pregnant woman for the first time

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Unicellular

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Organism composed of single cell

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Diplegia

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Paralysis affecting both sides of body

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Bicuspid

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Having two cups

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Hemiplegia

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Paralysis on one side of the body

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Monoclonal

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Cell colony arising from a single cell

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Multiarticular

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Involving many joints

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Nulligravida

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Woman that never get pregnant

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Panplegia

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Total paralysis

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Polyarteritis

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Inflammation of a number of arteries

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Quadriplegia

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Paralysis of all four limbs

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Semiconscious

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Drowsy and inactive but not in a full coma

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Tricuspid valve

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Has three flaps

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Tetramer

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Oligomer formed from four monomers

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Diplopia

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Double vision

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Pluriglandular

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Of several glands

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Superinfection

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Second infection occurs after or on top of earlier infections

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Dextrocardia

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Location of heart in right side of chest

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Sinistrad

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Moving towards left

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Ectopic

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Outside normal position

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Excise

A

To cut out

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Mesencephalon

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Midbrain

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Synapse

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Junction between two nerve cells

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Homo

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Same

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Hyper

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Over above

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Hypo

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Under below

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De

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Without

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Inter

A

Among between

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Intra

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Within inside

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Macro

A

Large

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Micro

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Small

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Neo

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New

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Pre

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Before in front of

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Per

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Through

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Iso

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Equal same

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Peri

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Around

86
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Post

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After

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Pro

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Before

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Pseudo

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False

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Re

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Again

90
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Retro

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Backward behind

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Sub

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Below under

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Tachy

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Fast

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Trans

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Through across

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Ultra

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Beyond excess

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Un

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Not

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Prim/I-

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First

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Uni

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One

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Di

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Two

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Bi

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Three

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Hemi

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Half

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Mono

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One single

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Multi

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Many

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Nulli

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None

104
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Pan

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All

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Poly

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Many

106
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Quadri

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Four

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Semi

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Partial half

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Tri

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Three

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Tetra

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Four

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Diplo

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Double

111
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Pluri

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Several more

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Super

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Above excess

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Dextr/o

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Right

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Sinistr/o

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Left

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Ecto

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Out outside

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Ex/o

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Away from

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Mes/o

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Middle

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Syn

A

Together

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