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oste/o
loan: osteon

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bone

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oss/o
loan: os (ossa) (n.)

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bone

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jug/o, junctur/o
loan: junctura/-ae (f.)

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joint, a joining

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articul/o
loan: articulatio (-iones), articulationis (f.)
articulus. -i (m.)

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joint, to join, to speak clearly

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arthr/o

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joint

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ligat/o
ligament/o
loan: ligamentum (-a), -i (n.)

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to bind, tie
ligament

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desm/o

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ligament, band, bond

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cartilag/o
loan: cartilago (-ines), cartilaginis (f.)

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cartilage

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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menisc/o
loan: meniscus (-i) (m.)

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meniscus, crescent

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synovi/o, synov/o
loan: synovia (-ae) (f.)

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synovial fluid

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capsul/o, caps/o
loan: capsula (-ae) (f.)

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capsule

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burs/o
loan: bursa (-ae) (f.)

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bursa (anatomical), bag, pouch

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fasci/o
loan: fascia (-ae)

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fascia, band

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muscul/o
loan: musculus (-i)

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muscles, mouse

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my/o, myos/o, mys/o

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muscle, mouse

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tendin/o
loan: tendo (-ines)

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tendon

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ten/o, tenont/o

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tendon

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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medull/o
loan: medulla (-ae) (f.)

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bone marrow, innermost part of an organ

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spin/o
loan: spina (-ae) (f.)

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spine, thorn, vertebral column

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rach/o
loan: rachis

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vertebral column, spinal cord

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physi/o

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nature, natural, function

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-physis

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growth, growth plate

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phyt/o, -phyte

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a growth, plant

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-phyma

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a growth, tumor

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capit/o
loan: caput, (-ita), capitis (n.)

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head, head of a long bone

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coll/o
collum, -i (n,)

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neck, neck of a long bone

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corpor/o
loan: corpus, corpora; corporis (n.)

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body

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foramin/o
loan: foramen (-ina), foraminis (n.)

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hole or passage way in a bone

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lamin/o
loan: lamina (-ae) (f.)

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plate (lamina)

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condyl/o
loan: condyle/condylus (condyli)

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rounded protuberance at the ends of bones, (condyle)

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styl/o, -style

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column-shaped bone, pillar

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tuber/o
loan: tuber (-era)

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elevated process of bone (tuberosity), tubercle, nodule, swelling

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tubercul/o
loan: tuberculum (-a)

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small eminence on long bone (tubercle), a nodule, small swelling

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crst/o
loan: crista (-ae) (f.)

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crest, ridge

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foss/o
loan: fossa (-ae)

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shallow depression, something dug, ditch

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sulc/o
loan: sulcus (-i)

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a groove, furrow

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incisur/o
loan: incisura (-ae)

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notch, indentation, incision

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skelet/o (n.)
skeleton, -i

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skeleton

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crani/o
loan: cranium (-ia), -i (n.)

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cranium (portion of skull that encloses the brain)

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maxill/o
loan: maxilla (-ae) (f.)

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maxilla (upper jaw)

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mandibul/o
loan: mandibula (-ae) (f.)

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mandible (lower jaw)

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vertebr/o
loan: vertebra (-ae) (f.)

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vertebra, black bone

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spondyl/o

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vertebra

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cervic/o
loan: cervix

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neck, cervical

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thorac/o
loan: thorax (-aces)

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thorax

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lumb/o
loan: lumbus (-i)

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loin, lumbar

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sacr/o
loan: sacrum (-a)

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sacrum bone, sacred

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coccyg/o, coccy/o
loan: coccyx (-yges), coccygis (m.)

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coccyx, tailbone

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cost/o
loan: costa (-ae) (f.)

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rib

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stern/o
loan: sternum (-a) , -in.)

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sternum, breastbone

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xiph/o
loan: xiphoid

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xiphoid process, sword-like

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scapul/o
loan: scapula (-ae) (f.)

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scapula, shoulder blade

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om/o

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shoulder

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clavicul/o, clavic/o
loan: clavicula (-ae) (f.)

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clavicle, collar bone

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cleid/o

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clavicle, collar bone

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humer/o
loan: humerus (-i) (m.)

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humerus

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radi/o
loan: radius (-i) (m.)

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radius, ray, radioactive

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uln/o
loan: ulna (-ae) (f.)

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ulna

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carp/o
loan: carpus (-i) (m.)

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wrist, carpal bone(s)

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metacarp/o
loan: metacarpus (-i) (m.)

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metacarpal bone(s)

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phalang/o
loan: phalanx (-anges), phalangis (f.)

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phalanx

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dactyl/o

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finger

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ill/o
loan: illium (-ia), -i (n.O

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illium bone (near groin, upper bone of pelvis, hip)

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ischi/o
loan: ischium (-ia), -i (n.)

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ischium bone (lower part of pelvis)

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pub/o
loan: pubis (-es), -is (m.)

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pubic bone, adult, puberty

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femor/o
loan: femur (-a), femoris (n.)

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femur bone, thigh

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patell/o
loan: patella (-ae) (f.)

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patella bone, kneecap

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gony/o

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knee

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tibii/o
loan: tibia (-ae) (f.)

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tibia bone, medial bone of lower leg

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cnem/o

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leg

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fibul/o
loan: fibula (-ae) (f.)

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fibula bone (lateral bone of lower leg)

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perone/o
loan: perone

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fibula bone, pin or brooch

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astragal/o
loan: astragalus

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talus bone (part of ankle before metatarsals)

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calcane/o
loan: calcaneus (-i)

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calcaneus bone

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ptern/o

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heel

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scaph/o

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schaphoid, shaped like the hull of a ship

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metatars/o
loan: metatarsus (-i) m.)

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metatarsus bone

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osseus, -a, -um

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bony

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longus, -a, -um

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longus

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brevis, -e

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short

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planus, -a, -um

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flat

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periosteum, -i (n.)

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periosteum, around the bone

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endosteum, -i (n.)

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endosteum, within the bone

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epiphysis, -is (f.)

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epiphysis, end of bone

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metaphysis

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metaphysis (close to end but not end)

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diaphysis

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diaphysis, central part of bone

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apophysis

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apophysis, part of bone near end not growth plate

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facies, -ei (f.)

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face

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linea, -ae (f.)

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line

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processus, -us (m.)

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process

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tuber, tuberis (n.)

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tuberosity

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tuberculum, -i

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tuberosity

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tuberculum, -i (n.)

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tubercle

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incisura, -ae (f.)

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notche

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fossa, -ae (f.)

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fossa

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sulcus, -i (m.)

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groove

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foraminalis, -e

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foraminal

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medullaris, -e

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medullary

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flavus, -a, -um

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yellow

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ruber, rubra, rubrum

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red

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epiphysialis, -e

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epiphyseal

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vertebralis, -e

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vertebral

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spinalis, -e

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spinal

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spinosus, -a , um

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spiny

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linealis, -e

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lineal

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condylaris, -e

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condylar

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articularis, -e

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articular

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cartilagineus, -a, -um

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cartilaginous

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capsularis, -e

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capsular

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synovialis, -e

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synovial

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cavitas, cavitatis (f.)

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cavity

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talus, -i (m.)

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heel

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tarsus, -i (m.)

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ankle

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calcaneus, -i (m.)

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calcaneus (heel)

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cervicalis, -e

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cervical

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thoracicus, -a, -um

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thoracic

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lumbalis, -e

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lumbar

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sacralis, -e

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sacral

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sacer, sacra, scarum

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sacred, holy

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iliacus, -a, -um

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iliac (related to ilium/hip)

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