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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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bary-

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heavy

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bar-

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weight, pressure

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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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7
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chondr-

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cartilage, granule

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8
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crani-

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cranium

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cri-

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to separate

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crin-

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to secrete

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11
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cyt-

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cell

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12
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eme-
emet-

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to vomit

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gam-

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marriagee

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gen-
gene-
gon-

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to be produced

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15
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gon-

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seed

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16
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hidro-

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sweat

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morph-

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form, shhape

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18
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neur-

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nerve, tendon

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19
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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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21
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plex-

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stroke, blow

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22
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pleg-

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paralysis

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23
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pseud-

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false

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24
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rhythm-

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rhythm

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25
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sep-

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rotten

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26
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than-
thana-
thanat-

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death

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27
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therm-

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heat

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28
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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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trop-
trep-

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to turn (toward)

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31
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alg-

A

pain

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32
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blast-

A

embryonic cell

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33
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cephal-

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head

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34
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encephal-

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brain

35
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chrom-
chromat-

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color

36
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derm-
dermat-

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skin

37
Q

erg-

A

work

38
Q

gaster-
gastr-

A

stomach

39
Q

gno-

A

to know

40
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hap-
hapt-

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to grasp, to fasten

41
Q

hydr-

A

water, fluid

42
Q

ly-
lys-

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too loose, to dissolve

43
Q

nephr-

A

kidney

44
Q

od-

A

way, road

45
Q

path-

A

disease, suffering, feeling

46
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phy-

A

to grow

47
Q

phyt-

A

plant, growth

48
Q

phyll-

A

leaf

49
Q

plas-
plast-

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to form, to mold

50
Q

scop-

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to look at, to view

51
Q

sta-

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to stand, too stop

52
Q

stal-
stol-
-stle

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to send, to contract

53
Q

thalam-

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chamber, roomm

54
Q

thyr-

A

shield

55
Q

tom-

A

to cut

56
Q

ton-

A

stretching, tension

57
Q

tox-

A

poison

58
Q

troph-

A

nourishment

59
Q

zyg-

A

yoke, joining

60
Q

arch-
arche-

A

ancient, beginning

61
Q

crypt-

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hidden

62
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cycl-

A

circle, wheel

63
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dactyl-

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finger, toe

64
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gon-
goni-

A

angle

65
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graph-

A

to write

66
Q

-gram

A

thing written

67
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hedr-

A

seat, plane

68
Q

kary-
cary-

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nucleus

69
Q

lith-

A

stone

70
Q

man-
mani-

A

madness

71
Q

mer-

A

part

72
Q

mes-

A

middle

73
Q

metr-
-meter

A

meter, measure

74
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odont-

A

tooth

75
Q

op-
opt-

A

eye, sight

76
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organ-

A

instrument, organ

77
Q

ox-
oxy-

A

sharp, quiick

78
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phag-

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to eat

79
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phil-

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to love, to have an affinity for

80
Q

phor-
pher-

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to bear, to carry

81
Q

pod-
-pus

A

foot

82
Q

pto-

A

to fall

83
Q

typ-

A

imprint, form

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