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aeti- / eti-

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cause

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alve-

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tooth socket, socket, cavity

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alveol-

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tooth socket, socket, cavity

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-ary

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adjectival suffix

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cancer

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crab

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hem-

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blood

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hemat-

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blood

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-hemia

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a condition of the blood, presence of a substance in the blood, presence of blood in an organ

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-ic

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adjectival suffix, pertaining to

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-ical

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adjectival suffixes; performing an action

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-ics

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study of a subject

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idi-

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individual, distinct, self-produced, unknown

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-logical

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pertaining to the study

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-logist

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specialist in the study

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-logy

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study of a subject

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-o-

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Greek combining vowel

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-osis

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suffix forming a noun

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path-

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disease

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-pathic

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pertaining to disease, diseased

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-pathy

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disease

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physi-

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nature

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ptyal-

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saliva, salivary gland

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ptysis

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excretion of saliva

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pulm-

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lung

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pulmon-

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lung

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-rrhage

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rapid discharge

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-rrhagia

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rapid discharge

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sider-

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iron

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spir-

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respiration, breathing

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chem-

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chemical

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-therapy

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treatment, treatment by means

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dia-

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through

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-lysis

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destruction, breakdown, loosening

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-lytic

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pertaining to the destruction

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plasm-

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plasma

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plasmat-

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plasma

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hem-

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half (with -i-)

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aer-

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air, gas

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aqu-

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water

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aqua-

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water

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aque-

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water

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aut-

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spontaneous, itself, own, self

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bili-

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bile, gall

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chol-

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bile, gall (-e-)

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cry-

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extreme cold, extremely cold

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-e-

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comb vowel with chol-

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ge-

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the earth, land

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heli-

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sun

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hydr-

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water

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hygien-

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health

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hypn-

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sleep

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iatr-

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medicine, physician

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53
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-iatrics

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study and treatment

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-iatry

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study and treatment

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melan-

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black

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narc-

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stupor, sleep

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necr-

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death, corpse, dead tissue, dead cell

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-necrosis

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death of cells, tissues, organs

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neo-

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new

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nos-

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disease

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nyct-

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night, during the night

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nyctal-

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night, during the night

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phlegm-

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phlegm

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phlegmat-

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phlegm

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phot-

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light

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psychr-

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cold

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pyr-

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heat, fire

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pyret-

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fever

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sanguin-

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blood

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sicc-

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dry

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terr-

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the earth, land

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thanat-

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death

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therm-

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heat, temperature

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xer-

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anti-

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against, opposing

76
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anti-…-toxin

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agent used to counteract a substance poisonous to an organ/tissue, agent used to counteract a poisonous substance present in a life form

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arachn-

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spider, spider like, spider web

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-ectasia

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dilation, expansion, bulge

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion, bulge

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ecto-

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outside, outer, out

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-ectome

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instrument used to excise/cut out

82
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-ectomize

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to excise, remove surgically

83
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-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal

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-ectopia

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malposition, displacement

85
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-ectopy

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malposition, displacement

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eu-

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indicates a positive state, happy, healthy, proper, good, well

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hyper-

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excessive, excess of, greater than normal

88
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hypo-

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less than normal, deficiency of, below, under, inferior to (locative)

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-ia

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abstract noun suffix: a state of being, a process or act, a syndrome, a symptom, a condition

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-oid

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resembling, like

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-ostomy

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creation of a passage into/between an organ(s)/structure(s)

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pharmac-

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-phile

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someone who has a love, liking, preference, or affinity

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-philia

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a love, liking, preference or affinity

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-philic

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loving, liking, preferring / having a love, like, preference, affinity

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phob-

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persistent and irrational fear

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-phobe

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someone who has a persistent and irrational fear or strong dislike

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-phobia

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persistent and irrational fear or strong dislike

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-phobic

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persistently and irrationally afraid of/ hateful toward, having a persistent and irrational fear

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stom-

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stomach-

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stomat-

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-tome

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instrument used to cut into

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-tomy

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top-

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place, location

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tox-

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toxic-

108
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toxin-

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-toxin

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substance poisonous to, poison present in

110
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xen-

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strange, foreign, foreigner, alien

111
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a-…-uria

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absence of a substance in the urine

112
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-ate

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having, characterized by

113
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-ation

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abstract nominal suffix (forms a noun)

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carn-

115
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-cide

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act of killing, destruction, agent used to kill (usually -i-)

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corpor-

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body, corpus

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ex-

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out, out of, outside

118
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exo-

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out, out of, outside

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ferr-

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hom-

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human being, person

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homin-

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human being, person

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hum-

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in-

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infra-

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below, under, inferior to

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inter-

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intra-

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within, inner, interior, inside

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lacer-

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morb-

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mort-

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omni-

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all, every

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-scope

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instrument used to make an examination visually

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-scopy

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visual examination

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sol-

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somn-

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ur-

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urine, urinary tract, urination

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ureter-

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ureter, tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder

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urethr-

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urethra, tube carrying urine from bladder to outside of the body

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-uria

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urination, presence of a substance in the urine, abnormal condition of the urine

139
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uric-

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urin-

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urine, urinary tract, urination

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ven-

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venen-

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venom-

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vit-

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-vore

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one which habitually feeds on something (-i-)

146
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-vorous

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habitually feeding on something (-i-)

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-al

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adjectival suffix

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all-

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other, another, divergent, alternating

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ante-

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bi-

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calc-

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calcium, calcium salts, lime

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calcin-

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calcium, calcium salts, lime

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cerebell-

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cerebellum, posterior part of the brain

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cerebr-

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cerebrum, largest part of the brain

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circum-

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cis-

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con-

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joined, fused, simultaneous, in association, together, with

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de-

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from, down from, away

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fec-

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fecal-

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-ferous

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bearing, containing (-i-)

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-i-

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Latin combining vowel

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-ia

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abstract nominal suffix, condition usually abnormal

164
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-iasis

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suffix forming a noun and indicating a state of being usually negative

165
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-ile

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adjectival suffix

166
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-ine

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adjectival suffix

167
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-ise, -ize

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verbal suffix, to (do something)

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-ism

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suffix forming a noun and indicating a state of being usually negative

169
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-ist

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a specialist

170
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non-

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-ous

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containing, also adjectival suffix

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peri-

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post-

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after, behind, posterior to

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pre-

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pro-

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before, for

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sub-

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less than normal, deficiency of, below, under, inferior to

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super-

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superior, greater than normal, above, beyond, superior to

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supra-

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above, beyond, superior to

179
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-tic

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adjectival suffix

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trans-

A

across, through

181
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-y

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abstract noun suffix: a state of being, a process or act, a syndrome, a symptom, a condition

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