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gonad/o

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sex glands

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goni/o

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angle

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-gram

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record

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granul/o

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granule(s)

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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processes of recording

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gravid/o

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pregnancy

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-gravida

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pregnant woman

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gynec/o

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women; female

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gyr/o

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circle, spiral

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hallucin/o

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hallucination

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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hemi-

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half

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hemoglobin/o

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hemoglobin

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hepat/o

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liver

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herni/o

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hernia

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-hexia

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habit

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hidr/o

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sweat

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hirsut/o

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hairy

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hist/o

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tissue

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histi/o

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tissue

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holo-

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entire, complete

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home/o

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sameness; unchanging; constant

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hormon/o

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hormone

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hymen/o

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hymen

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humer/o

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humerous

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hydr/o

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water

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hyper-

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above; excessive

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hypn/o

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sleep

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hypo-

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deficient; below; under; less than normal

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hyster/o

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uterus; womb

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-ia

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condition

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-iac

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pertaining to

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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iatr/o

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physician; treatment

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ical

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pertaining to

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ichthy/o

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dry; scaly

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-ician

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specialist

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-icle

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small

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ide/o

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idea, mental images

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idi/o

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unknown; individual; distinct

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ile/o

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ileum (last part of the small intestine)

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ili/o

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ilium (the large broad bone forming the upper part of each half of the pelvis)

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immun/o

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immune; protection; safe

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in-

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in; into; not

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-in

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a substance, chemical, chemical compound

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infra-

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below; inferior to; beneath

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inguin/o

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groin

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insulin/o

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insulin (pancreatic hormone)

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within; into

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iod/o

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iodine

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ion/o

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ion; to wonder

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-ion

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process

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-ior

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pertaining to

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ipsi-

A

same

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ir-

A

in

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ir/o

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iris (colored portion of the eye)

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irid/o

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iris (colored portion of the eye)

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is/o

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same; equal

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isch/o

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to hold back; back

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ischi/o

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ischium, (part of hip bone)

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-ism

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process; condition

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-ist

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specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ium

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structure; tissure

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ixod/i

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ticks

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juxta-

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near

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jejun/o

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jejunum

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kary/o

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nucleus

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kel/o

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tumor, fibrous growth

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kerat/o

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cornea; hard; horny tissue

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ket/o, keton/o

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ketones: acetones

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kines/o

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movement

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kinesi/o

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movement

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-kinesis

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movement

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klept/o

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to steal

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koil/o

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hollow, concave, depressed

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kraur/o

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dry

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fascicul/o

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little bundle

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fatal/o

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pertaining to fate; death

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fauc/i

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narrow pass, throat

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fec/i, fec/o

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dregs, sediment, waste

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fenestr/a

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window

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fer/o

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bear, carry

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fibrill/o

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muscular twitching

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fibrin/o

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fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot

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-fic, fic/o

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making, producing, forming

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filtr/o, filtrat/o

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filter, to strain through

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fimbri/o

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fringe

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fiss/o, fissur/o

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crack, split, cleft

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fistul/o

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tube or pipe

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flat/o

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flatus, breaking wind, rectal gas

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flu/o

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flow

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foc/o

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focus, point

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foll/i

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bag, sac

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foramin/o

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opening, foramen

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fove/o

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pit

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fract/o

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break, broken

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front/o

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forehead, brow

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-fuge

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to drive away

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fund/o

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bottom, base, ground

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furuncul/o

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furunculus, a boil, an infection

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game/o

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wife or husband, egg or sperm

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gangli/o

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ganglion

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gangren/o

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eating sore, gangrene

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gastrocnemi/o

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gastrocnemius, calf muscle

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gemin/o

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twin, double

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gen-, gen/o, -gen

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producing, forming

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-gene

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production, origin, formation

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-genous

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producing

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germin/o

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bud, sprout, germ

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glen/o

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socket or pit

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globul/o

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little ball

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glott/i, glott/o

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back of the tongue

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glute/o

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buttocks

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glycer/o

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sweet

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-gnosia

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knowledge, to know

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-gog, -gogue

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make flow

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goitr/o

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goiter, enlargement of the thyroid gland

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hal/o, halit/o

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breath

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hem/e

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deep red iron-containing pigment

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hered/o, heredit/o

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inherited, inheritance

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herpet/o

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creeping

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hiat/o

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opening

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hom/o

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same, like, alike

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hygien/o

A

healthy

Medical Terminology (11 decks)

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