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1
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dacry/o

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tear

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dacryoaden/o

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tear duct

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dacryocyst/o

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tear sac,lacrimal sac

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dactyl/o

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fingers,toes

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de-

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lack of,down,less,removal of

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deca-

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ten

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dent/i

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tooth

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derm/o

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skin

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-derma

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skin

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dermat/o

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skin

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-desis

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to bind,tie together

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dextr/o

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right

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di-

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two,double

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dia-

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complete,through

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diaphor/o

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sweat

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dilat/o

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to enlarge,expand

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-dilation

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widening,stretching,expanding

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dipl/o

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double

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dips/o

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thirst

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dis-

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apart,to separate

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dist/o

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far,distant

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diverticul/o

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small blind pouch

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dors/o

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back (of body)

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dorsi-

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back

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-dote

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to give

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-drome

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to run

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duct/o

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to lead,carry

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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dur/o

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dura mater

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dynam/o

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power,strength

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-dynia

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pain

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dys-

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bad,painful,difficult,abnormal

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-eal

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pertaining to

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ec-

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out,outside

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ech/o

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reflected sound

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echin/o

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spiny,prickly

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-ectasia

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dilation,dilatation,widening

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-ectasis

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dilation,dilatation,widening

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ecto-

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out,outside

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-ectomy

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removal,excision,resection

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ectro/o

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congenital absence

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-edema

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swelling

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electr/o

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electricity

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em-

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in

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-ema

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condition

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embolo/o

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embolus

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embry/o

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embryo

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-emesis

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vomitin

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-emia

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blood condition

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-emic

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pertaining to blood condition

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emmetr/o

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in due measure

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en-

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in,within

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encephal/o

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brain

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end-

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in,within

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endo-

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in,within

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enter/o

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intestines (usually small intestines)

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eosin/o

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red,rosy,dawn-colored

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epi-

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above,upon,on

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epididym/o

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epididymis

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epiglott/o

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epiglottis

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episi/o

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vulva

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epitheli/o

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skin,epithelium

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equi-

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equality,equal

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-er

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one who

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erg/o

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work

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erythem/o

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flushed,redness

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erythr/o

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red

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eschar/o

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scab

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-esis

A

action,condition,state of

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eso-

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inward

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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esthes/o

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nervous sensation

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esthesi/o

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nervous sensation

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-esthesia

A

nervous sensation

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estr/o

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female

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eti/o

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cause

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eu-

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good,normal

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-eurysm

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widening

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ex-

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out,away from

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exo-

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out,away from

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extra-

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outside

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-facient

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to cause, make happen

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fasci/o

A

fascia (membrane supporting muscle)

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febr/i

A

fever

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femor/o

A

femur (thigh bone)

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-ferent

A

to carry

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fet/o

A

fetus

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fibr/o

A

fiber

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fibros/o

A

fibrous connective tissue

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fibul/o

A

fibula

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-fication

A

process of making

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-fida

A

split

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flex/o

A

to bend

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flour/o

A

luminous

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follicul/o

A

follicle, small sac

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fore-

A

before, in front

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-form

A

resembling,in the shape of

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fovea/o

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small pit or depression

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funct/o

A

performance

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fungi/o

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fungus,mushroom (organism lacking chlorophyll)

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-fusion

A

to pour, to come together

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galact/o

A

milk

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ganglion/o

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ganglion, collection of nerve cell bodies

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gastr/o

A

stomach

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gel/o

A

to freeze, congeal

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-gen

A

substance that produces

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gen/o

A

formation or produce

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-genesis

A

producing, forming

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-genic

A

produced by or in

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genit/o

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reproduction, genitalia

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ger/o

A

old age

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geront/o

A

old age

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gest/o

A

pregnancy

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gester/o

A

pregnancy

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gigant/o

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huge

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gingiv/o

A

gum

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glauc/o

A

gray

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gli/o

A

glial cells, neuroglial cells

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-globin

A

protein

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-globulin

A

protein

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glomerul/o

A

glomerulus

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gloss/o

A

tongue

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gluc/o

A

glucose, sugar

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glyc/o

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glucose, sugar

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glycogen/o

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glycogen, animal starch

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glycos/o

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glucose, sugar

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gnath/o

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jaw

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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gonad/o

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sex glands

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goni/o

A

angle

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-grade

A

to go

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-gram

A

record

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granul/o

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granule(s)

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-graph

A

instrument for recording

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graph/o

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writing

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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gravid/o

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pregnancy

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-gravida

A

pregnant woman

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gynec/o

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woman, female

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half

A

demi, hemi, semi

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hallucin/o

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hallucination

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hem/o

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blood

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hemat/o

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blood

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hemi-

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half

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hemoglobin/o

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hemoglobin

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hepat/o

A

liver

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heredo-

A

heredity

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herni/o

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hernia

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heter/o

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other, different

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hex-, hexa-

A

six

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hidr/o

A

sweat

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hirsut/o

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hairy

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hist/o

A

tissue

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histi/o

A

tissue

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holo-

A

entire, complete

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home/o

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sameness, unchanging, constant

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hormon/o

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hormone

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humer/o

A

humerus

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hydr/o

A

water

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hymen/o

A

hymen

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hyper-

A

above, excessive

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hypn/o

A

sleep

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hypo-

A

deficient, below, under, less than normal

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hypophys/o

A

pituitary gland

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hypothalam/o

A

hypothalamus

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hyster/o

A

uterus, womb

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-ia

A

condition

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-iac

A

pertaining to

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-iasis

A

abnormal condition

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iatr/o

A

physician, treatment

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-ic

A

pertaining to

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-ical

A

pertaining to

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ichthy/o

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dry, scaly

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-ician

A

specialist

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-icle

A

small

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idi/o

A

unknown, individual, distinct

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ile/o

A

ileum

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ili/o

A

ilium

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immun/o

A

immune, protection, safe

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in-

A

in, into, not

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-in

A

a substance, chemical, chemical compound

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-ine

A

a substance, chemical, chemical compound

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-ine

A

pertaining to

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infra-

A

below, inferior to, beneath

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inguin/o

A

groin

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insulin/o

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insulin (pancreatic hormone)

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inter-

A

between

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intra-

A

within, into

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-ion

A

process

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-ior

A

pertaining to

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ipsi-

A

same

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ir/o

A

iris (colored portion of eye)

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irid/o

A

iris (colored portion of eye)

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is/o

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same, equal

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isch/o

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to hold back, back

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ischi/o

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ischium (part of hip bone)

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-ism

A

process, condition

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-ist

A

specialist

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ithy-

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erect, straight

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-ium

A

structure, tissue

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jaund/o

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yellow

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jejun/o

A

jejunum

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juxta-

A

near

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