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iatr/o

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treatment, physician

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ichthy/o

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fish

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-ician

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specialist

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icter/o

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jaundice

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ide/o

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idea, mental images

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idi/o

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individual, distinct, unknown

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ile/o

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ileum

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ili/o

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ilium

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immun/o

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protection, immune

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infra-

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below, beneath

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inguin/o

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groin

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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iod/o

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iodine

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ion/o

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ion

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ipsi-

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same

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ir/o

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iris

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irid/o

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iris

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isch/o

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suppress, restrain

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ischi/o

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ischium

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is/o

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equal

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-ist

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specialist

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ithy-

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erect, straight

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ixod/o

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ticks

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jaund/o

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yellow

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jejun/o

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jejunum

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juxta-

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near

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kal/i

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potassium

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kary/o

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nucleus

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kel/o

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tumor, fibrous growth

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ken/o

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empty

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kerat/o

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horny tissue, cornea

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keton/o

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ketones

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kilo-

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thousand

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kinesi/o

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movement

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-kinesia

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movement

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-kinetic

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movement

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klept/o

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theft, stealing

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koil/o

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hollow, concave, depresses

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kraur/o

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dry

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kyph/o

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humpback

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-labile

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unstable, perishable

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lacrim/o

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tear, lacrimal duct

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lact/o

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milk

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lal/o

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speech, babble

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-lalia

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speech, babble

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lamin/o

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lamina

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lampr/o

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clear

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx

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later/o

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side

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laxat/o

A

to slacken, relax, loosen

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lecith/o

A

yolk, ovum

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-legia

A

reading

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lei/o

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smooth

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-lemma

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confining membrane

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lepid/o

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flakes, scales

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lepr/o

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leprosy

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-lepsy

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seizure

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lept/o

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slender, thin, delicate

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letharg/o

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drowsiness

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leuk/o

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white

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levo-

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left

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-lexia

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speech, word

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lien/o

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spleen

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ligament/o

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ligament

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ligat/o

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binding, tying

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lim/o

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hunger

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lingu/o

A

tongue

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lip/o

A

fat

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-lipsis

A

omit, fail

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-listhesis

A

slipping

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lith/o

A

stone, calculus

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lob/o

A

lobe

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logad/o

A

whites of the eyes

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log/o

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word, speech, thought

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-log

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word, speech, thought

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-logue

A

word, speech thought

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-logist

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specialist

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-logy

A

study of

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loph/o

A

ridge

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lord/o

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curvature, bending

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lox/o

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oblique, slanting

85
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-lucent

A

light admitting

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luc/i

A

light

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lucid/o

A

clear

88
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lumb/o

A

loin

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lumin/o

A

light

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lute/o

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yellow

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luxat/o

A

dislocate

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ly/o

A

dissolve, loosen

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lymph/o

A

lymph

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-lysis

A

dissolution, breakdown

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-malacia

A

softening

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mamm/o

A

breast

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-mania

A

madness, obsessive, preoccupation

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-masesis

A

mastication, chewing

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mast/o

A

breast

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maxill/o

A

maxilla

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medi/o

A

middle

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum

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medic/o

A

healing, heal

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medull/o

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medulla, marrow

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mega-

A

million, large

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magalo-

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large

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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mel/o

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limbs, limb

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melan/o

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black

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meli-

A

honey, sugar

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melit-

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honey, sugar

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men/o

A

menses, menstruation

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mening/o

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meninges, membranes

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ment/o

A

mind

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mer/o

A

part

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meso-

A

middle

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meta-

A

after, beyond, change

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metall/o

A

metal

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-meter

A

instrument for measuring

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method/o

A

procedure, technique

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metr/o

A

uterus

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-metry

A

process of measuring

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micro-

A

one millionth, small

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mi/o

A

less, smaller

125
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milli-

A

one thousandth

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-mimesis

A

imitation, simulation

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mis/o

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hatred of, aversion

128
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-mnesia

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memory

129
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mogi-

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difficult

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mono-

A

one

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/o

A

death

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-motor

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movement, motor

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muc/o

A

mucus

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multi-

A

many, much

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muscul/o

A

muscle

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mutilat/o

A

to maim, disfigure

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my/o

A

muscle

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myos/o

A

muscle

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myc/o

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fungus

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myel/o

A

bone marrow, spinal cord

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myring/o

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eardrum

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myx/o

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mucus

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nano-

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one billionth

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narc/o

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numbness, stupor

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nas/o

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nose

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nat/o

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birth

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natr/o

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sodium

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necr/o

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death

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neo-

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new

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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neutr/o

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neutral

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nev/o

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mole, birthmark

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noci-

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to cause harm, injury or pain

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noct/i

A

night

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nod/o

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knot

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-noia

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mind, will

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nom/o

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custom, law

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nomen-

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name

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noni-

A

nine

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norm/o

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normal, usual

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nos/o

A

disease

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not/o

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the back

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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nulli-

A

none

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nutri/o

A

nourish

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nutrit/o

A

nourish

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nyct/o

A

night

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