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1
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Adhes

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Stuck to

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Axill

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Armpit

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Bi/o

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Life

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Chem/o

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Chemical

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Cis/o

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To cut

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Dem

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People

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Format

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Shaping

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Gen, gene

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Formation, produce

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Eti/o

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Cause

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Infect

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To infect

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kil/o

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A thousand

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Macr/o

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Large

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Malign/o

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Bad kind

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Maxim

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Greatest

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Minim

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Least

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Morbid

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Sick

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Mortal

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Human

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Necr/o

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Death

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Norm

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Rule

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Organ/o

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Organ

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Onc/o

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Tumor

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Palm

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Palm

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Path/o

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Disease

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Prophylact

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Guarding

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Pyr/o

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Heat, fire

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Pyret

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Fever

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Radi/o

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Ray, X-ray

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Scop

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To examine

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Sept

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Purtrefaction

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Therm/o

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Hot, heat

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Tuss

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Cough

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Act/o

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Acting, act

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cardi/o

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Heart

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Dactyl/o

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Fingers or toes

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Gynec/o

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Female

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Later/o

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Side

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Somn/o

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Sleep

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Ven/o

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Vein

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39
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Comat

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A deep sleep

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Consci

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Aware

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Esthet

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Feeling, sensation

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Menstru

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To discharge the menses

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Palp

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To touch

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Ras

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To scrape off

45
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Ster

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Solid

46
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Symmetric

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Symmetry

47
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turg

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Swelling

48
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Infer/o

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Below or in a downward direction

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Anter/o

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In front of or before

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Poster/o

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Towards the back

51
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Cephal/o

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the head

52
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Caud/o

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the tail

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Medi/o

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Middle

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Proxim/o

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Nearest, next to

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Dist/o

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Away from, far from

56
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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen (belly)

57
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Tars/o

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Ankle (tarsus)

58
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Brach/i , brachi/o

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Arm

59
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Oste/o

A

Bones

60
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Mast/o, mamm/o

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Breast

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Bucc/o

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Cheek

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Thorac/o

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Chest

63
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Aur/i, ot/o

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Ear

64
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Cubit/o, olecran/o

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Elbow

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Ophthalm/o, ocul/o, opt/o

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Eye

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Pod/o

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Foot

67
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Gingiv/o

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Gums

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Chir/o

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Hand (manus)

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Isch/i

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Hip (ischium, coxa)

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Crur/o

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Leg

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Hepat/o

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Liver

72
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Pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

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Lungs

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Or/o

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Mouth

74
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Muscul/o, my/o

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Muscles

75
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Umbilic/o, omphal/o

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Navel

76
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Cervic/o

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Neck

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Neur/o

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Nerves

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Rhin/o, nas/o

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Nose

79
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Cost/o

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Ribs

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Derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, cutane/o

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Skin

81
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Crani/o

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Skull

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

83
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Dent/i, dent/o

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Tooth

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Tempor/o

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Temples

85
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Femor/o

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Thigh bone

86
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Pharyng/o

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Throat

87
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Lingu/o, gloss/o

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Tongue

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Carp/o

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Wrist (carpus)

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Andr/o

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Man

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Dors/o

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Backward

92
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Filtrat/o

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To strain through

93
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Fus/o

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To pour

94
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Hist/o

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Tissue

95
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Hydr/o

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Water

96
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Inguin/o

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Groin

97
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Kary/o

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Cell’s nucleus

98
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Phen/o

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To show

99
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Physi/o

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Nature

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Somat/o

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Body

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System/o

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Composite, whole

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Ventr/o

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Near or on the belly side of the body

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Viscer/o

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Body organs

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Horizont

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Horizon

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