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an-

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anus, rectum

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bucc-

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cheek

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celi-

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belly, abdomen

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cholecyst-

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gallbladder

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choledoch-

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bile duct

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dent-

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tooth

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gingiv-

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gums

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labi-

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lip

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lapar-

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abdomen

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lingu-

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tongue

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mandibul-

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jaw

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or-

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mouth

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pharyng-

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throat

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sialaden-

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salivary gland

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amyl-

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starch

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bil-

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gall, bile

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chol-

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gall, bile

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cali-, calic-

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calyx (cup-like collecting region of renal pelvis)

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cyst-

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urinary bladder

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glomerul-

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glomeruli (collection of capillaries)

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meat-

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meatus (opening, canal)

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nephr-

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kidney

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pyel-

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renal pelvis

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ren-

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kidney

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trigon-

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trigone (region of bladder where ureters enter and urethra exits)

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ureter-

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ureters (carry urine from kidney to bladder)

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urethr-

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urethra (carries urine from bladder to meatus)

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vesic-

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urinary bladder

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azot-

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nitrogen

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bacteri-

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bacteria

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dips-

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thirst

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ket-, keton-

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ketone bodies, acids

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noct-

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night

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olig-

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few, scanty

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py-

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pus

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amni-

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amnion

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cervic-

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cervix, neck

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chori-

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chorion

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colp-

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vagina

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episi-

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vulva

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galact-

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milk

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gynec-

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woman, female

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hyster-

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uterus

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lact-

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milk

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mamm-

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breast

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mast-

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breast

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men-

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menstruation

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metr-, metri-

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uterus

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my-

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muscle

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myom-

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muscle tumor

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nat-

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birth

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o-, oo-

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egg

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oophor-

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ovary

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ov-, ovul-

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egg

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perine-

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perinium

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salping-

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uterine tubes, oviducts, fallopian tubes

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uter-

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uterus

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vagin-

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vagina

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vulv-

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vulva

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asc-

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bag, sac

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branchi-

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gills

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carp-

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fruit

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cele-

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hernia, swelling

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colp-

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vagina

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gen(e)-, gon-

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to be produced, to produce

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heli-

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sun

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mer-

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part, segment

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nyct-

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night

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onym-

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name

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pachy-

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thick

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pen-

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deficient, want

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phleb-

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vein

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phthi-

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to waste away

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phyc-

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seaweed, algae

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pto-

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to fall

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saur-

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lizard

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xanth-

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yellow

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agra-

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painful

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brachi-

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arm

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cente-

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to puncture

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chir-, cheir-

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hand

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cel(i)-, coel-, -coel

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cavity, abdominal cavity

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dendr-

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tree

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hyal-

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glass, vitreous body of the eye

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laryng-

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larynx, throat

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lei-

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smooth

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malac-

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soft

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mastig-, mastix-

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whip, flagellum

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mis-

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hate

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pter-, pteryc(i)-

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wing, fin

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schiz-, schis(t)-

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to split

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splanchn-

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entrails, viscera

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thi-

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sulfur

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thorac-

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chest, thorax

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tox-

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poison

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trich-, thrix-

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hair (cilia, flagella)

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xer-

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dry

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all-

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other, different

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ankyl-

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bent, stiff, adhesions of parts

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cycl-

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circle, wheel, ciliary body of the eye

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er-, erot-

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love (sexual)

