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Dys

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Problem; Abnormal (Think Dysfunctional)

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Mal

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Bad

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Meta

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Change; Transformation

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Anti

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Opposed to; Counteracting; Relieving

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Pro

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Before; Proceeding; Precursor; Inducing; Promoting

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Pyo

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Pus

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Pyr

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Relating to fever or heat

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Sterco

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Denoting(Indicating - a sign of) Feces

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Noso

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Denoting(Indicating - a sign of) Disease

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Chron(o)

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Denoting Time

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Noct(i)

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Night or Dark

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Iatro

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Medicine or Doctors (iatrogenic - illness picked up in a hospital)

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Steno

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Narrowing

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Therm(o)

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Heat or Temperature

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Psychro

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Denoting cold

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Noci

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Denotes pain or injury

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Herni(o)

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Hernia

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Necro

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Death

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Ger/Gero/Geronto

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Old age

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Hidr(o)

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Sweating

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Hapto

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Related to touch

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Halit

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Breath

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Propio

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Pressure touch

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Anthropo

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Human race

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Allo

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Different (different human)

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Auto

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Self

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Xeno

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Different; Foreign; Alien

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Choano

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A funnel

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Chord

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String

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Chym

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Juice; Fluid

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Calc

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Stone

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Arachn(o)

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Spider

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Aer(o)

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Air or gas

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Abras(o)

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To rub away

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Anim

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Life

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Corpor(o

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Body; Relating to the body

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Somato

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Body

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Organo

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Organ

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Dolich(o)

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Long; Abnormally long

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Viscero

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Internal Organs

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Proteo

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Protein; Relating to a protein

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Pharm/Pharmaco

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Drugs; Medications

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Nurti(o)

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Relating to nutrition; to nourish

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Physio

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Nature

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Lumin(o)

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Light

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Nomen

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Name

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Carcin(o)

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Cancer; Tumor

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Crypt

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Hidden

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Nom(o)

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Custom; Law

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Spectro

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Spectrum

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Vir(o)

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Virus

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Zygo

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Union; Junction

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Techn(o)

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Skill

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Phon

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Sound

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Cryo

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Cold

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Onco

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Cancer; Relating to a tumor or mass

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Sanit

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Health

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Calori

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Heat

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Vito

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Life

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Acu

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Needle

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Astheni(o)

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Weakness

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Alter

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Change

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Aspir(o)

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Inhaling; Inhalation

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Aspirat(o)

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Inhaling; Inhalation

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Ante

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Before

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Ambul

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Walk; To walk

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Ankyl(o)

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Fused; Fusion; Not straight

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Contra

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Against; To counter

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Pre

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Before

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Post

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After

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Primi

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First

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Acoust(o)

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To hear; Hearing

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Aud(i/o)

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Hearing

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Aux

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To grow or enlarge

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Anomalo

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Abnormal; Irregular

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Baro

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Weight; Pressure

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Dynamo

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Strength; Power

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Equi

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Equal; Equality

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Eti(o)

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Cause; Relating to the cause

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Ion(o)

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Ion

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Lyo

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Loosen; Dissolve

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Radio

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Radiation

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Scler(o)

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Hardening or thickening

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Scirrh(o)

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Hard

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Schisto

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Fissure; Split

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Schiz(o)

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Denoting a split or division

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Tumesc(o)

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Swelling

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Tempo

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Relating to time

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Psammo

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Sand like quality or material

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