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chromo (chromato)

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color

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pigment

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color

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leuko (leuco)

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white

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albi

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white

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melano

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black

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nigro

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black

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poli

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grey

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glauc

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grey

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phaeo

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dusky brown

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rhodo

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red

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erythro

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red

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rube

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red

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eosino

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red-orange

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chryso

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gold

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xantho

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yellow

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cirrho

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yellow

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flav

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yellow

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chloro

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green

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cyano

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dark blue

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purpur

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purple

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mono

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one

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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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two

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bin

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two

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tri

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three

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tetra

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four

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quadri

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four

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penta

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five

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quint

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five

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hexa

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six

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sext

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six

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hept

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seven

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octo

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eight

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nona

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nine

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deca

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ten

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centi

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hundred

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milli

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thousand

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multi

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many

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poly

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many

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pan

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all

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omni

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all

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nulli

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none, never

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semi

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half

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hemi

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half

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pleio (pleo)

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more than one

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oligo

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few, little, scanty

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haplo

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single, simple

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amphi

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both, double

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ambi

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both

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diplo

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two-fold

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ad, ac, af, ag, ap, as, at

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toward

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ab

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away from

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de

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away from

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dis

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away from

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ex, ef

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out, out from

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ecto

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outside of

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extra

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outside, beyond

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endo

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inside, within

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en (em)

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inside, within

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intra

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within

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in

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into

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sub, suf, sup

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below

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hypo

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lower, low levels

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cata

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down, lower, under

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cath

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lower, under

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infra

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beneath

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basi

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base

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ana

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up, heightened

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acro

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height, tip, extremity

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hyper

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excessive/high levels

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epi

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upon

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super

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supra

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meso

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middle

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medi

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middle

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circ (circum)

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around, about

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peri

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around

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para

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bedside, alongside of

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juxta

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adjoining, near to

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later

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to the side

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inter

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between

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pro (procto)

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in front of, before

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ore

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in front of, before

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meta

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beyond, change

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ultra

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beyond, extreme

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centro

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in the center

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centro

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in the center

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dextra

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right, to the right

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levo

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left

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sinistro

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left, to the left

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dorsa

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posterior, back

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ventra

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front

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trans

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across, through

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dia

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through

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dia

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complete
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per

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through, complete

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retro

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backward

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ob

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backward

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oc

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inverse

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tropo

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turn toward

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chron

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time

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synchron

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at the same time

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ante

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before

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pre

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before, in front of

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post

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after

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pro (procto)

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first, earliest

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prim

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first

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gen

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original, beginning, to originate, produce, cause

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neo

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new, recent

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arche

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beginning, first

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paleo

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old, ancient

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nocti

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night

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nyct

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night

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loc

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place

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topo

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place, position

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tele (telo)

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far, distant, end, complete

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pali (palin)

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again

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re

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again

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deuter

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second

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macro

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large

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magni

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large, great

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max

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great size

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mega (megalo)

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enlarged, abnormally large

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micro

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small

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oligo

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small amount, scanty

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meio

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to make smaller

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mini

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smaller than usual

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lepto

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slight, slender, thin

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pachy

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thick

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pycn (pykn)

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thick, dense

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eury

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broad, wide

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brachy

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short

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dolicho

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long

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hypso

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tall, high

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morpho

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shape

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ortho

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upright, straight, normal

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rect

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right, straight

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plan

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flat, planar

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platy

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flat, broad

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poikil

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irregular, variegated

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ankylo

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crooked, bent

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plagio

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oblique

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steno

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narrow, constricted

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stere

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solid, three-dimensional

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spher

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round

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circ (circul)

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circle, circular

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cyclo

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circular

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heli

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spiral

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gyr

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round, spiral

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strept

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twisted

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funi

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rope

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hyo

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u-shaped

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botryo

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bunch of grapes

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dolabri

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ax, hatchet head

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unci

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hook

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scaph

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boat shape

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vermi

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worm-like

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ambly

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dull, lazy

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dura

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hard

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scler

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hard

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squam

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scaly

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hyla

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glassy

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vitr

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glass, glassy

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