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prefix: without or not

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a-

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prefix: extremity

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acro-

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prefix: gland

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adeno-

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prefix: without

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an-

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prefix: before

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ante-

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prefix: against

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anti-

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prefix: joint

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arthro-

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prefix: self

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auto-

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prefix: life

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bio-

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prefix: bile

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chol-

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prefix: bladder

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cyst-

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prefix: through

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dia-

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prefix: difficult

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dys-

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prefix: in

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en-

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prefix: within

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endo-

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prefix: intestine

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entero-

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prefix: upon

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epi-

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prefix: out of

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ex-

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19
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prefix: blood

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hem-, hemo-

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prefix: dissimilar

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hetero-

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prefix: similar

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homeo-

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prefix: water

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hydro-

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23
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prefix: above or excess

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hyper-

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prefix: deficiency or beneath

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hypo-

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25
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prefix: uterus

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hyster-

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prefix: below

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infra-

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27
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prefix: between

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inter-

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prefix: within

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intra-

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29
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prefix: white

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leuko-

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30
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prefix: large

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macro-

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31
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prefix: bad

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mal-

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32
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prefix: breast

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mast-

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33
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prefix: great

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mega-

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34
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prefix: thick

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melan-

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35
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prefix: month

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men-

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36
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prefix: small

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micro-

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37
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prefix: muscle

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myo-

38
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prefix: mucus

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myx-

39
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prefix: death

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necro-

40
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prefix: new

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neo-

41
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prefix: kidney

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nephr-

42
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prefix: few

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oligo-

43
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prefix: bone

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osteo-

44
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prefix: around

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peri-

45
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prefix: to eat

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phago-

46
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prefix: vein

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phleb-

47
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prefix: gray

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polio-

48
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prefix: many, excess

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poly-

49
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prefix: after

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post-

50
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prefix: before

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pro-

51
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prefix: false

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pseudo-

52
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prefix: pus

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pyo-

53
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prefix: together with

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syn-

54
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prefix: yellow

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xantho-

55
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suffix: pain

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-algia

56
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suffix: vessel

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-angio

57
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suffix: enzyme

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-ase

58
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suffix: a protrusion

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-cele

59
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suffix: perforating

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-centesis

60
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suffix: bile

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-chole

61
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suffix: dilate

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-ectasis

62
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suffix: removal of

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-ectomy

63
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suffix: vomit

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-emesis

64
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suffix: blood

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-emia

65
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suffix: sensation

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-esthesia

66
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suffix: generation of

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-genesis

67
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suffix: a process

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-iasis

68
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suffix: inflammation of

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-itis

69
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suffix: stone

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-lith

70
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suffix: to dissolve

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-lysis

71
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suffix: softening

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-malacia

72
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suffix: large

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-megaly

73
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suffix: pain

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-odynia

74
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suffix: like

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-oid

75
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suffix: tumor

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-oma

76
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suffix: full of

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-osis

77
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suffix: mouth

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-ostomy

78
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suffix: cut

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-otomy

79
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suffix: disease

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-pathy

80
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suffix: poverty, decrease

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-penia

81
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suffix: affinity for

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-phila

82
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suffix: to form

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-plasia

83
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suffix: paralysis

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-plegia

84
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suffix: breath

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-pnea

85
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suffix: falling

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-ptosis

86
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suffix: bursting forth

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-rhagia

87
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suffix: flow

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-rhea

88
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suffix: hardening

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-sclerosis

89
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suffix: standing still

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-stasis

90
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suffix: nourish

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-trophy

91
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suffix: relating to urine

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-uria

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