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a-

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not, without

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ab-

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from, away

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acantho-

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spine

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-ad-

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to, toward

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albi-

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white

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-algia

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pain

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amyl-

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starch

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an-

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not, without

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ana-

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up, upon

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ancylo-

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bent

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angio-

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vessel

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ante-

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before, in front of

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anti-

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against, opposing to

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apo-

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off, from, away from

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aqua-

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water

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-ase

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designating an enzyme

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auto- s

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elf

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bi-

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two, twice

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bio-

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life

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brachy-

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short

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brady-

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slow

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calor-

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heat

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-cara

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head

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cardia-

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heart

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-cephal-

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head

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-cera

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horn

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-cerca

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tail

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cerebro-

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brain

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-chezia

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defecate

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chrom-

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color

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-cidal

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killing

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corpus-

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body

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-cyst

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bladder

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-cyte

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cell

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cyto-

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cell

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-dermic

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skin

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di-

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two, twice

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dia-

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through, between

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dys-

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bad, difficult

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-ectomy

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cut out

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em-

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in, into

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en-

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in, into

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endo-

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in, into

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-emia

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blood

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entero-

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intestine

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epi-

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on, above, upon

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erythro-

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red

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-fer-

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to carry, to transport

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-fract-

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to break fracture

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-gastro-

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stomach

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-gen-

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to produce, to begin

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-glosso-

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tongue

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glyc-

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glucose, sugar

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-gnath-

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jaw, cheek

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-gnosis

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knowledge, to know

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-graph

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to write

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-helminth

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worm

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hemo-

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blood

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hetero-

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different, other

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homo-

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alike, same

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hydro-

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water

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hyper-

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over, more than

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hypo-

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under, less than

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-iasis

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infestation

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inter-

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between, together

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intra-

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within

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ir-

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not

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-itis

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inflammation

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kata-

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down

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cata-

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down

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kin-

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to move or activate

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-lac-

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milk

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leuco-

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white

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leuko-

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white

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-ology

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science, knowledge

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lymph-

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lymph

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lympho-

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lymph

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-lysin

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dissolve, destroy

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-lysis

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disolve, destroy

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-lytic

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dissolve, destroy

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macro-

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large

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melan-

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black

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melen-

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black

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-meter

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measure

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micro-

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small

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-monas

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unit

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mono-

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one

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myo-

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muscle

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nema-

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thread

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neur-

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relating to nerves

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nephr-

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kidneys

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-oid

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like

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-ole

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small

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-oma

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swelling, tumor

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oncho-

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hook

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onco-

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mass, bulk

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oo-

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egg

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-opia

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sight

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-osis

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condition or process

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os-

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bone

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oste-

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bone

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osteo-

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bone

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ovi-

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egg

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para-

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near, by, beside

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patho-

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disease, suffering

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peri-

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around, near

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phago-

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to eat

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-phil-

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loving

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piro-

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pear

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-plasm-

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substance

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platy-

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broad

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-pnea

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breathing

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pneumo-

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air, lungs

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-ped

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foot

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poly-

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many

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post-

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after, behind

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pro-

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before, giving rise to

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proprio-

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one’s own

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pseudo-

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false

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psycho-

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mind

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pyri-

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pear

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-renal

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kidney

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-rrhea

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flow

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sarco-

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flesh, muscle

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schizo-

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to divide

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seta

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bristle trailing

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setae

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bristle trailing

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soma-

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body

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-some

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body

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-stadial

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stage, period

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steato-

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fat

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stea-

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fat

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stercor-

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feces

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stoma-

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mouth

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-strongyle

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cylinder

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-taxis

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arrangment, directional movement in response to a stimulus

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-thrombo-

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clot, coagulation

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-tode

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like

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-tome

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to cut

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-tomy

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to cut

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toxi-

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poison

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toxo-

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poison

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trans-

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across, over, through

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tri-

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three

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tricho-

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hair-like

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-trophic

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feeding

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tropho-

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feeding

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-tropic

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turning

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tropism

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turning

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-ule

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small

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-uria

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pertains to urine

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-uris

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tail

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vaso-

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pertains to blood vessel

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-zoite (-zoon)

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animal

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