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aden/o

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gland

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arthr/o

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joint

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bi/o

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life

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cis/o

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to cut

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crin/o

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secrete

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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cyt/o/o

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cell

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derm/o

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skin

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dermat/o

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skin

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electr/o

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electricity

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encephal/o

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brain

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enter/o

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intestines

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erythr/o

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red

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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gynec

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woman/female

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hem/o

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blood

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hemat/o

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blood

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leuk/o

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white

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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onc/o

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tumor

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opthalm/o

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eye

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oste/o

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bone

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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child

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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x-rays

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin, rrhin

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nose

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sarc/o

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flesh

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sect/o

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to cut

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thromb/o

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clot, clotting

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ur/o, ure

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urine, urinary

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abdomin/o

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abodmen

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adip/o

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fat

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anter/o

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front

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bol/o

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to cast, throw

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cervic/o

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neck, uterus

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chondr/o, chondri

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cartilage

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chrom/o, chromato

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color

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coccyg/o

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coccyx

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carni/o

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skull

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cyt/o

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cell

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dist/o

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far

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dors/o

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back portion of body

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hist/o, histi

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tissue

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ili/o

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ilium(part of pelvic bone)

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inguin/o

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groin

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kary/o

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nucleus

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later/o

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side

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lumb/o

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lower back, loin

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medi/o

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middle

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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pelv/o

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pelvic cavity, hip

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poster/o

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back, behind

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proxim/o

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near

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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spin/o

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spine, backbone

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thel/o

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nipple

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thorac/o

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chest

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umbilic/o

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navel, umbilicus

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ventr/o

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belly side of body

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vertebr/o

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vertebrae

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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agor/a

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marketplace

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amni/o

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amnion

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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axill/o

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armpit

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapr/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx

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lymph/o

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lymph

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mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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my/o, mys, myos

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muscle

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necr/o

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death, corpse, dead tissue

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ot/o

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ear

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path/o

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disease

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneumon/o, pneum

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lungs

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plumon/o

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lungs

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rect/o

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rectum

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sarc/o

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flesh

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splen/o

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spleen

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staphyl/o

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clusters

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea

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ven/o

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vein

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alg

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pain

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ball, bol, ble

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to throw or put

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brady

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slow

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crypt

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hidden

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drom

A

running, course

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ge

A

earth

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hod, od

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road, way

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mne

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to remember

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morph

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form

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odon, odont

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teeth

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phor, pher

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to bear, to go

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plex

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stroke

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pleg

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paralysis

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pod, pus

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foot

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proct

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anus, rectum

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stol, stal, stle

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to send, to contract

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stom, stomat

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mouth, opening, stomach

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trop, trep

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to turn, response to stimulus

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bul, boul

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will

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dem

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people, country

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gam

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marriage, union

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lecith

A

yolk

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phyll

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leaf

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phyt

A

plant, growth

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plas(t)

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to form, mold

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som, somato

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body

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thec(a)

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case, sheath

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tom

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to cut, section

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troph

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nourishment, development

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zo

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animal, living being

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acou, acu

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to hear

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ambly

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dull

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anth

A

flower

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dactyl

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finger, toe

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desm

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ligament

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erg

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work

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esthe, aesthe

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to feel, to perceive

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ger, geront

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old person, old age

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gnath

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jaw

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graph

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to write

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hepat, hepar

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liver

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kine, cine

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to move

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lex

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to read

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osm

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smell

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the

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to put, to place

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amylgdal

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almond, tonsil

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andro

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man, male

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anthrop

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man, human being

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clad

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branch

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dynam, dyn

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power

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eme

A

to vomit

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gymn

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naked

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gyn(e), gynec, gynaec

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female

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helic, helix

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spinal

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iatr

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physician, medical treatment

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melan

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black, dark

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olig

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few, scanty

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phil

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to love, have an affinity for

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poly

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many, much

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tars

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instep, edge of the eye

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amyl

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starch

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bar

A

weight, pressure

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blenn

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mucus

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dips

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thirst

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drephan

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sickle

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glyc

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sugar

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hyster

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uterus, hysteria

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ichthy

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fish

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irid, iris

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iris, rainbow

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isch

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to supress

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lapar

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abodomen, flank

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lip

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fat

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phren

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mind, diaphragm

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py

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pus

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thanat

A

death

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acanth

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thorn, prickle

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aer

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air, gas

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aut

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self

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cheil, chil

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lip

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copr

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excrement

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cry, crym

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cold, ice

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dacry

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tear

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helminth

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worm

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heter

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other, different

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hygr

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moisture

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men

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moon, menstruation

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tac, tax

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to arrange, to put in order

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actin

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ray

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argyr

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silver

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ba

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to step, to go, to walk

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brom

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stench, bromine

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chol(e)

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bile, gall

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clas

A

to break

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crani

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cranium, skull

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cri

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to separate, distinguish

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eury(s)

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wide

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hidro(s)

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sweat

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lith, lite

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stone

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myi

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fly

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prosop

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face

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orth

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straight, correct

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pha, phan,

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to appear, to show

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rhe, rrh

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to flow, current

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scop

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to view

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sta

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to stand, stop, fix, regulate

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styl

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pillar

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blep

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to see

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cor(e)

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pupil of the eye

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cra

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to mix

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cyan

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blue

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cye

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to be pregnant

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galact, gala

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milk

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idi

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one’s own, peculiar, distinct

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is

A

equal, same

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lal

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to talk

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mega, megal

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large, one million

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mogi

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difficult

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ne

A

new, different from

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odyn

A

pain

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onych

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finger or toenail, claw

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pep(s), pept

A

to digest

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pseudo

A

false

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tele

A

afar, operating at a distance

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arachn

A

spider

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astr, aster

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star

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blast

A

bud, germ , embryonic cell

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chlor

A

green, chlorine

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cocc

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berry-shaped organism

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coni

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dust

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eo(s)

A

dawn or early age, rosy

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ly

A

to loosen, dissolve, break up

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mening

A

membrane

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metr

A

uterus

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myc, mycet

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fungus

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orch(i), orchid

A

testicle

244
Q

pan, pant

A

all, complete

245
Q

poli

A

gray

246
Q

agog(ue)

A

inducing the flow of, expelling

247
Q

arch(e)

A

ancient, beginning, primitive

248
Q

didym

A

twin, testicle

249
Q

gyr

A

circle, ring

250
Q

hipp

A

horse

251
Q

ischi

A

hip

252
Q

lep

A

to seize

253
Q

macr

A

large, long

254
Q

mel

A

limb

255
Q

micro

A

small, one millionth

256
Q

narc

A

stupor

257
Q

omphal

A

navel

258
Q

pex

A

to fasten

259
Q

pag

A

united

260
Q

platy(s)

A

broad, flat

261
Q

sapr

A

rotten

262
Q

sial

A

saliva

263
Q

sthen

A

strength

264
Q

tach(y)

A

swift

265
Q

ur

A

tail

Intro to Greek and Latin biology (10 decks)

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