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aden/o

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gland

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aden/oid

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resembling a gland, -oid: resembling

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agglutin/o

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clumping, gluing

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agglutin/ation

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process of clumnping, -ation: process of

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bas/o

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base (alkaline)

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bas/o/phil

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attraction to base (alkaline dyes), -phil: attraction for

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blast/o

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embryonic cells

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erythr/o/blast/osis

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abnormal increase of embryonic red cells, erythr/o-red, -osis- abnormal condition,

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chrom/o

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color

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hypo/chrom/ic

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under (decrease in) color

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eosin/o

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dawn, rose-colored

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eosin/o/phil

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attraction for rose colored (dye), -phil: attraction

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eryht/o

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red

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erythr/o/cyte

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red cell

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granul/o

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granule

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granul/o/cyte

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cell (containing granules) -cyte: cyte

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hem/o

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blood

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hem/o/phobia

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fear of blood, -phobia: fear

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hemat/o

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blood

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hemat/oma

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blood tumor, -oma: tumor

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immun/o

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immune, immunity, safe

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imun/o/logy

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study of immunity, -logy: study of

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kary/o

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nucleus

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kary/o/lysis

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destruction of the nucleus, -lysis: separation, destruction, loosening

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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mono/nucle/ar

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pertaining to a single nucleus, mono: one, -ar: pertaining to

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leuk/o

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white

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leuk/emia

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white blood condition, -emia: blood condition

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lymphaden/o

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lymph gland (node)

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lymphaden/o/pathy

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disease of lymph nodes, -pathy: disease

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lymph/o

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lymph

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lymph/oid

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resembling lymph, -oid: resembling

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lymphangio/o

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lymph vessel

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lymphangi/oma

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tumor composed of lymph vessels, -oma: tumor

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morph/o

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form, shape, structure

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morph/o/logy

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study of form, shape, and structure, -logy: study of

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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myel/o/genic

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pertaining to the origin in the bone marrow, gen: forming producing, origin, -ic: pertaining to

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neutro/o

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neutral, neither

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neutro/phil/ic

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pertaining to an attraaction for neuctral dyes, -phil: attraction for, -ic: pertaining to

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phag/o

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swallowing, eating

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phag/o/cyte

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cell that eats (foreign material), -cyte: cell

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plas/o

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formation, growth

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a/plast/tic

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pertaining to a failure to form, a-:without, -tic:pertaining to

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poikil/o

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varied, irregular

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poikil/o/cyte

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cells that is irregular or varied (in shape)

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reticul/o

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net, mesh

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reticul/o/cyte

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cells that contains a net or meshwork

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ser/o

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serum

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ser/o/logy

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study of serum

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sider/o

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iron

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sider/o/penia

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deficiency of iron

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splen/o

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spleen

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splen/o/rrhagia

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bursting forth of the spleen, -rrhagia: busting forth

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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xen/o

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foreign, strange

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xen/o/graft

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foreign transplantation, -graft: transplantation

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-blast

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embryonic cell

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erythr/o/blast

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embryonic red cell

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-emia

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blood condition

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an/emia

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without blood, an-: without, not

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-globin

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protein

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hem/o/globin

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blood protein, hem/o: blood

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-graft

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transplantation

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autograft

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self transplantation, auto-: self, own

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-osis

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abnormal condition, increased

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leuk/o/cyt/osis

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abnormal increase in white blood cells, leuko/white, cyt: cell

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-penia

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decrease, deficiency

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erythr/o/penia

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abnormal decrease in RBC

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-phil

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attraction for

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-phoresis

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carrying, transmission

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electr/o/phoresis

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carrying an electric charge, electr/o: electricity

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-phylaxis

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protection

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ana/phylaxis

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against protection, ana-: against,

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-poiesis

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formation, production

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hem/o/poiesis

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formation of blood, hem/o: blood

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-stasis

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standing still

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hem/o/stasis

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standing still of blood, hem/o: blood

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a-

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without, not

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allo-

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other, different

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aniso-

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unequal, dissimilar

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aniso/cyt/osis

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abnormal increase in cells that are unequal

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iso-

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same, equall

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iso/chrom/ic

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pertaining to the same color

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macro-

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large

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macro/cyte

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large (red) cell

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micro-

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small

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micro/cyte

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small (red) cell

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