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Prefixes Flashcards

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a-, an-

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absent, without

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ab-

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away from

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abdomin/o-

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of or relating to the abdomen

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acou-

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hearing

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ad-

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toward, near, to

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aden/o-

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gland

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af-

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to, toward

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alba-

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white

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alg-

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pain

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ana-

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up, back

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angi/o-

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vessel

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ante-

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before

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anti-

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against

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arthr/o-

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joint

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atel-

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imperfect, incomplete

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auto-

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self

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bi-

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two, twice

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bio-

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life

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blasto-

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growth

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brachi/o-

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arm

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brachy-

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short

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brady-

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slow

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bronch-

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air passage

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carcin/o-

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cancer

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cardi/o-

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heart

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carp/o-

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wrist

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cata-

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down

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caud-

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tail

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celi/o-

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abdomen

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cephal/o-

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head

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cerebr/o-

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brain

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cervic-

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neck

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33
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chem/o-

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chemical

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34
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chondr/o-

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cartilage

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circum-

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around

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co-, com-

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with, together

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con-, contra-

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opposite, against

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38
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cost/o-

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ribs

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crani/o-

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skull, head

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cut-

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skin

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cyan/o-

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blue

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42
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cyst-

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bladder

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cyt/o-

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cell

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44
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dactyl/o-

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digits, fingers or toes

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de-

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down, from

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derm-

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skin

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47
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di-

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two, twice

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diplo-

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double

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dis-

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apart, away from

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duct-

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lead, conduct

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51
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dys-

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difficult, diseased

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52
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ecto-

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outside

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53
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edem-

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swelling

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54
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endo-

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within

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55
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enter/o-

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intestine

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epi-

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on, over, upon

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57
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erythr/o-

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red

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58
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eu-

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normal, good

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ex-

60
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exo-

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without, outside of

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extra-

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outside of, in addition to, beyond

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fasci-

63
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fore-

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before, in front

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gastro/o-

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gluco-, glyco-

66
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gyn/o-, gyne/co-

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woman, female

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haplo-

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single, simple

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hema-, hemato-, hemo-

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hemi-

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hepat/o-

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hetero-

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hist/o-

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homeo-

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homo-

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hydr/o-

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hyper-

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excessive, slow

77
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hypo-

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beneath, under, deficient

78
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idio-

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distinct, peculiar to the individual

79
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inter-

A

between, among

80
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intra-

81
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is/o-

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equal, the same

82
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kinesi/o-

83
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labi-

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lacri-

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lact/o-

86
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leuc/o, leuk/o-

87
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lip/o-

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macr/o-

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mal-

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medi-

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mega-

92
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meta-

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next to, beyond

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micr/o-

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mon/o-

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morph/o-

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shape, form

96
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multi-

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narco-

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nat/a-

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neo-

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nephr/o-

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neur/o-

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ocul/o-

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olig/o-

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few, scanty

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oo-

105
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ophthalmo-

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orth/o-

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straight, normal, correct

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oste/o-

108
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ot/o-

109
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ovi-, ovo-

110
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path/o-

111
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phag/o-

112
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phleb/o-

113
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pleuro-, pleura-

114
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pneumo-

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pod-

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poly-

117
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post-

118
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pre-

119
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pro-

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before, in front of

120
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pseudo-

121
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py/o-

122
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pyel/o-

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renal pelvis

123
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quadr/i-

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retro-

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behind, backward

125
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rhin/o- nose

126
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salping/o-

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fallopian tube

127
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sarc/o-

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flesh, muscle

128
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sclero-

129
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semi-

130
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steno-

131
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sub-

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below, beneath

132
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supra-

133
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sym-

134
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syn-

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tachy-

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thorac/o-

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thromb/o-

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tox-

139
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trans-

140
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tri-

141
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ultra-

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excessive, extreme

142
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un/i-

143
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uria-, uro-

144
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vas/o-

145
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viscera-, viscero-

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