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1
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chron/o

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time-related

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juxta/

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joining or close

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pyg/o

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buttocks

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palperbr/o

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eyelid

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tars/o

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the edge of the eyelid

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flav/o

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yellow

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glau/o

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bluish-grey, sliver-gray

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gust/o

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taste

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geus/o

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taste

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kyph/o

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hump-backed, bent

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sagitt/o

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sagittal plane

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x-osis and x-ia as determinants

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  1. an abnormal condition involving x
  2. a condition characterized by x
  3. a(n) x
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p.t. as determinant

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  1. pertaining to x
  2. having x
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sten/o

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narrow

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dolich/o

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long

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brachy/o

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short

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lept/o

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thin; narrow

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pachy/o

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thick

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chromat/o

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colour; coloured

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erythr/o

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red

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leuk/o

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white

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poikil/o

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variable, variably, mottled

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macr/o

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(excessively) large

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mega(l)/o

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(excessively) large

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micr/o

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(excessively) small

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nan/o

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(excessively) small

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hyps/i, hyps/o

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high

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hypsiloid

A

resembling the Greek letter epsilon

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bath/y; bath/o

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deep

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/derma

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an abnormal condition involving x skin; the skin of x

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pykn/o

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thick`

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platy/

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broad; flat

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eury/

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wide

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melan/o

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black, melanin

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rub/e; rubr/i

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red

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chlor-o

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green

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poli/

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pale grey

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xanth/o

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yellow

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cyan/

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blue

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brady/

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slow

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tachy/

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fast

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lei/o

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smooth

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stereo/

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solid

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xer/o

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dry

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crypt/o

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hidden

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ne/o

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new

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nat/o

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born; birth

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orth/o

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normal; straight

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norm/o

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normal

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/sthenia

A

the strength of x

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eu/o

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good; normal; well

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bio/

A

life

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dys/

A

defective

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/opsia

A

a visual disorder involving x

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cac/o

A

defective

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hom(e)(i)/

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same

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heter/o

A

different

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iso/

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equal; same

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aniso/

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unequal

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auto/

A

one’s own

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allo/

A

other

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xen/o

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foreign; strange

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poly/

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many; much

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mult(i)/

A

many

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pan/

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whole; entire; all

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oligo/

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little; few; small

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pale/o

A

old

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a; an

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without; the absence of

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null/i

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none; no

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plur/i

A

many

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hemi/

A

half of

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mono/

A

one

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bi/

A

two

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tri/

A

three

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pent(a)/

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five

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sept/

A

seven

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pykn/o

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thick

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hemi/

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half

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mon/o

A

one

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uni/

A

one

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prot/o

A

first

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prim/i

A

first

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di(pl)/o

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two, double

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bi, bin, bis

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two; both

85
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amph/; ambi/

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two; both

86
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secund/i

A

second

87
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tri(pl)/o

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three; triple

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tert/i

A

three

89
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tetra/

A

four

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quadr/i

A

four

91
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quart/i

A

fourth

92
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penta/

A

five

93
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quint/i

A

five

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hexa/

A

six

95
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sex(t)/i

A

six

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hepta

A

seven

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septi

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seven

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oct/

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eight

99
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non

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nine

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dec(im)

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one tenth; ten

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hect/o

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one hundred

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centi

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one hundredth

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kil/o

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one thousand

104
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mill/i

A

one thousandth

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x-i-par/an.

A

[n.] a woman who has borne x children

106
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x-i-par/ous

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[adj.] bearing x (offspring)

107
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x-i-grav/id/a

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[n.] a woman pregnant for the xth time

108
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x(i)ploid

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[adj.] having x set(s) of chromosomes

109
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x(i)valent

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[adj.] having a valence of x

110
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arachn/o

A

spider related

111
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lochi

A

vaginal discharge (from birth)

112
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bubo

A

lymph node/groin

113
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bacteri/o

A

bacteria

114
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acu(t)/

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sharp/severe and short

115
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(a)mnes/o

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memory related

116
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poplite/o

A

back of the knee

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