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1
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Multi-

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Many, multiple, excessive

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Mumps

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Swelling

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My/o

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Muscle

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Myc/o-

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Fungus

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Mydri/o-

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To widen

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Myel/o-

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Spinal cord or bone marrow

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Myring/o-

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Eardrum

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Myx/o-

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Mucus

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Nano-

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1 billionth

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Narc/o-

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Sleep

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Nares

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Nose opening

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Nas/o-

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Nose

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Nat-

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Birth

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Natri-

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Sodium or salt

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Navicul/o-

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Boat or boat-shaped

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Necr/o-

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Death, dead, dying

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Neo-

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New

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Nephr/o-

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Kidney

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Neur/o-

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Nerve

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Neutr/o-

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Neither or neutral

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Nev/o

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Birthmark

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Nigra-

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Black

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Nin/o-

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Nine

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Noct/i-

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Night

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-noia

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Mind

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Nucle/o-

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Nut

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Null/i-

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None or no

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Nutri/o-

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To nourish

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-o/pexy

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To fixate, attach, sew

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-o/plasty

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Repair or plastic surgery

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-o/rrhagia

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Bursting forth or heavy flow

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-o/rrhea

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Discharge or flow

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-o/rrhexis

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Rupture or protrusion

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Oblique

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Sidelong or slanted

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Obstetr/i-

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Midwife

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Occipit/o-

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Back of head

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Occlusi/o-

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Closure or blockage

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Occult/o-

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Hidden

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Oct/o-

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Eight

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Ocul/o-

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Eye

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Odont/o-

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Tooth

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-oid

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Resembling

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Oleo-

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Oil

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-oleum

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Oil

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Olfact/o-

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Smell

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Olig/o-

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Few, scant, slight, little

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-olog/y

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Study of

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-oma

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Tumor or swelling

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Omo-

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Shoulder

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Omphal/o-

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Navel or umbilicus

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Onc/o-

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Tumor

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Onych/o-

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Nail

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Oophor/o-

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Ovary

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Ophthalm/o-

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Eye or eyeball

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Opisth/o-

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Backwards (bending)

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Opto-

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Vision, sight, eye

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Ora-

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Mouth

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Orb-

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Circle or dish

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Orchi/o-

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Testes or seed producer

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-orexia

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Appetite

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-orrhaphy

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Suturing or repair

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Orth/o-

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Straight, normal, correct

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Os-

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Mouth

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Oscill/o-

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To swing

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-ose

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Sugar

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-osis

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Condition of or disease

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Osmo-

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Smell

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Oste/o-

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Bone

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-ostomy

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Mouth-like opening produced by surgery

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Ot/o-

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Ear

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-otomy

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Cutting, to cut, cut into

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-otripsy

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Crushing or to crush

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Ov/o-

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Egg

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Ox/y

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Oxygen molecules or sharp

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Pachy-

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Thick

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Palat/o-

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Palate, plate, or plate of the mouth roof

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Pall/o-

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Pale or lack of color

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Palm/a-

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Palm or palm of hand

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Palpat/o-

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Touching or to touch

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Palpebra-

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Eyelid

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Palpit-

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Quivering or fluttering

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Palsy

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Slight or moderate paralysis

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Pan-

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All, total, complete

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Papilla-

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Nipple

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Para-

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Near, beside, beyond, around, similar, abnormal

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-paresis

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Paralysis

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Pariet/o-

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Wall or partition

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Part/o-

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Birth or labor

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Patell/o-

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Kneecap

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Path/o-

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Disease

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Paus/o-

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Stoppage

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Pect/o-

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Chest

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Ped-

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Foot or feet

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Pedi-

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Child

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Pedicul/o-

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Lice

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Peli-

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Purple

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Pell-

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Skin

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Pelvi/o-

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Base, basin, pelvis

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Pen/o-

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Penis or tail

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-penia

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Decrease in number

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Pent/a-

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Five

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Peps/o-

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Digestion

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Per-

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Through

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Peri-

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Around

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Perine/o-

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Base or floor

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Periton/e-

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That which holds the lower viscera

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Peroneo-

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Pin or concerning the lower outside leg bone

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Pes

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Foot

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Petech/i-

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Small

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Petit

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Little illness

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Petro

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Rock, stone, hard

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Phago-

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Eat, eating, perverse appetite

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Phalang/o-

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Close-knit row (fingers and toes)

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Pharmac/o-

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Drug relationship, to drug, medicine

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Pharyng/o-

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Throat

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Phas/o-

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Speech or speaking

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-phase

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Stage

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-pheresis

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Withdrawal or to separate

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-phile

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Love of, to love, love for

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Phim/o-

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To muzzle or muzzling

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Phleb/o-

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Vein

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Phob/o-

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Fear

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Phoc/o-

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Seal

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Phon/o-

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Voice or sound

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Phor/o-

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Feeling (mental)

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-phoresis

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Migration, transport, move or carry

