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-some

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body

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somn/i

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sleep

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-somnia

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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-spadia

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to tear, cut

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-spasm

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sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles

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sperm/o

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seed, sperm, spermatozoa

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spermat/o

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seed, sperm, spermatozoa

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-spermia

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condition of possessing or producing seed

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sphen/o

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wedge, sphenoid bone

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spher/o

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sphere, globe, round

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sphygm/o

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pulse

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spin/o

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spine, backbone

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spir/o

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to breathe

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splen/o

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spleen

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spondyl/o

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vertebra (plural vertebrae)

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squam/o

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scale-like

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staped/o

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stapes, stirrup, third bone of the middle ear, ossicle

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-stalsis

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contraction

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staphyl/o

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cluster, “bunch of grapes”

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-stasis

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stop, control

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-static

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pertaining to stopping, controlling

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-staxis

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dripping (of blood)

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steat/o

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fat

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sten/o

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narrow, constricted

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-stenosis

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narrowing, stricture

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ster/o

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solid structure

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ster/o

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steroid

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stere/o

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solid

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stere/o

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three-dimensional

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stern/o

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sternum, breastbone

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steth/o

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chest

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sthen/o

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strength, power

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-sthenia

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strength

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-stitial

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to set, standing or positioned

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stomat/o

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mouth

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-stomy

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formation of a mouth or artificial opening, creation of an

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opening

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between two structures

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strab/o

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squinting

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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styl/o

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pole, stake

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sub-

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under, below

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submaxill/o

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mandible, lower jaw bone

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sud/o

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sweat

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sudor/o

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sweat

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super-

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above, excessive

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super/o

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above, toward the head

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-suppression

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to stop

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supra-

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above, upper

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-surgery

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surgery, operative procedure

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sym-

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together, with

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syn-

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together, with

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syncop/o

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to cut off, cut short

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synovi/o

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synovium (plural - synovia), synovial membrane, sheath

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around

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a tendon

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system/o

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system

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syring/o

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tube

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tach/o

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fast, rapid

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tachy-

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fast, rapid

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tact-

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touch

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tal/o

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talus (plural - tali), ankle, the second largest tarsal bone

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tars/o

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tarsus (plural - tarsi), tarsal bones, ankle bone

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tax/o

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order, coordination

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-taxia

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order, coordination

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tel/o

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complete

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tele-

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far, distant

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tel/o

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far, distant

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ten/o

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tendon

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tend/o

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tendon

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tendin/o

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tendon

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-tension

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pressure

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ter-

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three

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terat/o

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monster

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terti-

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third

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test/i

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testis, testicle

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test/o

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testis, testicle

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testicul/o

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testis, testicle

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tetan/o

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tetanus, extreme tension

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tetra-

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four

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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thalass/o

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sea

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thec/o

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sheath (in this case, of the meninges)

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thec/o

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sheath (of brain and spinal cord)

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thel/o

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nipple

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therapeut/o

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treatment

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-therapy

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treatment

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therm/o

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heat

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-thermy

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heat

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thorac/o

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chest, thorax

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-thorax

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chest, pleural cavity

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thromb/o

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clot

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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-thymia

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mind, emotion (condition)

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-thymic

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pertaining to the mind, emotion

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland

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thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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tibi/o

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tibia, larger of the two lower leg bones

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-tic

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pertaining to, drug action

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toc/o

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labour (labor), delivery

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-tocia

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condition of labour (labor), delivery

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-tocin

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a substance of labour (labor), delivery

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tom/o

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to cut

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-tomy

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incision into, cut in to

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ton/o

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tension, tone

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tone/o

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to stretch

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-tonia

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muscle tension

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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-tony

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muscle tension

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top/o

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place, position, location

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tox/o

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poison, toxin

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toxic/o

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poison, toxin

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trache/o

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trachea

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trachel/o

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neck, neck-like structure

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trans-

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across, through

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-tresia

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opening, perforation

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tri-

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three

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trich/i

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hair, hair-like structure

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trich/o

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hair, hair-like structure

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trigon/o

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trigone (area at the base of the urinary bladder)

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-tripsy

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surgical crushing

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troph/o

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nourishment, development

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-trophy

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nourishment, development

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-tropia

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to turn

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-tropic

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stimulating the function of, turning toward, affinity to

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-tropin

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stimulating the function of, to turn or act upon

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tympan/o

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eardrum, tympanic membrane

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-type

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classification, picture

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-ula

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little, small

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-ule

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little, small

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uln/o

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ulna, lower arm bone, medial

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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-ulum

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little, small

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-ulus

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little, small

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-um

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structure, tissue

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umbilic/o

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umbilicus, navel

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un-

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not, opposite of

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ungu/o

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nail

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uni-

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one

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ur/o

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urine, urinary tract

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uran/o

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palate

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-urea

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urea

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-uresis

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urination, “to make water”

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ureter/o

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ureter

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urethr/o

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urethra

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-uria

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condition of urine, urination

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uric/o

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uric acid

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urin/o

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urine

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-us

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structure

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uter/o

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uterus

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uve/o

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uvea, vascular layer of the eye, including the iris, ciliary

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body

A

and choroid

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uvul/o

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uvula

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vag/o

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vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

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vagin/o

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vagina

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valv/o

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valve

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valvul/o

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valve

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varic/o

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varicose, varicosity

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vas/o

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vas deferens

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vas/o

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vessel

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vascul/o

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vessel

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ven/i

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vein

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ven/o

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vein

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vener/o

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sexual intercourse

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ventr/o

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front, belly side of the body

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ventricul/o

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ventricle, lower heart chamber

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venul/o

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venule, a little vein, taking blood from capillaries to veins

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verm/i

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worms

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-version

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to turn

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vertebr/o

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vertebra (plural vertebrae), backbone

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vesic/o

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urinary bladder

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vesic/o

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blister, vesicle

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vesicul/o

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seminal vesicle

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vestibul/o

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vestibule

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vir/o

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virus

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viril/o

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masculine

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visc/o

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sticky

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viscer/o

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viscera, organs of the body

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vit/o

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life

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vitre/o

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glassy

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viv/i

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life, living

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vulv/o

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vulva

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xanth/o

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yellow

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xen/o

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stranger

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xer/o

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dry

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xiph/i

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xiphoid process (part of the sternum), sword

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xiph/o

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xiphoid process (part of the sternum), sword

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-y

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process

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zo/o

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animal life

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zyg/o

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union, joined

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zygomat/o

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zygomatic arch, cheekbone

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