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Abdomin

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Abdomin/o

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To rub away

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Abras/o

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Radiation

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Actin/o

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Gland

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Aden/o

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White

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Albin/o

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Crooked

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Ankyl/o

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Front

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Anter/o

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Appendix

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Append/o or appendic/o

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Joint

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Arthr/o or articul/o

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Self

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Aut/o

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Bacteria

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Bacteri/o

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Life

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Bi/o

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Germ, bud, developing cell

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Blast/o

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Sausage

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Botul/o

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Arm

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Brachi/o

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Purse, sac, bursa

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Burs/o

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Cancer

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Carcin/o

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Heart

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Cardio

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19
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Wrist

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Carp/o

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Tail

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Caud/o

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21
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Little cell

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Cellul/o

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22
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Head

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Cephal/o

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Brain or cerebrum

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Cerebr/o

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Neck or cervix

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Cervic/o

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Cartilage

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Chondr/i
Chondr/o

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Airway

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Bronch/i
Bronch/o

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Time

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Chron/o

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Juice

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Chym/o

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Knuckle of a joint

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Condyl/o

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Rib

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Cost/o

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Skull

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Cran/o
Crani/o

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32
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Hidden

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Crypt/o

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33
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Skin

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Cutane/o

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34
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Blue

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Cyan/o

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Cell

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Cyt/o

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Skin

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Derm/o
Dermat/o

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Distant

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Dist/o

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Back

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Dors/o

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39
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Electricity

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Electr/o

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40
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Brain

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Encephal/o

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41
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Small intestine

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Enter/o

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42
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Red

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Erythr/o

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Fascia

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Fasci/o

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Thigh, femur

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Femor/o

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Fiber

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Fibr/o

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Fibula

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Fibul/o

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Little follicle

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Follicul/o

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Fungus

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Fung/o

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Stomach

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Gastr/o

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50
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Protein

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Globin/o

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51
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Buttock

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Glute/o

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Blood

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Hem/o
Hemat/o

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Liver

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Hepat/o

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54
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Sweat

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Hidr/o

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55
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Same

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Hom/o
Home/o

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56
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Water

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Hydr/o

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57
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Uterus

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Hyster/o

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58
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Physician

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iatr/o

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Individual

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Idi/o

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Flank, hip, groin, ilium of the pelvis

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Ili/o

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Immunity, exempt

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Immun/o

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62
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Below

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Infer/o

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63
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Groin

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Inguin/o

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Hauch, hip joint, ischium

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Ischi/o

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Hard, cornea

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Kerat/o

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Motion

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Kinesi/o

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Hump

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Kyph/o

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Thin, lamina

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Lamin/o

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Larynx

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Laryng/o

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Side

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Later/o

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White

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Leuk/o

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Fat

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Lip/o

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Stone

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Lith/o

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Bent forward

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Lord/o

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Loin, lower back

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Lumb/o

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Clear water or fluid

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Lymph/o

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Breast

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Mamm/o
Mast/o

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Biggest, highest

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Maxim/o

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Middle

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Med/o
Medi/o

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80
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Black

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Melan/o

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81
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Meniscus

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Menisc/o

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Mind

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Ment/o

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83
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Muscle

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Muscul/o
My/o
Myos/o

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Fungus

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Myc/o

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85
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Bone marrow; spinal cord, medulla, myelin

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Myel/o

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86
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Birth

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Nat/o

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87
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Death

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Necr/o

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88
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Nerve

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Neur/o

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89
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Hospital

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Nosocom/o

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90
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Kernel; nucleus

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Nucle/o

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Nail

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Onych/o

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Tool

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Organ/o

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Straight

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Orth/o

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Bone

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Ost/o
Oste/o

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Ear

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Ot/o

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Wall

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Pariet/o

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Patella

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Patell/o

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Disease

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Path/o

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99
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Child

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Ped/o

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100
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Body louse

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Pedicul/o

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101
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Bowl, basin

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Pelv/o

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Stone

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Petr/o

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Phalanges

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Phalang/o

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104
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Growth

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Phys/o

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105
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Nature

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Physi/o

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Rib, pleura

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Pleur/o

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Irregular

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Poikil/o

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108
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Hole

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Por/o

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Back

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Poster/o

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Rectum, anus

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Proct/o

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111
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Near

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Proxim/o

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Mind

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Psych/o

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113
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Pubis

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Pub/o

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114
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Lung

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Pulmon/o

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115
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Radius

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Radi/o

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116
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Nose

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Rhin/o

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Wrinkle

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Rhytid/o

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118
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Sacred, sacrum

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Sacr/o

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Flesh, meat

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Sarc/o

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120
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Hard, sclera

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Scler/o

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121
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Curved

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Scoli/o

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122
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Veiwing instrument

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Scop/o

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Sebum, oil

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Seb/o

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124
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Putrefying, wall, partition

