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a-

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Without

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arthro-

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joint

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asco-

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cup

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auto-

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self

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bi-

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two

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bio-

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life

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carn-

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meat

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cephalo-

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head

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chele-

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claw

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chemo-

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chemical

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chloro-

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green

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chromo-

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colour

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-cide

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killer of

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circum-

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around

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coneo-

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against

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cyto-

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cell

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de-

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remove

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derm-

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skin

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des-

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away from

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di-

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two

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diplo-

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double

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dys- or dis-

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bad

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ecto- exo-

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outside

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-ectomy

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remove

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endo-

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inside

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entero-

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intestine

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epi-

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upon, over

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eu

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= ture

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gastro-

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stomach

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gyn-, gyneco

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woman

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halo-

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salt

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haplo-

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single, simple

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hemi-

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half

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hemo-, hemato-

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blood

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hepato, hepa

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liver

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herb-

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plant

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hetero-

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other, different, not the same

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hist-

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tissue

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holo-

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whole

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homo-

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alike, the same

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hydro-

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water

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hyper-

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above, over, more than

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hypo-

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below, under, less than

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infra-

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below

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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iso-

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same, equal to

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-itis

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inflammation

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macro-

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large

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meso-

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middle

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meta-

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between

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micro-

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small

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mono-

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one, single

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morph-

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form

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myco-

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fungi

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nephr-

A

kidney

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neuro-

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nerve

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noto-

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back

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oligo-

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few

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-ology

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study of ___

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oma-

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swelling

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omni-

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all

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-phobia

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fear of

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photo-

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light

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-phyte

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organism

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phyto-

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plants

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-pod, -ped

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foot

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poly-

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many

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post-

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after

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pro-

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before

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proto-

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first

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pseudo-

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false

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retro-

A

turn back

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rhizo-

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root

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sapro-

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dead

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-scopy

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observation

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semi-

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half

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-stasis

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position

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sub-

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under, below

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-taxis

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movement

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tetra-

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four

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-trophic, -troph

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nourishment

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uni-

A

one

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vor-

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to eat

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zoo-

A

animal

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zygo-

A

join

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