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geny-

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jaw, cheek

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geni-

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chin

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hol-

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whole, entire

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hom-, home-

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same, similar

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hypn-

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sleep

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ide-

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idea, mental image

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leuk-, leuc-

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white

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ont-

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being, individual

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phyl-

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race, class

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pyel-

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pelvis

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pyg-

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buttocks

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stear-, steat-

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fat, tallow

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strept-, stroph-

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turned, twisted

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thall-

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young shoot

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thym-

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mind, emotions

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trib-, trip-

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to rub, crush

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zyg-

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yoke

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hemi-

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half

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mon-

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single, one

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prot-

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first, original, primitive

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di-

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twice, double

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dich-

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in two

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deut-, deuter-

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second

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tri-

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three

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tetr(a)-

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four

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pent(a)-

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five

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hex(a)-

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six

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hept(a)-

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seven

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oct(a)-

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eight

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enne(a)-

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nine

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dec(a)-

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ten

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hect(a)-

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hundred

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kilo-

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one thousand

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brachy-

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short

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cac-, kak-

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bad

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cau-, caus-, caut-

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to burn

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cli-, clei-, cleist-

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to close, closed

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cly(s)-

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to wash

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crot-

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pulse, beat

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dolich-

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long

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ede-

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to swell

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lept-

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thin, delicate

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log-

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word, speech, reason

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mes-

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middle

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myx-

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mucus, slime

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oxy-, ox-

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sharp, acid, oxygen

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petr-

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rock

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phon-

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sound, voice

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phot-

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light

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presby-

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old

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pyr-, pyret-, pyrex

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fire, fever

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rhiz-, rrhiz-

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root

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glauc-

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silvery, gray-green

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gon(y)-, gonat-

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knee

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(h)apt-, (h)aph-

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to touch, sense of touch

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kary-, cary-

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nucleus, nut

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kerrat-, cerat-, ker-, cer-

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horn, horny tissue, cornea

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lepid-

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scale

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nem-, nemat-

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thread

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nos-

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disease

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onc-, oncus-

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tumor, swelling

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phra-

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to speak

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pneum-, pneumat-

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air, gas

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pneumon-, pneum-

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lung

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phylac(t)-

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to guard, to protect

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porphyr-

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purple

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sarc-

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flesh

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scler-

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hard

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sep-

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to rot, purify

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sit-

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food

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splen-

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spleen

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sten-

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narrow

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stere-

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solid, three-dimensional

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cyn-

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dog

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hapl-

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single

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kyn-, cym-

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wave

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lemm(a)-

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sheath, husk, membrane

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loph-

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crest, ridge, tuft

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lymph-

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water, lymph

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mit-

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thread

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ornis-, ornith-

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bird

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pha-

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to speak

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phem-

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voice

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phrag(m)-

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to block, to wall up

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plan-

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wandering

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pleur-

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side, rib, pleura

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plo-

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folded, fold

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pne(a)-, pneust-

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breathing

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rhaph-, rrhaph-

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to sew, to suture

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spa-

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to draw, to jerk

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staphyl-

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bunch of grapes, uvula

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steth-

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chest

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xen-

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host, stranger, foreigner

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balan-

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acorn, glans penis

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bry-

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moss

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camp(t)-, campyl-

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bent

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carp-

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wrist

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cerc-

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tail

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cleid-

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clavicle

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doch-

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to take or receive (duct)

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ech-

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echo, repetition

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gangli-

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mass of nerve tissue, small cyst or swelling

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gli-

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glue (support)

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in-

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fiber, muscle

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rhach(i)-, rach(i)-, rrhach-

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spine

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rrhag-

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excessive discharge, usually of blood

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sphygm-

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pulse

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spondyl-

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vertebra

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stern-

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chest, breastbone

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thel-

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nipple

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toc-, tok-

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childbirth

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tre(t)-

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to bore, to perforate

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adelph-

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brother (sibling)

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ancon-

A

elbow

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calypt(r)-

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hidden

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chord-

A

cord

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chor(i)-

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fetal membrane (chorion), tunic of eyeball (choroid)

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clon(us)-

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muscle spasm

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coll(a)-

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glue

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ec-, oec-, oek-, oik-

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house, enclosure

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oic-

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surroundings

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not-

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the back

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om-

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shoulder

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opisth-

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behind

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phy-

A

to grow

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por-

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passage, pore

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pty-

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to spit

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ptyal-

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saliva

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rhabd-

A

rod

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spor-

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seed, spore

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stig-

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pricking, mark, point

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tel(e)-

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completion, end, purpose

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troch-

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wheel, disk

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xyl-

A

wood

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alex-

A

to ward off

237
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antr-

A

cavity, sinus

238
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bronch(i)-

A

air tube

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chlamyd-

A

cloak, enevelope

240
Q

chym-, chyl-

A

juice

241
Q

condyl-

A

knob, knuckle

242
Q

corm-

A

trunk of tree or body

243
Q

gon(i)-

A

angle

244
Q

hal-

A

salt

245
Q

pali(n)-

A

again, back

246
Q

poikil-

A

varied, irregular, mottled

247
Q

pycn-, pykn-

A

thick, frequent

248
Q

pyl(e)-

A

gate, entrance

249
Q

sperm(a)-, spermat-

A

seed, sperm

250
Q

sphen-

A

wedge

251
Q

spir-

A

coil

252
Q

syring-, syrinx-

A

pipe, tube

253
Q

ta-

A

to stretch

254
Q

ton-

A

stretching, tension

255
Q

trachel-

A

neck

Intro to Greek and Latin biology (10 decks)

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