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1
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dacry/o

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tear

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dactyl/o

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digit (finger or toe)

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deca-

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ten

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deci-

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one tenth

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demi-

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half

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dem/o

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people

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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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dermat/o

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skin

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desicc/o

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to dry

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-desis

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surgical fixation, fusion

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desm/o

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ligament

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deuter/o

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second, secondary

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dextr/o

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right

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di-

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two

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dia-

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through, throughout

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didym/o

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a twin, testis

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-didymus

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conjoined twin

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dilat/o

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enlarge, expand

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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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distant

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dolich/o

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long

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dolor/o

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pain

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dors/o

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back

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drom/o

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running

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-drome

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running

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duct/o

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to lead

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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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, difficult, painful

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ec-

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outside, out

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ecto-

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outside, out

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echin/o

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spiny, prickly

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echo-

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reverberating sound

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eco-

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environment

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-ectasia

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dilation, expansion

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ectr/o

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congenital absence

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42
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-edema

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swelling

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ele/o

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oil

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electr/o

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electricity

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embol/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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vomiting

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-emia

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blood condition

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emmetr/o

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the correct measure, proportioned

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-emphraxis

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stoppage, obstruction

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en-

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inside, within

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endo-

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inside, within

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encephal/o

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brain

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enter/o

A

intestines (small)

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eosin/o

A

red, rosy, dawn

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epi-

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above, over, upon

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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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equi-

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equality, equal

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erethism/o

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irritation

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erg/o

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work

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erythem/o

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redness, flushed

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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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eso-

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within

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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esthesi/o

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sensation, feeling

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-esthesia

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sensation, feeling

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eti/o

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cause

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eu-

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good, normal, well

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eury-

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wide, broad

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ex-

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out, away from

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exa-

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quintillion

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excit/o

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to arouse

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exo-

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outside, outward

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extra-

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outside

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faci/o

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face

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-facient

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to cause, make happen

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fasci/o

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fascia

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febr/i

A

fever

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femor/o

A

femur

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femto-

A

one quadrillionth

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ferri/i

A

iron

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ferr/o

A

iron

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fet/o

A

fetus

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fibr/o

A

fiber, fiberous

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fibul/o

A

fibula

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fil/o

A

thread, thread-like

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fil/i

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thread, thread-like

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filament/o

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thread, thread-like

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fimbria/e

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thread-like

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flav/o

A

yellow

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flex/o

A

bend

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flect/o

A

bend

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flu/o

A

to flow

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flux/o

A

to flow

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flour/o

A

flourine

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follicul/o

A

small sac, follicle

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fore-

A

before, in front

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-form

A

specified shape, form

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frig/o

A

cold

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frigid/o

A

cold

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funct/o

A

performance

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fung/i

A

fungus, mushroom

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fusc/o

A

dark brown

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galact/o

A

milk

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galvano-

A

direct electric current

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gamet/o

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gamete

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gam/o

A

marriage, sexual union

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gangli/o

A

ganglion

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ganglion/o

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ganglion

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gastr/o

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stomach

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ge/o

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earth, soil

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gel/o

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to freeze, congeal

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gemell/o

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twins

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-gen

A

producing, generating

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gen/o

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producing, generating

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-genesis

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production, formation

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-genic

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produced by, forming

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geni/o

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chin

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genit/o

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reproduction

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ger/o

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aged, old age

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geront/o

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aged, old age

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gest/o

A

to bear

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gestat/o

A

to bear

127
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-geusia

A

taste

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giga-

A

billion

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gigant/o

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huge

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gingiv/o

A

gums

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glauc/o

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gray, bluish green

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gli/o

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glue, neuroglia

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-globin

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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gnath/o

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jaw

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gnos/o

A

knowledge

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gon/o

A

genitals, semen

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gonad/o

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gonads

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goni/o

A

angle

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-grade

A

step

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-gram

A

written record

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-granul/o

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granules

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-graph

A

instrument for recording

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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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gustat/o

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taste

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gust/o

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taste

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gynec/o

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woman, female

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gyr/o

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circle, spiral

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haph/e

A

touch

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hapl/o

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simple, single

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hect/o

A

hundred

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helc/o

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ulcer

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heli/o

A

sun

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helminth/o

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worm

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-helminth

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worm

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hemi-

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half

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hem/o

A

blood

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hemat/o

A

blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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hered/o

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hereditary

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hetero-

A

different, other

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hex-

A

six

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hexa-

A

six

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-hexia

A

condition

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hepta-

A

seven

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hidr/o

A

sweat

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hirsut/o

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hairy

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hirud/i

A

leech

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hirudin/i

A

leech

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hist/o

A

tissue

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holo-

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entire, complete

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homeo-

A

likeness, constant, sameness

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homo-

A

same, similar

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hormon/o

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hormone

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humer/o

A

humerus

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hyal/o

A

resembling glass, glassy

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hydr/o

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water, hydrogen

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hygr/o

A

moisutre

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hymen/o

A

hymen

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hyper-

A

above, excessive, beyond

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hypn/o

A

sleep

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hypo-

A

under, deficient, below

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hypthalam/o

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hypothalamus

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hypsi-

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high

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hyster/o

A

uterus

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