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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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ana-

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up, apart

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self, own

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, opposite

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de-

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down, lack of

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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ec-, ecto-

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out, outside

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endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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upon, on, above

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside, away from

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, under

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in-

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not, into, within

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infra-

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beneath, under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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in, within, into

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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meta-

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beyond, change

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micro-

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small

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, nearr

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

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many, much

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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before, forward

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pros-

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before, forward

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re-

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back, again

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retro-

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behind, backward

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sub-

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under

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supra-

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above, upper

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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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fast

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

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one

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cis/o

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to cut

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crin/o

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to secrete

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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cali/o, calic/o

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calix (calix) cup shaped

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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glomerul/o

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glomerulus

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meat/o

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meatus

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nephr/o

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kidney

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pyel/0

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renal pelvis

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ren/o

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kidney

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trigon/o

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tigone (region of the bladder)

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ureter/0

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ureter

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urethr/o

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urethra

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vesic/o

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urinary bladder

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albumin/o

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albumin

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azot/o

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nitrogen

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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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dips/o

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thirst

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kal/o

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potassium

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ket/o, keton/o

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ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)

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lith/o

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stone

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natr/o

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sodium (hyponatremia)

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noct/i

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night

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olig/o

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scanty

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-poietin

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substance that forms (erythropoietin)

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py/o

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pus (pyuria)

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-tripsy

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crushing

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ur/0

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urine (urea)

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urin/o

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urine

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-uria

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urination, urine condition

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amni/o

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amnion

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cervic/o

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cervix, neck

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chori/o, chorion/o

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chorion (chorionic)

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colp/o

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vagina

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culd/o

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cul-de-sac

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episi/o

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vulva

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skene’s glands also known as

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para-rethral ducts-group of small ucous glands located near the lower end of the urethra and are a part of the urinary system

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the vulva inculdes

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mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, bulb of vestibule, vaginal orifice or vestibule of the vagina, and the greater (bartholin’s gland) and lesser vestibule glands

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galact/o

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milk

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gynec/o

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woman, female

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hyster/o

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womb, uterus

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lact/o

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milk

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mamm/o, mast/o

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breast

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men/o

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menses, menstruation

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metr/o, metri/o

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uterus

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my/o, myom/o

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muscle, muscle tumor

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nat/i

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birth

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obstetr/o

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pregnancy/ childbirth

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o/o

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egg

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oophor/o

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ovary

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ov/o

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egg

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ovari/o

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ovary

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ovul/o

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egg

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perine/o

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perineum

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phor/o

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to bear

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salping/o

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fallopian tubes

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uter/o

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uterus

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vagin/o

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vagina

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vulv/o

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vulva

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-arche

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beginning

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-gravida

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pregnant

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-parous

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bearing bringing forth

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-rrhea

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discharge

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-salpinx

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fallopian (uterine) tube

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-tocia

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labor, birth

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-version

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act of turing

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dys-

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painful

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endo-

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within

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in-

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in

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intra-

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within

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in-

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in

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multi-

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many

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nulli-

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no, not, none

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pre-

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before

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primi-

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first

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retro-

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backward

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