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quadri-

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four, square

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qual-

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quality, characteristic

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quant-

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how much

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quasi-

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to some degree, as if

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quart-

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fourth, four

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quer-

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to seek, search

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quercin

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oak

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quint-

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fifth, five

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quota-

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how many

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rachi/o

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spinal column, vertebrae

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radi/o

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x-ray, radius (lateral lower arm bone)

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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re-

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back, again, backward

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-receptor , -ceptor

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receiver

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rect/o

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rectum

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ren/o

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kidney

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respir/o

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breath

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resuscit/o

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to revive

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reticul/o

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network

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retin/o

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retina

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retro-

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behind, backward, back

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rhabd/o

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rod

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rhabdomy/o

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striated (skeletal) muscle

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rhe/o

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flow, curent, stream

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rheumat/o

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watery flow

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rhin/o

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nose

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rhiz/o

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root

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rhod/o

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red, rosy

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rhytid/o

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wrinkle

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roentgen/o

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x-rays

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rose/o

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rosy

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Rot/o , Rotat/o

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turn, revolve

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-rrhage

A

excessive bleeding

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-rrhagia

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bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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rhythm/o

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rhythm

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Rubr/o , Rubr/i

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red

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Sacchar/o

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sugar

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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salping/o

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fallopian tube, auditory tube (eustachian)

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-salpinx

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fallopian tube, oviduct

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sangu/i

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blood

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sanit/a

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health

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sapr/o

A

rotten, decay

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sarc/o

A

flesh (connective tissue)

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scapul/o

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scapula, shoulder blade

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-schisis

A

to split

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schist/o

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split, cleft

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schiz/o

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spit

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sinistr/o

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left

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scint/i

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spark

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scirrh/o

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hard

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scler/o

A

sclera (white of eye)

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-sclerosis

A

hardening

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scolec/o

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worm

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent

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-scope

A

instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

A

visual examination

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scot/o

A

darkness

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seb/o

A

sebum

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sebace/o

A

sebum

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sect/o

A

to cut

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semi-

A

half

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semin/i

A

semen, seed

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-sepsis

A

putrefaction (process of decaying)

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seps/o

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infection

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sept/o

A

partition

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ser/o

A

serum, serous

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seven

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hepta, sept, septi-

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sial/o

A

saliva

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sialaden/o

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salivary gland

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sider/o

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iron

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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silic/o

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glass

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sinus/o

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sinus

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-sis

A

state of, condition

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sit/o

A

food

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six

A

hex, hexa, sex-

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skelet/o

A

skeleton

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-sol

A

solution

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somat/o

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body

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-some

A

body

85
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somn/o

A

sleep

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-somnia

A

sleep

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son/o

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sound

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-spadia

A

to tear, cut

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span/o

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scanty, scarce

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-spasm

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sudden contraction of muscle

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spectr/o

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image, spectrum

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sperm/o

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spermatozoa, sperm cell

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spermat/o

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spermatozoa, sperm cell

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sphen/o

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wedge, sphenoid bone

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spher/o

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round

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sphygm/o

A

pulse

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-sphyxia

A

pulse

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splanchn/o

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viscera (internal organs)

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spin/o

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spine

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spir/o

A

to breathe

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splen/o

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spleen

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spondyl/o

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vertebra

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squam/o

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scale

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-stalsis

A

contraction

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staped/o

A

staples (middle ear bone)

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staphyl/o

A

cluster, uvula

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-stabile

A

stable, fixed

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-stalsis

A

contraction

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staped/o

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stapes

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-stasis

A

to stop, control, place

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-stat

A

device/instrument for keeping something stationary

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-static

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pertaining to stopping, controlling

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steat/o

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fat, sebum

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sten/o

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narrowed, constricted

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-stenosis

A

tightening, structure

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ster/o

A

solid structure, steroid

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stere/o

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solid, 3-D

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stern/o

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sternum (breastbone)

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steth/o

A

chest

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-sthenia

A

strength

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stich/o

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rows

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stigmat/o

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mark, point

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-stitial

A

to set, pertaining to

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stomat/o

A

mouth

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-stomia

A

condition of the mouth

126
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-stomy

A

new opening (to form a mouth)

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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-stroma

A

supporting tissue of an organ

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styl/o

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pole or stake

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sub-

A

under, below

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submaxill/o

A

mandible

132
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succ/o

A

juice

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sud/o

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sweat

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super-

A

above, beyond

135
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-suppression

A

to stop

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supra-

A

above, upper

137
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sym-

A

together, with

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symptom/o

A

occurence

139
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syn-

A

together, within

140
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Synaps/o , Synapt/o

A

point of contact, to join

141
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Syncop/o

A

to cut off, cut short, faint

142
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syndesm/o

A

ligament

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synov/o

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synovia, synovial membrane, sheath around a tendon

144
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syring/o

A

tube

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system/o

A

system

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systol/o

A

contraction

Medical term A-Z (10 decks)

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