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Etymology Flashcards

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acetabul-

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vinegar cup

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adip-

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fat

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aer-

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air

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alb-

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white

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an-

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without

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ana-

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up

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anul-

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ring

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apo-

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away, off, apart

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append-

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to hang something

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arth-

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joint

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astr-

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starlike

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aud-

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to hear

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ax-

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axis, axle

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bi-

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two

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bio-

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life

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-blast

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bud, a growing organism in early stages

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burs-

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bag, purse

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calat-

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something inserted

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canal-

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channel

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cardi-

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heart

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carp-

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wrist

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cata-

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down

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cerebr-

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brain

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chondr

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cartilage

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choroid

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skinlike

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-clast

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break

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clav-

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bar

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co-

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with

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cochlea

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snail

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condyl-

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knob, knuckle

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corac-

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a crow’s beak

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corn-

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horn

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cort-

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bark, rind

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cran-

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helmet

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cribr-

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sieve

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-crin

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to secrete

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crist-

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crest

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cut-

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skin

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-cyt-

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cell

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de-

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undoing

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dendr-

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tree

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derm-

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skin

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di-

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two

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diure-

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to pass urine

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dors-

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back

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endo-

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within, inside

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ependym-

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tunic

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epi-

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upon, above, in addition to

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erg-

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work

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exo-

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outside

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fasc-

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bundle

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follic-

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small bag

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fov-

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pit

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glen-

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joint socket

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-glia-

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glue

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glyc-

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sweet

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-gram

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something written

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hist-

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web, tissue

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hol-

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entire, whole

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homeo-

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same

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horm-

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impetus, impulse

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hyal-

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resemblance to glass

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hypo-

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below

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inter-

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among, between

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intra-

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inside

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iris

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rainbow

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iso-

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equal

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kerat-

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horn

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labr-

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lip

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labrynth

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mazy

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lacri-

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tears

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lact-

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milk

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lamell-

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thin plate

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laten-

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hidden

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-lemm

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rind or peel

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lip-

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fat

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-logy

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the study of

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lut-

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yellow

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lys-

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to break up

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lyt-

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break down

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macr-

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large

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marcula

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spot

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malle-

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hammer

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meat-

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passage

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med-

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middle

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melan-

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black

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meta-

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change

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mit-

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thread

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mono-

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one

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moto-

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moving

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multi-

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many

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mut-

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change

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myo-

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muscle

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nas-

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nose

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neur-

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nerve

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ocul-

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eye

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odont-

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teeth

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olfact-

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to smell

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oligo-

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few

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orb-

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circle

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os-

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bone

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ov-

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egglike

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palpebra

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eyelid

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para-

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beside

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pelv-

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basin

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peri-

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around, all around

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phag-

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to eat

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photo-

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light

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pino-

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to drink

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poie-

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make, produce

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poly-

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many

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por-

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passage

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pro-

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before

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pseud-

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false

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reticul-

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a net

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sacchar-

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sugar

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sacro-

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flesh

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saltator-

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a dancer

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scler-

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hand

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seb-

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grease

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sens-

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feeling

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-som

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body

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squam-

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scale

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-stasis

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standing still

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-strat-

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layer, spread out

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stria-

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groove

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sub-

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under

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sudor-

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sweat

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super-

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above

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sutur-

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sewing

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syn-

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with, together

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syndesm-

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band, ligament

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tetan-

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stiff

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therm-

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heat

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toc-

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birth

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-tomy

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cutting

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-tonic

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stretched

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-troph

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well fed

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-trophic

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influencing

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tympan-

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drum

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uni-

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one

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vas-

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vessel

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vesicle-

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bladder

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vitre-

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glass

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-zym

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causing to ferment

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