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somni

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sleep

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pharmac

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drug

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vert

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turn

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eu

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good

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ambi

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both

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amphi

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both sides

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clas

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break

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duct

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tube

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fiss

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split

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ger

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old

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heter

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other

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hom

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same

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sta

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stand

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volv

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to roll

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splanchn

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internal organ

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med

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middle

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xer

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dry

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per

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throughout

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blast

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bud

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duct

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lead

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phren

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mind

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ptyal

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saliva

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colla

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glue-like

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osmo

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odor

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lumbo

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lions

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olfact

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smell

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helio

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sun

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histo

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tissue

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phage

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to eat

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tarso

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framework of the upper eyelid

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ambisexual

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pertaining to both sexes

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ambient

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surrounding, on both sides

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amplexation

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braided or weave around

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amphicrania

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pain on both sides of the head

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amphodiplopia

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double vision

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angioblast

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the formation of tissue

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lipoblast

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tissue cell that develops into a fat cell

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blastoma

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tumor formed from tissues

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osteoclasis

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breaking of a bone to correct a deformity

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cardioclasis

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broken heart

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diaclasis

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a fracture

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ductless glands

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glands producing secretions that are put directly into blood stream

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abduct

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draw away from midline of the body

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adductor

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draws a part of the body toward the midline

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eucholia

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normal bile

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eukinesia

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normal movement

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eupnea

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normal breathing

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fissure

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any cleft or groove

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fission

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a splitting apart

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fissula

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a little cleft

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geriatrics

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the branch of medicine that deals with diseases and hygeine of old age

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gerontology

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study of the process of aging

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heterogenous

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opposite in structure

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heterotopia

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different place

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heterodermic

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pertaining to a skin graft

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myeleterosis

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morbid alteration of the spinal cord

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homogenous

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standing the same

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homohemotherapy

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treatment of injection by another indivisual of the same species

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homeotransplant

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a piece of tissue taken from one individual and transplanted in another

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mesentery

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a membranous fold attaching the small intestine to the base of the abdominal wall

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mesonasal

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middle of the nose

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mediastinum

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occuring in the middle

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peracute

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excessively sharp

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pernasal

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through the nose

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percutaneous

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through the skin

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pharmacy

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preparing, compounding, and dispensing medicine

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pharmacal

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pertaining to pharmacy

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phrenic

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pertaining to the mind

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somnipathy

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any disorder of sleep

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insomnia

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inability to sleep

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persomnia

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excessive

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somnlence

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sleepiness

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splanchnectopia

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an out of place organ

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splanchnodynia

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pain in an internal organ

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stasis

A

a stoppage of the flow of other body fluid

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diastasis

A

standing apart

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hemostasis

A

escape of blood

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hemostat

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anything used to stop bleeding

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vertebra

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bones or segments of the spinal column

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version

A

a displacement of the uterus

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vertigo

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sensation of dizzyness

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transverse

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turned across

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retroversion

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turned back

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volvulus

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intestinal obstruction due to knotting and twisting of the bowel

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volvulate

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to twist or form a knot

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xerosis

A

abnormal dryness

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xeroderma

A

dry skin

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xerocheilia

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dry lips

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