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-ac

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pertaining to

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-agra

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excessive pain

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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painful condition, pain

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-apharesis

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removal

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-ase

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enzyme

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-bi

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two, double

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-blast

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developing cell

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-cele

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hernia, swelling sac

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-centesis

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puncture of a cavity

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-clasis

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break, fracture

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-clysis

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irrigation, washins

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-coccus

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berry shaped

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-crit

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to seperate

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-cyte

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cell

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-desis

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fusion, hindering, fixation

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-drome

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to run

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-dynia

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pain

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-ectasis

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expansion, dilation

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-ectomy

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excision, removal of body part

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-emosis

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vomiting

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-emia

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blood

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-er

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one who

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-gen

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forming, production, origin

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-genesis

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forming, production, origin

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-genic

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origin, formation

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-grade

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to go

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-gram

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the record made, mark

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-graphy

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the process of recording

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-ia

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condition

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-iasis

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morbid condition

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-iatry

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treatment, medicine

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-ic/ical

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pertaining to

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-icle

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small, minute

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-ism

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condition

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-ist

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one who specializes in, specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lith

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stone, calculus

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-logy

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process of study

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-lysis

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dissolution, setting free

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-malacia

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softening, soft

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meter

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instrument for measuring

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-metry

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act of measuring

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-odymia

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pain

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-oid

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form, shape

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-ole

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small, minute

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-ology

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study or science of

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-oma

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tumor

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-opsy

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to view

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-or

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one who

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-orrhea

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flow, discharge

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-osis

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condition, or state

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-para

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to bear (offspring)

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-paresis

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partial paralysis

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-pathy

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disease, suffering

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-penia

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deficiency, lack of decrease

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-pexy

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fixation

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-phagia

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eating, swallowing

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-phasia

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speech

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-philia

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attraction for

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-phobia

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fear

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-physis

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to grow

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-plasia

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formation, growth

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-plasm

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growth, formation

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-plasty

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mold, shape, repair

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-poiesis

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formation, production

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-ptosis

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downward displacement, failing

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-ptysis

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spitting

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-rrhaphy

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suturing in place

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-rrhage

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bursting forth, rupture

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-scope

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instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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process of examining, visual examination

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-sepsis

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infection

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-sis

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state of, condition

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-spasm

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involuntary spasm

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-stalsis

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constriction

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-stasis

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control, constant, level, stop

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-stenosis

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narrowing, structure

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-stomy

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creation of an opening

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-therapy

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treatment

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-tome

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instrument for cutting

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-tomy

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process of cutting ,incision

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-toxic

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poison

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-tresia

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opening

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-tripsy

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surgical, crushing

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-trophy

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nourishment

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-ula

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small, minute

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-ule

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small, minute

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-y

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process

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andr, andro

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male

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auto

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self

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bio

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life

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chem, chemo

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chemistry

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cyt, cyto

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cell

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-blast, -blasto, -blastic

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bud, germ

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-cyte, -cytic

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cell

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fibr, fibro

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fiber

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gluco, glycol

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glucose, sugar

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gyn, gyno, gynec

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female

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hetero

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other, different

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hydr, hydro

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water

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idio

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self, one’s own

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-itv

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pertaining to

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karyo

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nucleus

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neo

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new

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-ous

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pertaining to

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oxy

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sharp, acute, oxygen

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pan, pant, panto

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all or everywhere

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pharmaco

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drug, medicine

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re

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again, backward

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somat, somatico, somato

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body, bodily

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