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a-

A

without/not

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adeno-

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gland

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aero-

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air

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-al

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relating to

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albi-

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white

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an-

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without/lacking

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andro-

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male

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angi-

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blood/lymph vessels

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ante-

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before

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anti-

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against/opposite

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-ary

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belonging to/connected to

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-ase

A

enzyme

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athero-

A

fatty plaque

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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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blasto-

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bud, sprout /embryo (cells or cell layer)

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brachi-

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arm

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brady-

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slowness

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carcino-

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cancer

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cardi-

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heart

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cauda-

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tail

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cephalo-

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head

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cervi-

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neck

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chondro-

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cartilage

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clast-

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to break

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co-

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with, together

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contra-

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opposite/against

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corpo-

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body

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costa-

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rib

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cutane-, cuti-

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skin

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cyto-

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cell

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derma-, dermato-

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skin

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dorsi-

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back

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dys-

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bad/difficult

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ec-, ecto-

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outside

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encephalo-

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brain

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endo-

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within

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epi-

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upon

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eryth-, erythro-

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red

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eu-

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good

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exo-

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outside, outer

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-form

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shaped, in the form of

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gastro-

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stomach

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44
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-gen, -genesis

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substance that produces

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glia-

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glue

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gluco-, glyco-

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sugar

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hemi-

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hemo-

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hetero-

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histo-

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homeo-

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homo-

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hydro-

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hyper-

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hypo-

A

underneath

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-ia

A

in the condition of (possibly abnormal)

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-ic

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having to do with

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infra-

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inter-

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intra

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iso-

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-itis

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disease/inflammation

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juxta-

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lacto-

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lamina-

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plate/layer

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latero-

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leuko-

A

white (blood cell)

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lyso-, lyto-

A

dissolution

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macro-, mega-

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medi-, meso-

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meta-

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micro-

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mono-

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morpho-

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form or shape

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myo-, mysi-

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neo-

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nephro-

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neuro-

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oo-

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oculo-

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-ology

A

the study of

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-oma

A

swelling or tumor

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osteo-

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oxy-

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para-

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patho-

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pedi-

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peri-

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phago-

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philo-

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phobo-

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physio-

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pneumo-

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poly-

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pro-

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pseudo-

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quadri-

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recto-

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reno-

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semi-

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soma-, somato-

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squamo-

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stasi-, stati-

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sub-

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underneath

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supra-

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sym-, syn-

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tachy-

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fast, rapid

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thermo-

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trans-

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tri-

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troph-

A

nourishment

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uni-

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vaso-

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ventro-

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vertebro-

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