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axill/o

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armpit

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bacill/o

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bacilli (bacteria)

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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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balan/o

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glans penis

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bar/o

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pressure; weight

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bartholin/o

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Bartholin glands

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bas/o

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base; opposite of acid

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bi-

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two

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bil/i

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bile; gall

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bilirubin/o

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bilirubin

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-blast

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embryonic; immature cell

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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brachi/o

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arm

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brachy-

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short

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brady-

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slow

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bronch/o

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bronchial tube

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bronchi/o

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bronchial tube

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bronchiol/o

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bronchiole

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bucc/o

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cheek

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burs/o

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bursa (sac of fluid near joints)

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calc/o

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calcium

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calcane/o

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calcaneus (heel bone)

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calci/o

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calcium

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calcul/o, -calculia

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to compute

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cali/o

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calyx

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calic/o

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calyx

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calor/i

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heat

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capn/o

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carbon dioxide

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caps/o, capsul/o

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capsule, container

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carcin/o

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cancerous; cancer

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cari/o

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caries, rottenness

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cardi/o

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heart

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carp/o

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wrist bone (carpals)

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cata-

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down

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cathar/o, cathart/o

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cleansing, purging

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caud/o

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tail; lower part of the body

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caus/o

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burn; burning

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cauter/o

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heat; burn

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cav/o

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hollow, cavity

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cec/o

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cecum (first part of the colon)

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-cele

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hernia

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42
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celi/o

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belly; abdomen

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43
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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

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cerumin/o

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cerumen (earwax)

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cervic/o

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neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

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cheil/o

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lip

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chem/o

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drug; chemical

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chir/o

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hand

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chlor/o

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green

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chlorhydr/o

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hydrochloric acid

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chol/e

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bile; gall

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cholangi/o

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bile; vessel

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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choledoch/o

A

common bile duct

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cholesterol/o

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cholesterol

59
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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chori/o, chorion/o

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chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus)

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choroid/o

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choroid layer of the eye

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chrom/o

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color

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chron/o

A

time

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chyl/o

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chyle

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chym/o

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to pour

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cib/o

A

meal

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-cide

A

killing

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-cidal

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pertaining to killing

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circum-

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around

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cirrh/o

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orange-yellow

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cis/o

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to cut

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-clast

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to break

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-clasis

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to break

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-ago

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abnormal condition, disease

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-aise

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comfort, ease

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alb/i

A

white

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alg/e, algi/o, alg/o, algesi/o

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relationship to pain

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-algesic

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painful, pain sense

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allign/o

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bring into the line or correct position

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aliment/o

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to nourish

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all-

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other, different from normal, reversal

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alopec/o

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baldness, mangy

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ambul/o, ambulat/o

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walk

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ametr/o

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out of proportion

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amph-

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around, on both sides, doubly

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amput/o, amputat/o

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cut away, cut off a part of the body

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-ancy

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state of

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angin/o

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angina, choking, strangling

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anomal/o

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irregularity

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apic/o

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apex

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aplast/o

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defective development, lack of development

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apoplect/o

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a stroke

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aqu/i, aqu/o

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water

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arc/o

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bow, arc, or arch

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areat/o

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occurring in patches or circumscribed areas

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areol/o

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little open space

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-aria

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connected with

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arrect/o

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upright, lifted up, raised

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as-

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toward, to

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asthen-

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weakness, lack of strength

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asthmat/o

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gasping, choking

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at-

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toward, to

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athet/o

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uncontrolled

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-ation

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state or action

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atop/o

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strange, out of place

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atres/i

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without an opening

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attenuat/o

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diluted, weakened

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aud-

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ear, hearing, the sense of hearing

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aur/i

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ear, hearing

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auscult/a

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listen

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-ax

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noun ending

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ax/o

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axis, main stem

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bacill/o

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rod-shaped bacterium

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bifid/o

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split, divided into two parts

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bifurcat/o

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divide or fork into two branches

116
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bin-

A

two

117
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borborygm/o

A

rumbling sound

118
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brev/i, brev/o

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short

119
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bronch/i, bronch/o

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bronchial tube, bronchus

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brux/o

A

grind

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