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1
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Alimento

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To nourish

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Amylo-

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Starch

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Append/o-

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Appendage

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-ase

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Enzyme

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Attrit/i-

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Wearing out

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Bato-

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Weight

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Bas/o-

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Basic or at base

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Beri-

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Weakness

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Bil/i-

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Bile or gall

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Blenno-

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Mucus

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Bol/o-

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Lump or ball

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Brux-

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Grinding

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Bulimo-

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Hunger

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Cata-

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Breakdown or down

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Cebo-

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Meal or food

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Cec/o-

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Blind pouch

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-cece

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Navel

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Cement/o-

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Hard

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Cholangio-

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Bile duct

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Chole-

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Bile or gall

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Cholecysto-

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Gallbladder

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Choledocho

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Gallbladder duct

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Cholera

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Biliary acute diarrhea

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Chyme-

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Juice

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Coel-

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Hollow belly or cavity

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Col/o-, Colon/o

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Colon(big intestine)

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Cord-

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Vocal cords or cord

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Cras/o-

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Mixture

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-creas

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Fleshy or flesh

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Cric/o-

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Ring

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Cusp

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Point

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De-

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Away

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Dent/o-

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Tooth or teeth

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34
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Diverticulo

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Outpouching

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Doch/o-

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Duct or canal

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36
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Dracuncul/o-

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Little dragon

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Duoden/o-

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Twelve

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Emac/I-

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To grown thin

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39
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-emesis

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Vomit

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Enamel

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Hard

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Entero-

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Intestine (usually small intestine)

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42
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Eruct/o-

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Belching

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Eso-

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Toward

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Fec/o-

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Stool or fecal matter

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Flat/o-

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To blow

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-flux

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To flow

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-form

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Shaped, shape, form

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Gastr/o-

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Stomach

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49
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Gingiv/o-

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Gum

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Gloss/o-

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Tongue

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Glott/o-

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Back of tongue

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-glutition

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To swallow

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Gnath-

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Jaw or cheek

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Gout

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A drop

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Gust/o-

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Tasting or to taste

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Halit/o-

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Breathe

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Hepat/o-

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Liver

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Herni/o

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Rupture or protrusion

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Hiat-

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An opening

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-Hiscence

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To gape open

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Ile/o-

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Twisted

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Ilio-

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Flank

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IN-

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Into or not

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Inguin/o-

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Groin

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-IN

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Substance or chemical

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Jejuno-

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To empty

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Kali-

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Potassium

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Ket/o-

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Sour or acid

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Labio

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Lip

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-lalia

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Talking

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Lap/i-

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Stone

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Lingu-

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Tongue

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Lith/o-

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Stone, rock

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Logo-

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Speech or words

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Masset/o-

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Chewer or to chew

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Mastico

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Chew

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Megalo-

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Huge or large

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-mentum

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Chin

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Mes/o-

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Middle

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Mogi-

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Difficult

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Mol/o-

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To mill or grind

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Nutri/o-

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To nourish

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-o/rrhexis

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Rupture or protrusion

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Odonto

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Tooth

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Omphal/o-

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Navel or umbilicus

86
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Ora-

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Mouth

87
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-orexia

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Appetite

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Orth/o-

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Straight, normal, correct

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Palat/o

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Palate, plate

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Peps/o-

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Digestión

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Pharyng/o

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Throat

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Phas-, phraso-

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Speech or speaking

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-phthisis

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Wasting

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Prand/i-

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Meal or breakfast

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Proct/o-

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Rectum or anus

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Ptyal/o-

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Saliva

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-ptysis

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Spitting or spit

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Pyl/o-

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Gatekeeper

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Rect/o-

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Rectum or straight

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Rug/a-

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Folds

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Scato-

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Dung or feces

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Scurvy

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To scratch

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Sial/o-

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Saliva or spit

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Sigmoid/o-

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S-shaped

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Sphinct/o-

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That which binds together

106
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-stalsis

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To contract

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Sterco-

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Stool, fecal matter

108
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Stomat/o-

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Mouth

109
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-susception

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To receive

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Tonsill/o

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Almond shaped

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Trachy-

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Rough

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Typhl/o-

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Blind pouch or first part of big colon

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-ula

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Small or lesser

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Ulcer-

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Sore

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Ulo-

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Gum

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Uv-

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Grape

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Uve/o-

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Grape

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Uvul/o-

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Grape

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Valvul/o-

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Tiny fold or small valve

120
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Vill/i-

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Shaggy hair

121
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Vox

A

Voice

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