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1
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Aero

A

Air

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Amine/amino

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Nitrogen related

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Amylo

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Starch

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Andro

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Male

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Anth

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Flower

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Arb

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Tree related, tree-like

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Ase

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Found at end of most enzyme names

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Aud

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Hearing

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Bio

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Biological

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Blast

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Germ-bud

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Brachio

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Branching, arm related

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Brachy

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Short

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Carbo

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Carbon

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Cardio

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Heart

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Carn

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Meat

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Chem

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Chemical

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Chloro

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Green/yellow

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Chrom

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Colour

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19
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Coll

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Glue

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20
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Cyst

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Bag

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21
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Cyt

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Cell

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22
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Dem

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Person

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23
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Derm

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Skin

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24
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Dont

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Tooth

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25
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Electro

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Electronic

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Entero

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Intestinal

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27
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Estro/oestro

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Egg related

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Gen

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Genesis

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Geo

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Earth

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30
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Gloss

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Tongue, mouth

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Gluc

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Sugar related

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Glyco

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Sweet (sugar related)

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33
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Gonad

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Sex organ

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Gyn

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Female related

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Haem

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Blood related

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Herb

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Plant related

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Histo

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Tissue

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Hydro

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Water

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Ic

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Having to do with something, made of

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Id

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Belonging to, a part of something

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In

A

Many proteins end with in

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42
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Karyo

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Nucleus related

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Lacuna

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A space or depression

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Lamina

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Sheet like

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Leuko

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White, clear

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Lith

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Stone

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Lumen

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An inner space

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Lyse

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Break apart

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Mar

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Seawater, salt related

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Mat

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Maternal

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Mechano

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Mechanical related

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Morph

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Shape

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Mort

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Death

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Myco

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Fungal related

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Myo

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Muscle related

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Nemat

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Thread

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Nephr

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Kidney related

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Neuro

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Brain related

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Neutro

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Neutral, neither

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Nitro

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Nitrogen related

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Noct

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Night

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Nucleo

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Nucleus; center

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Occular

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Eye

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Ology

A

Study of

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Ose

A

Sugar subunit

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Osis

A

A process

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67
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Osmo

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Related to osmosis

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Ost

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Bone

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Oto

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Ear/hearing related

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Ox

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Oxygen related

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Pat

A

Paternal

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72
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Path

A

Disease

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73
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Pept

A

Protein related

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Phag

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Eat

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Phore

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A part of something

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Phosph

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Phosphorus

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Photo

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Light

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Phyll

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Leaf related

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Phyt

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Plant

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Plasm

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A substance, molded, created

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Plast

A

Object, usually plant related

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Ploid

A

Chromosomal copies

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Pneumo

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Air related

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Pod

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Foot

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Prot

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Protein related

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Proteo

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Protein related

87
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Psych

88
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Pulmo

A

Lung related

89
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Reticul

90
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Rhizo

A

Root related

91
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Ribo

A

Ribose (the sugar) related

92
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Sacch

93
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Schizo

94
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Scler

95
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Septic

A

Putrefaction, infected

96
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Septum

A

A partition

97
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Somni

A

Sleep related

98
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Sonic

A

Sound related

99
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Sperm

100
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Stat

A

Steady; same

101
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Stoma

A

Mouth; opening

102
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Synth

A

Regarding generation of something

103
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Taxi

104
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Therm

A

Temperature

105
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Tonic

A

Water balance related

106
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Trach

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Tricho

108
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Troph

A

Food, nourishment

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Tropic

110
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Vasc

A

Vein related

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Viv

112
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Vore

113
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Zoo/zoa

A

Animal related

114
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Zygo

115
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Bi

116
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Di

117
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Hemi

A

Half (Greek)

118
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Hept

119
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Hex

120
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Macro

121
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Max

A

To the highest degree

122
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Mega

A

Very large

123
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Meta

124
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Metric

125
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Micro

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Invisible to unaided eye; small

126
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Min

A

To the least degree

127
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Mono

A

One; alone

128
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Multi

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Nano

A

Precise reference to nanoscale things

130
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Oct

131
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Oligo

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Omni

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Pent

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Poly

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Quad

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Quaternary

137
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Semi

A

Half (Latin)

138
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Tempo

139
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Tertiary

140
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Tetra

141
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Tri

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Uni

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Chron

144
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A

A

Negates the word

145
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Ab

146
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Acti

147
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Ad

148
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Amphi

A

Having two sides

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Ana

A

Up, new, again

150
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Anteri

151
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Anti

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Apical

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Apo

A

Apart from, away from

154
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Aqua

155
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Arch

156
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Archeo

A

Beginning, old

157
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Ate

158
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Auto

159
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Axial

A

Along the long axis

160
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Basal

161
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Cata

A

Down, downward

162
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Co

A

Links two or more things

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De

164
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Dend

A

Branching, treelike

165
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Dist

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Ecto

A

On the outer surface

167
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Endo

168
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Epi

169
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Eu

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True, good

170
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Exo

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Extra

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Hetero

173
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Homeo

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Homo

175
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Hyper

A

More, above

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Hypo

A

Less, below

177
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Infra

178
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Inter

A

Between things

179
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Intra

A

Within something

180
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Iso

181
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Ite

A

Belonging to something

182
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Lateral

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Medial

A

Middle of something

184
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Meso

185
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Orthro

A

Straight; upright

186
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Pan

A

Across all

187
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Para

188
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Peri

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Philic

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Phobic

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Post

192
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Posterio

193
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Pre

194
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Primary

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First; main

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Pro

A

Before or positive

196
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Proto

A

Before/origin

197
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Proxi

198
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Pseudo

A

Like something

199
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Radial

A

Along the radius; in to out

200
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Retro

A

Previous; old

201
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Secondary

A

Second or among nonprimary things

202
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Situ

A

Inside tissue

203
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Sub

A

Below, or part of something

204
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Super

A

Above, or comprised of subparts

205
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Sym

206
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Syn

207
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Terra

A

Earth related

208
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Topo

A

Place; location

209
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Toti

A

All; total

210
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Trans

211
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Ule

A

A sub item of something

212
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Ultra

213
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Urnal

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Vitro

A

Outside of the organism

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