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1
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kyph/o

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humpback

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labi/o

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lip

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lacrim/o

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tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct

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lact/o

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milk

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lamin/o

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lamina

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lampr/o

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clear

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lapar/o

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abdominal wall; abdomen

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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laryng/o

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larynx (voice box)

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later/o

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side

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leiomy/o

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smooth (visceral) muscle

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-lepsy

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seizure

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lept/o

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thin, slender

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-leptic

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to seize, take hold of

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leuk/o

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white

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lex/o

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word: phrase

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-lexia

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word; phrase

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ligament/o

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ligament

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ligat/o

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binding, tying

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lingu/o

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tongue

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lip/o

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fat; lipid

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-listhesis

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condition of stones

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lith/o

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stone, calculus

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lob/o

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lobe

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-logy

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study (process of)

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lord/o

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curve; swayback

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lumb/o

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lower back; loin

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lumin/o

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light

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lute/o

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yellow

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lux/o

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to slide

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lymph/o

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lymph

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lymphaden/o

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lymph gland (node)

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lymphangi/o

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lymph vessel

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-lysis

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breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening

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-lytic

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to reduce, destroy, separate; breakdown

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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-malacia

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softening

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malleol/o

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malleolus

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mamm/o

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breast

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mandibul/o

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mandible (lower jaw bone)

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-mania

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obsessive preoccupation

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mast/o

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breast

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mastoid/o

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mastoid process (behind the ear)

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maxill/o

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maxilla (upper jaw bone)

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meat/o

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meatus (opening)

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum

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medull/o

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medulla (inner section); middle; soft, marrow

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mega-

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large

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-megaly

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enlargement

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melan/o

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black

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mel/o

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limb, limbs

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men/o

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menses; menstruation

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mening/o, meningi/o

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meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord & brain)

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ment/o

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mind; chin

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meso-

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middle

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meta-

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change; beyond

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metacarp/o

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metacarpals (hand bones)

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metatars/o

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metatarsals (foot bones)

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-meter

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measure

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metr/o, metri/o

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uterus (womb); measure

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-metry

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process of measuring

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micro-

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small

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-mimetric

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mimic; copy

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-mission

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to send

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morph/o

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shape; form

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mort/o

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death

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-ial

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pertaining to

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-ian

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specialist

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-iatrics

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field of medicine, healing

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-iatrist

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specialist

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-iatry

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field of medicine

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-ible

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capable of, able to

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icter/o

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jaundice

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-iferous

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bearing, carrying, producing

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-ific

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making, producing

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-iform

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shaped or formed like, resembling

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-igo

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attack, diseased condition

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-ile

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capable of

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illusi/o

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deception

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im-

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not

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impact/o

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pushed against, wedged against, packed

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impress/o

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pressing into

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impuls/o

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pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on

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incis/o

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cutting into

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incubat/o

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incubation, hatching

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indurat/o

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hardened

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infarct/o

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filled in, stuffed

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infer/o

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below, beneath

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infest/o

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attack, assail, molest

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inflammat/o

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flame within, set on fire

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infundibul/o

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funnel

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ingest/o

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carry or pour in

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inhal/o, inhalat/o

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breath in

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inject/o

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to force or throw in

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innominat/o

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unnamed, nameless

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inocul/o

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implant, introduce

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insipid/o

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tasteless

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inspir/o, inspirat/o

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breathe in

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insul/o

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island

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intact/o

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untouched, whole

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intermitt/o

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not continuous

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intern/o

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within, inner

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interstiti/o

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the space between things

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intestin/o

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intestine

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intim/o

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innermost

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intoxic/o

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put poison in

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intrins/o

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contained within

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intro-

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within, into, inside

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introit/o

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entrance or passage

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intussuscept/o

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take up or receive within

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involut/o

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rolled up, curled inward

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-is

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noun ending

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ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o

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iris, colored part of eye

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iso-

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equal

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-isy

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noun ending

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-ive

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performs, tends toward

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-ize

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to make, to treat

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kata-, kath-

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down

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labi/o

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lip

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labyrinth/o

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maze, labyrinth, the inner ear

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lacer/o, lacerat/o

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torn, mangled

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lactat/o

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secrete milk

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laps/o

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slip, fall, slide

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lat/i, lat/o

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broad

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lav/o, lavat/o

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wash, bathe

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lax/o, laxat/o

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loosen, relax

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lent/i

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the lens of the eye

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lenticul/o

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shaped like a lens, pertaining to a lens

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lepto-

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small, soft

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letharg/o

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drowsiness, oblivion

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lev/o, levat/o

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raise, lift up

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libid/o, libidin/o

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sexual drive, desire, passion

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-lithiasis

A

presence of stones

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loc/o

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place

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loch/i

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childbirth, confinement

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longev/o

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long-lived, long life

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lun/o, lunat/o

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moon

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lunul/o

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crescent

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lup/i, lup/o

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wolf

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-lyst

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agent that causes lysis or loosening

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macul/o

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spot

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magn/o

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great, large

144
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major/o

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larger

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malign/o

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bad, evil

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malle/o

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malleus, hammer

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man/i

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madness, rage

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man/i, man/o

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hand

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manipul/o

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use of hands

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manubri/o

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handle

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masset/o

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chew

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mastic/o, masticat/o

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chew

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matern/o

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maternal, of a mother

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matur/o

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ripe

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maxim/o

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largest, greatest

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medic/o

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medicine, physician, healing

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medicat/o

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medication, healing

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mei/o

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less, meiosis

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mellit/o

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honey, honeyed

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membran/o

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membrane, thin skin

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menisc/o

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meniscus, crescent

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mens/o

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menstruate, menstruation, menses

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mentru/o, menstruat/o

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occurring monthly

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metabol/o

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change

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-metrist

A

one who measures

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mictur/o, micturit/o

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urinate

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mid-

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middle

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midsagitt/o

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from front to back. at the middle

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milli-

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one-thousandth

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mineral/o

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mineral

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minim/o

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smallest, least

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minor/o

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smaller

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mio-

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smaller

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mit/o

A

a thread

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mitr/o

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a miter; having two points on top

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