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1
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Pertaining to chemistry

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Chemical

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2
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Poor nourishment of tissue

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Dystrophy

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Exaggerated feeling of well-being

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Euphoria

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4
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Pertaining to the jaw

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Gnathic

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5
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A drug dispensary

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Pharmacy

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Inflammation of the lungs

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Pneumonia

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Pseudo-

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False

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8
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Dropping

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Ptosis

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9
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Pertaining to rheumatism, a disorder of muscles and joints

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Rheumatic

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10
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Pertaining to cartilage,attached to the sternum

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Xiphoid

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11
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Persistent and exaggerated fear

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Phobia

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12
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Impaired control of alcohol use

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Alcoholism

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13
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Acid condition of body fluids

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Acidosis

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14
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Sustained muscle contraction

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Tetany

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15
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Practioner of medicine

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Physician

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16
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Study of the treatment of the aged

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Geriatrics

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17
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Study and treatment of the foot

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Podiatry

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18
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Study and treatment of the skeleton and joints

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Orthopedics

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19
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Specialist in the study and treatment of the heart

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Cardiologist

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20
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Study and function in a living organism

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Physiology

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21
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Pertaining to the heart

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Cardiac

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22
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Pertaining to the skeleton

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Skeletal

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23
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Pertaining to the muscles

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Muscular

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24
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Pertain ingun to the diet

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Dietary

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25
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Pertaining to meter

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Metric

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26
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Pertaining to anatomy

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Anatomical

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27
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Pertaining to fever

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Febrile

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28
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Resembling toxins

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Toxoid

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29
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Pertaining to the respiration

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Respiratory

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30
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Pertaining to vein

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Venous

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31
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Pertaining to the gums, and its plural form

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Gingiva/ gingivae

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32
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Pertaining to an opening and its plural form

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Foramen/ foramina

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33
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Prim/i

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First

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34
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Prim/i

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First

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35
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Mon/o

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One

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36
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Uni-

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One

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Hemi-

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Half or one-sided

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38
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Semi-

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Half or partial

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39
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Bi-

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Two;twice

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Di-

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Two;twice

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41
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Dipl/o

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Double

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42
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Tri-

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Three

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43
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Quadr/i

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Four

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44
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Tetra-

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Four

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45
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Multi-

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Many

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46
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Poly-

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Many; much

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47
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Occuring first in time

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Primitive

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48
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Pertaining to one eye

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Monocular

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49
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Composed of one cell

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Unicellular

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50
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One half of a rounded structure

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Hemisphere

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51
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Partially solid

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Semisolid

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52
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A tooth with two points

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Bicuspid

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53
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Having two forms

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Dimorphous

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54
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Having two sets of chromosomes

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Diploid

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55
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Three offspring in a single birth

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Triplets

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56
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A figure of 4 surface

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Tetrahedron

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57
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1/4 of an area

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Quadrant

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58
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Consisting of many parts

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Multiple

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59
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Substances composed of many sugars

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Polysaccharide

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60
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Cyan/o

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Blue

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61
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Erythr/o

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Red

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62
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Leuk/o

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White;colorless

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63
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Melan/o

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Black or dark

64
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Xanth-o

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Yellow

65
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Bluish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen

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Cyanosis

66
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A red blood cell

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Erythrocyte

67
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White patches in the mouth

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Leukoplakia

68
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The dark pigment that colors the hair and skin

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Melanin

69
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Yellow coloration of the skin

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Xanthoderma

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A- or an-

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Not;without

71
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Anti-

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Against

72
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Contra-

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Against;opposite

73
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De-

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Down; without

74
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Dis-

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Absence,removal,separation

75
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In- or im-

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Not

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Non-

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Not

77
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Un-

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Not

78
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Free of infectious organisms

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Aseptic

79
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Means for counteracting a poison

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Antidote

80
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Prevention of conception

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Contraception

81
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Agent used to remove hair (pil/o)

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Depilatory

82
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To separate tissues for anatomical study

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Dissect

83
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Not important

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Insignificant

84
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Not able to spread disease

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Noninfectious

85
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Not responsive

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Unconscious

86
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ab-

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Away from

87
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Ad-

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Toward; near

88
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Dia-

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Through

89
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Per-

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Through

90
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Trans-

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Through

91
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To kove away from the midline

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Abduct

92
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To attach or stick together

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Adhere

93
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Separation (-lysis) by passage through a membrane

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Dialysis

94
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Through the skin

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Percutaneous

95
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Introduction of blood or blood components into the blood stream

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Transfusion

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Hyper-

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Over,excess,abnormally high, increased

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Hypo-

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Under or below

98
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Olig/o-

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Few; scanty

99
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Pan-

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All

100
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Super-

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Above, excess

101
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Excess breathing

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Hyperventilation

102
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Decreased oxygen in the tissues

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Hypoxia

103
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A scanty menstrual flow

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Oligomenorrhea

104
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Remedy that cures all ills; a cure- all

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Panacea

105
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In excess numbers

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Supernumerary

106
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Equi-

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Equal; same

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Eu-

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True,good, easy, normal

108
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Hetero-

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Other, different , unequal

109
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Hetero-

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Other, different, unequal

110
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Homo- or homeo-

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Same; unchanging

111
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Iso-

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Same;equal

112
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Macro-

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Large, abnormally large

113
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Having equal sides

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Equilateral

114
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Easy or painless death

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Euthanasia

115
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Pertaining to opposite sex

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Heterosexual

116
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Maintaining a constant body temperature; warm blooded

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Homothermic

117
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Graft between two genetically identical individuals

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Isograft

118
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Extremely large red blood cell

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Macrocyte

119
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Mega- or megalo-

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Large or abnormally large

120
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Micro-

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Small

121
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Neo-

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New

122
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Normo-

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Normal

123
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Ortho-

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Straight, correct, upright

124
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Poikilo-

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Varied; irregular

125
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Re-

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Again; back

126
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Enlargement of the bladder

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Megabladder

127
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Extremely small; visible only through a microscope

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Microscopic

128
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A new born infant

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Neonate

129
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Normal blood volume

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Normovolemia

130
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Correcting or preventing not deformities

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Orthotic

131
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Mottled condition of the skin

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Poikiloderma

132
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False paralysis

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Pseudoplegia

133
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Backward or return flow; as of nlood or stomach contents

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Regurgitation

134
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Ante-

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Before

135
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Pre-

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Before ; in front of

136
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Pro-

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Before; in front of

137
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Post-

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After or behind

138
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Before birth

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Antenatal

139
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Leading toward a condition, such as disease

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Prodome

140
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After menopause

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Post menopausal

141
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Dextr/o

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Right

142
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Sinistr/o-

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Left

143
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Ec- or ecto-

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Out; outside

144
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Ex/o -

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Away from; outside

145
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End/o

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In; within

146
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Mes/o-

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Middle

147
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Syn- , sym-

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Together

148
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Tel-e, tel,o

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End

149
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Location of the heart in the right side of the chest

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Dextrocardia

150
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Toward the left

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Sinistrad

151
Q

Outermost layer of the developing embryo

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Ectoderm

152
Q

To cut out

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Excise

153
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Device for viewing the inside of a cavity or organ

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Endoscope

154
Q

Midbrain

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Mesencephalon

155
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A junction of two nerve cells

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Synapse

156
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A terminal vessel

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Telangion

157
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A terminal vessel

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Telangion

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