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Latin and Greek Roots Flashcards

1
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a, an-

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negative, without

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acin-

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cluster of grapes

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ad-

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to, toward

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affer-

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carrying to

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anthro-

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human

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artho-

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joint

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anti-

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opposite, against

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astra-

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star

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bar-

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pressure

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bio-

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life

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brachi-

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arm

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branch-

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gill

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cauda-

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tail

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chloro-

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green

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chrom-

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colour

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colla-

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glue, stick together

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contra-

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opposite/against

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crinis

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secrete

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crypt-

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hidden

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cyt-

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cell

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demi-

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half

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derm-

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skin

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dis-

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separate

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dys-

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bad, faulty

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-ectomy

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removal of

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effer-

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carry away from

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enter-

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intestine, gut

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erythro-

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red

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-gram

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record, recording

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gly-

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sugar, sweet

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gyn-

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woman

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hem-

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blood

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hepato-

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liver

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holo-

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entire, complete

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hydro-

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water

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hypo-

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lower, beneath

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ab-

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from, away

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acin-

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cluster, like grapes

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39
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amphi-

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both

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amyl-

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starch

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actin-

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ray

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42
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arch-

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primitive, ancient

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43
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-asis

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condition or state

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44
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auto-

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self

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45
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bi-

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two, twice

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46
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blast-

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to generate

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47
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brady-

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slow

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cardi-

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heart

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cephal-

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head

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chondro-

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cartilage

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51
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coel-

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hollow, cavity

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52
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corp-

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body

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53
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cauda-

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tail

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54
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cyst-

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sac, bladder

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55
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dactyl-

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digit, finger

56
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dextro-

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right sided

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di-

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two, double

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duo-

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two, double

59
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ect-

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outer, outside

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endo-

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within, inner

61
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epi-

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upon

62
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exo-

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out, outside, without

63
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gastr-

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stomach

64
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gymn-

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naked

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gangli

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knot, wad

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hemi-

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half

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hetero-

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other, different

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homeo-

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same, steady

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hyper-

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over, above

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-ichthy

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fish

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inter-

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between

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iso-

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equal

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lact-

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milk

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lipo-

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fat

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lysis-

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burst, rupture

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mal-

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bad, abnormal

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meso-

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middle

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mer-

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unit, part

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micro-

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small

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multi-

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many

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neo-

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new

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oligo-

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few, small

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mono-

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one

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oral-

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mouth

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oste-

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bone

85
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phag-

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eat

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pathos-

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disease, suffering

85
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pre-

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before

86
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ped-

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foot

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post-

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after

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-philic

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liking

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pulmo-

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lung

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retic-

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network

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sarco-

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flesh, fleshy

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retro-

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backward

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soma-

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body

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rhin-

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nose, snout

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sub-

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under, below

90
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syn-, sym-

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with, together

90
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xanth

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yellow

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macro-

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great, large

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tachy-

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rapid

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-itis

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inflammation

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vaso-

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vessel

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troph-

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food, to feed

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xyl-

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wood

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intra-

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within, inside

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lumen-

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cavity, inside a tube

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lamella-

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leaf, layer

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med-

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middle

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milli-

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thousand

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meta-

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after

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morph-

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form

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myo-

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muscle

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nephro-

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kidney

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poly-

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many

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-ology

A

the study of

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oss-

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bone

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para-

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beside, near

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plasm-

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fluid substance

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peri-

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around

104
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-phobe

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fearing

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-phyte

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plant

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pneumo-

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air, lungs, breath

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pseudo-

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false

108
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renal-

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kidney, urinary system

109
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sphinct-

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closing

110
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sacchar-

A

sugar

111
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scler-

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hard

112
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steno-

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narrow

113
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super-

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above

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theca-

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case, enclosure

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trans-

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across, through

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uni-

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one, single

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vita-

A

life

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xer-

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dry

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vulgaris-

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common

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