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Phot/o-

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Light

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Phrag/o-

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Walk or partition

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Phraso-

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Speech or talk

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-phraxia

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Stoppage or obstruction

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Phren/o-

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Mind or diaphragm

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-phylaxis

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Protection or guard

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Physi/o-

A

Function of or nature of

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-physis

A

Growth or nature of

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Phyto-

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Plant

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Pia-

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Gentle

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Pil/o-

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Hair

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Pinn/a-

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Feather or feather-like

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Pituit/o-

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Phlegm or glue-like mucus

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Pityr/i-

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Bran (cereal-like scales on skin)

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Placent/a-

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Cake

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-plakia

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Plate or plate-like

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Plan/o-

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Flat or a plane

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Plant/o-

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Sole of foot

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Plas-

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Growth, development, formation

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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Pluer/o-

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Side or rib

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-plexy

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Paralysis

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-pnea

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Breathe or breathing

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Pneum/o-

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Lung, air, respiration

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-poie/sis

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To make, form, produce

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Poikil/o-

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Irregular or varied shape

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Poli/o-

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Gray

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Pollex-

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Thumb

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Poly-

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Many

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Pons

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Bridge

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Por/o-

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Cavity or passage (porous)

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Post-

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After

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-pox

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Pits

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Prand/i-

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Meal or breakfast

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-prax/ia

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Movement or action

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Pre-

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Before

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Prepuce

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Foreskin or hood

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Presbyo-

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Old

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Prim/i-

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First

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Pro-

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Before

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Proct/o-

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Rectum or anus

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Prone-

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To bend forward

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Propri/o-

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Property (nerve stimuli or information)

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Prostat/o-

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One who lies before

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Prot/o-

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First

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Proxim/o-

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Close or closest

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Prur/i-

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Itch or itching

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Pseud/o-

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False

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Psoas

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Loin or lumbar

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Psor/i-

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To itch

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Psych/o-

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Mind

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Pteryg/o-

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Winged

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-ptosis

A

To drop, fall, displace

180
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-ptysis

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To spit or spitting

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Pub/o-

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Pubis or pubic

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Pulmon/o-

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Lung

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Pulp/o-

A

Solid flesh

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Pupill/o-

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Pupil

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Purpur/o-

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Purple

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Pyel/o-

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Pelvis or kidney

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Pykn/o-

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Thick, dense, compact

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Pyl/o-

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Gatekeeper

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Pyo-

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Pus

190
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Pyret/o-

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Fever

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Quadr/i-

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Four

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Quint/i

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Five

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Radi/o-

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Ray, spoke, x-Ray, radioactivity

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Radic/o-

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Nerve root or spinal nerve

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Ray-

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Spoke or wave length

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Re-

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Again

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Rect/o-

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Rectum or anus

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Ren/o-

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Kidney

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Reticul/o-

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Network

200
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Retina

A

Net or net-like

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Retr/o-

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Back of, behind, backward, after

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Rhachi/o-

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Jointed vertebrae, spine, spinal column

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Rheumat/o-

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Discharge or flow through

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Rhin/o-

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Nose

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Rhomb/o-

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Parallelogram or diamond-shaped

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Rhytid/o-

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Wrinkles

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Ricketts/ia

A

Bacteria discovered by Howard Ricketts

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Roent/o-

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X-Ray

209
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Rotat/o-

A

To turn or swing around

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-rrhythm

A

Rhythm or contraction

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Rube/o-

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Red

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Rug/a-

A

Folds

213
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Sacchar/o-

A

Sugar

214
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Sacr/o-

A

Saucer or sacred bone

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Sagitt/o-

A

Arrow or arrow-like

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Saliv/o-

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Spit

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Salping/o-

A

Tube, duct, canal

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Sarc/o-

A

Fleshy

219
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Scab/o-

A

To itch

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Scapul/o-

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Shoulder blade

221
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Schiz/o-

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Split or splitting

222
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Scler/o-

A

Hardening

223
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Scoli/o-

A

Crooked or twisted

224
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-scop/e

A

An instrument that examines or views

225
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-scopy

A

To examine or view

226
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Scot/o-

A

Darkness

227
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Scrot/o-

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Sac or pouch

228
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Scurvy

A

To scratch

229
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Seb/o-

A

Oil

230
Q

Secreto-

A

Separating or to separate

231
Q

Sect/o-

A

To cut

232
Q

Semi-

A

Half

233
Q

Semin/o-

A

Seed or seed producer

234
Q

Senil/e-

A

Old

235
Q

Sept/a-

A

Partition or wall

236
Q

Sept/i-

A

Seventh

237
Q

Sept/o-

A

Poison, infection, decay, putrefy

238
Q

Sial/o-

A

Saliva or spit

239
Q

Sider/o-

A

Iron

240
Q

Silic/o-

A

Silicon carbon particles

241
Q

Sin/o-

A

Cavity

242
Q

Sinistr/o-

A

To the left

243
Q

Skelet/o-

A

Dried up or to attach

244
Q

Sole-

A

The sole of the foot

245
Q

-sol

A

In solution or solution

246
Q

Som/o-

A

Body

247
Q

Somn/o-

A

Sleep

248
Q

Son/o-

A

Sound

249
Q

Spad/i-

A

To tear

250
Q

-spasm

A

Involuntary contraction

Medical Terminology (4 decks)

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