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Sept/o

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Skeleton

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Skelet/o

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Spleen

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Splen/o

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Vertebra

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Staphylococcus

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Staphylococc/o

129
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Narrow

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Chest, sternum

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Streptococcus

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Streptococc/o

132
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Above

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Connect

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Synovial

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Synov/o
Synovi/o

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Tarsal bone

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Reaction to a stimulus

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Stretch, tendon

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Ten/o
Tendon/o

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Chest, thorax

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Clot

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Wartlike, thymus glad

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To cut

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Almond, tonsil

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Poison

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Hair

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Development

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Navel, umbilicus

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Vessel

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Belly

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Vertebra

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Dry

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Miscarry

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Ph less than 7

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Extremity

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Adrenal gland

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Albumin

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Air sac or alveolus

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Amnion

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Anus

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Male

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Blood vessel

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Aorta

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Artery

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Arter/o or arteri/o

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Weakness

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Incomplete

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Fatty plaque

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Atrium

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Hearing

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Urea, nitrogen

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Glans penis

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Bile

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Eyelid

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Airway/bronchus

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Bronch/o or bronch/i

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Calcium

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Calc/o or calc/i

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Blind intestine or cecum

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Little brain or cerebellum

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Cerebell/o

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Lip

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Bile, gall

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Gallbladder

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Cholecyst/o

179
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Common bile duct

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Choledoch/o

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Membrane, chorion

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Orange

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Coccidioides immitis (a fungus)

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Coccidioid/o

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Colon

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Col/o & colon/o

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Vagina

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Dust

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To bind together OR conjunctiva

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Conjunctiv/o

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Pupil

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Crown or circle, heart

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Pregnancy

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Cyes/o or cyesi/o

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Bladder or sac

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Tear

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Teeth

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To widen

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Diverticulum

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Diverticul/o

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12 OR duodenum

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Hard

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Sound

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Plug

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Embryo

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Epididymis

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Epididym/o

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Vulva

202
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Gullet OR esophagus

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Esophag/e OR esophag/o

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Sensation

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Exterior

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Feces

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Fetus

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Flow

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Swelling, knot

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Gangli/o OR ganglion/o

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Gums

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Give

211
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Glomerulus or little ball

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Glomerul/o

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Tongue

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Opening to the windpipe

214
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Sweet, sugar

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Glyc/o OR glycos/o OR gluc/o

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Knowledge

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Pregnancy (g)

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Gravid/o OR gravidar/o

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Women

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Gyno or gyneco

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Breath

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To roll, ileum

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Iris

221
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Hold back

222
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Empty, jejunm

223
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Ketone

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Keton/o or ket/o

224
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Maze, inner ear

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Labyrinth/o

225
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Milk

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Abdomin

227
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Smooth

228
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Tongue

229
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A rounded part, lobe

230
Q

Thin, scanty

231
Q

Resembling a breast

232
Q

Opening, passage

233
Q

Middle

234
Q

Month, menstruation

235
Q

Uterus

A

Metr/i or metr/o

236
Q

Mucus

237
Q

Membrane, eardrum

238
Q

Numbness

239
Q

Nose

240
Q

Kidney

241
Q

Night

242
Q

Midwife

243
Q

Eye

244
Q

Few in number

245
Q

Ovary

246
Q

Eye

A

Opt/o or ophthalm/o

247
Q

Mouth

248
Q

Testis

A

Orchid/o or orchi/o

249
Q

Appetite

250
Q

Tool

251
Q

Ovary

252
Q

Oxygen

253
Q

Ear

254
Q

Sweetbread, pancreas

A

Pancreat/o

255
Q

Parotid gland

256
Q

Chest

A

Pect/o or pector/o

257
Q

Penis

258
Q

Digestion

A

Peps/o or pept/o

259
Q

To stretch over, peritoneum

A

Peritone/o

260
Q

Eat/swallow

261
Q

Throat, pharynx

262
Q

To speak

263
Q

Vein

264
Q

Partition

A

Phragm/o or phragmat/o

265
Q

Mind

266
Q

Form

267
Q

Air, lung

A

Pneum/o or pneumon/o

268
Q

Gray

269
Q

Small growth

270
Q

Old age

271
Q

Prostate gland

272
Q

Protein

273
Q

False

274
Q

Pus

275
Q

Renal pelvis

276
Q

Pylorus

277
Q

Nerve root

A

Radic/o or radicul/o or rhiz/o

278
Q

Rectum

279
Q

Kidney

280
Q

Retina

281
Q

Rhythm

A

Rhythm/o or rrhythm/o

282
Q

Trumpet or fallopian tube

283
Q

To divid or split

284
Q

Seed or sperm

285
Q

Saliva

286
Q

The letter s, sigmoid colon

287
Q

Cavity

288
Q

Body

289
Q

Sound

290
Q

Rip or tear

291
Q

Pulse

A

Sphygm/o or sphyx/o

292
Q

Breathe

293
Q

Fat

294
Q

Mouth

295
Q

Point

296
Q

Plug

297
Q

Pressure

298
Q

Testis, testicle

A

Test/o or testicul/o (little testis)

299
Q

Birth

300
Q

Widepipe or trachea

301
Q

Little swelling

A

Tubercul/o

302
Q

Eardrum

303
Q

Urine

A

Ur/o or urin/o

304
Q

Ureter

305
Q

Urethra

306
Q

Vagus nerve

307
Q

Sheath, vagina

308
Q

Little valve

309
Q

Dilated vein

310
Q

Little vessel

311
Q

Vein

312
Q

Bladder

313
Q

Small bag

314
Q

To roll

315
Q

Vulva

316
Q

Animal / living

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