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1
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acou-, acu-

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to hear

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bal- ball-, bol-, ble-

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to throw, to put

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bar-, bary-

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weight, pressure, heavy

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bi-

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life

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card- cardi-

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heart

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chondr-

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cartilage, granule

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crani-

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cranium

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cri-, crin-

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to separate, to secrete

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cyt-

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cell

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eme-, emet-

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to vomit

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gam-

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marriage

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gen-, gene-, gon-

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to be produced, seed

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hidro-

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sweat

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morph-

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form, shape

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neur-

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nerve, tendon

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pep-, peps-, pept-

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to digest

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pha-

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to say

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plex-, pleg-

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stroke, blow, paralysis

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pseudo

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false

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rhythm-

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rhythm

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sep-

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rotten

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than-, thana-, thanat-

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death

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therm-

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heat

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the-

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to put, to place

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top-

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place

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phyll-

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leaf

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encephal-

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brain

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thalam-

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chamber, room

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troph-

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nourishment

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cepahl-

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head

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hap-, hapt

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to grasp, to fasten

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sta-

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to stand, stop

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thyr-

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shield

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nephr-

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kidney

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phyt-

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plant, growth

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ton-

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stretching, tension

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blast-

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embryonic cell

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gaster-, gastr-

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stomach

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plas-, plast-

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to form, to mold

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scop-

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to look at, to view

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hydr-

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water, fluid

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tox-

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poison

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alg-

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pain

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phy-

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to grow

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stal-, stol-, -stle

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to send, to contract

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derm-, dermat-

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skin

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chro-, chrom-, chromat-

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color

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od-

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road

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tom-

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to cut

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gno-

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to know

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path-

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disease, suffering, feeling

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arch-, arche-

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ancient, beginning

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crypt-

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hidden

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cycl-

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circle, wheel

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dactyl-

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finger, toe

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gon-, goni-

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angle

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graph-, -gram

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to write, thing written

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hedr-

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seat, plane

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kary- (cary-)

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nucleus

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lith-

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stone

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man-, mani-

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madness

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mer-

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part

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mes-

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middle

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metr-, -meter

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meter, measure

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odont-

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tooth

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op-, opt-

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eye, sight

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organ-

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instrument, organ

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ox-, oxy-

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sharp, quick

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phag-

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to eat

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phil-

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to love, to have an affinity for

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phor-, pher-

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to bear, to carry

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pod-, -pus

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foot

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pto-

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to fall

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typ-

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imprint, form

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aden-

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gland

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aer-

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air, gas

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agon-

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to compete, to strive

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andr-

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man, male

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anthrop-

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human being

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asthm-, asthmat-

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short breath, panting

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aster-, astr-

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star

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botan-

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herb, plant

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carp-

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wrist

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cau-, caus-, cauter-

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to burn

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cleid-

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clavicle

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cyst-

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bladder, sac

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ge-

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earth

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ger-, geront-

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old person, old age

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gyn-, gyne-, gynec-

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woman, female

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kine-

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to move

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lep-

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to seize

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mast-

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breast

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nasue-

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sea sickness

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ped-

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child, instruction

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rhe-, -rrhea, rheum-, rheumat-

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to flow, flowing, discharge

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som-, somat-

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body

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spir-

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coil

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sthen-

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strength

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thorac-

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chest

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typh-

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stupor

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zo-

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animal

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arachn-

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spider

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arter-, arteri-

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artery

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arthr-

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joint

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bronch-, bronchi-

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air tube

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carcin-

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cancer

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ede-, (oede-)

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to swell

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eury-, eruys, eurys-

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wide

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hepar-, hepat-

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liver

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hypn-

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sleep

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hyster-

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uterus

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laryng-

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larynx

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mne-

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to remember

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myel-

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spinal cord, marrow

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narc-

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stupor

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phob-

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to fear

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pne-, -pnea, pneum-, pneumat-, pneumon-

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breathing, air, gas, lung

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psor-

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itch

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ptery-, pteryg-

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wing

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sarc-

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flesh

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schiz-, schis-, schist-

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to split, to rupture

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scler-

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hard

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sten-

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narrow

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tach-, tachy-

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swift

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trich-, -thrix

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hair

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