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1
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Adip/o-, steato-, lipo-

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Fat

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Ambul/o

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To walk

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Ankyl/o

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Fuse or bind

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Arachino-

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Spider

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Artícul/o

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Jointed

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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Avuls/i-

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To tear

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Brach/i

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Arm

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Brachy-

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Short

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Burs/o

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Sac,wine sac, pouch

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Calcin/o

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Calcium

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Calx-

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Heel or lime

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Caput

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Head

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Carcin/o

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Crab-like

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Carp/o

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Wrist

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Celi/o

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Abdomen or belly

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18
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Cerv/i

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Neck

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Clavicul/o

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Collarbone

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21
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Cleido-

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Clavicle or collarbone

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Clino-

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Bent

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Coccyg/o

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Tailbone

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Condylo-

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Knuckle

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Cruc/i-

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Cross or cross like

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cub/o

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Cube or cube-shaped

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Cubit/o

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Elbow

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29
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Dactylo-

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Digits

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Delta

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Fan-shaped or triangular

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31
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Digit

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Finger or toe

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32
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Facet/o

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Face

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33
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Fasc/i

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Band

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34
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Femor/o

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Thigh

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35
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Fibrill/o

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To quiver

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36
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Fibro-

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Fiber

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37
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Fibul/o

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To clasp

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38
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Fil-

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Thread

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39
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Fore-

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Before

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40
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Fract/o-

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To break

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41
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Genu-

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Knee

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42
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Hallux

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Great or big toe

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43
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Humer/o-

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Arm (upper)

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44
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-icle

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Small or tiny

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45
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Infra-

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Under or below

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46
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Ischi/o

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Hip joint or hip

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47
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Kine-, kym/o-

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Movement or motion

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48
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Kyph/o

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Hunchback

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49
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Lamin/o

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Thin, flat plane or thin layer

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50
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Lei/o

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Smooth

51
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Levat/o

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Lift up

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Liga-

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To bind

53
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-listhesis

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Slippage

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Lord/o-

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Swayback or to bend

55
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Lumb/o-

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Loin

56
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Luna-

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Crescent shaped or moon

57
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Lux-

A

To dislocate

58
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Malac/o

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Soft or softening

59
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Mall/e/olus

A

Little hammer

60
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Man/o

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Hand

61
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Mand/i

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Chew or chewer

62
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Maxill/o-

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Upper jaw

63
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Menisc/o-

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Crescent

64
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-motor

A

Movement or motion

65
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Myo-

A

Muscle

66
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Navicul/o-

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Boat or boat-shaped

67
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Oblique

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Sidelong or slanted

68
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Occult/o-

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Hidden

69
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-oma

A

Tumor or swelling

70
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Omo-

A

Shoulder

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Oste/o-

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Bone

72
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Pariet/o

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Wall or partition

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Patell/o-

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Little dish or kneecap

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Pect/o, pectero

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Chest

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Ped-

A

Foot or feet

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Pelvi/o-

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Base, basin, pelvis

77
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Peritone

A

That which holds the lower viscera

78
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Peroneo-

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Concerning lower outside leg bone

79
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Pes

A

Foot

80
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Phalang/o

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Close knit row(fingers and toes)

81
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Phoc/o

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Seal

82
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Phrag/o-

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Wall or partition

83
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-physis

A

Growth or nature of

84
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Pollex-

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Thumb

85
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Por/o-

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Cavity or passage

86
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Psoas

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Loin or lumbar

87
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Pulp/o-

A

Solid flesh

88
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Rhachi/o

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Spine, spinal column , vertebrae

89
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Rheumat/o-

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Discharge or flow through

90
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Rhomb/o

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Parallelogram or diamond shaped

91
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Recketts/ia

A

Bacteria discovered by Howard Ricketts

92
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Rotat/o-

A

To turn or swing around

93
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Sacr/o-

A

Saucer or sacred bone

94
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Sarc/o-

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Fleshy

95
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Scapul/o

A

Shoulder blade

96
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Scoli/o

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Crooked or twisted

97
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Skeleto

A

Dried up or to attach

98
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Sole-

A

The sole of the foot

99
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Spad/i-

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To tear

100
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-spasm

A

Involuntary contraction

101
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Spin/o

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Thorn or thorny

102
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Spondyl/o-

A

Vertebra

103
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Sprain

A

To wring out or press oit

104
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Sterno

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Chest,breastbone

105
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Strain

A

To draw tight

106
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Sur/a

A

On calf of leg

107
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Tal/o

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Ankle

108
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Tars/o

A

Broad flat surface

109
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-taxia

A

Muscle coordination

110
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Ten/o-

A

Tendon

111
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Tens/o-

A

To stretch

112
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Terat/o

A

Monster

113
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Teres

A

Round

114
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Tetan/o

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Spasm

115
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Then/o

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Palm of hand or sole of feet

116
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Thorac/o

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Chest

117
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Tibia

A

Shinbone

118
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Trache/o

A

Rough

119
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Ulna

A

Elbow

120
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Vag/o

A

Wanderer(longest cranial nerve)

121
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Valg/u-

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Inward

122
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Varu-

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Outward

123
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-version

A

To turn

124
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Vertebr/o

A

Jointed

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