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algia

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pain

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asthenia

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weakness

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desis

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binding, fusion

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dynia

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pain

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esthesia

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sensation

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kinesia, kinesis

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Movement

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phonia

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Sound

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phoria

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feeling, carrying

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cele

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hernia

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cytosis

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Condition of cells

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ectasia, ectasis

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Expansion, dilation

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edema

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Swelling

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ema

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Condition

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Emesis

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Vomiting

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iasis

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Pathological condition or state, presence of

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ism

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condition, disease

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itis, plural ites

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Inflammation

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lepsy

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Seizures

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leptic

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Pertaining to seizures

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lithiasis

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presence of stones

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mania

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obsession, mania

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megaly

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enlargement

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oma (plural, omae)

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tumor, neoplasm

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opia, opsia

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Vision

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osis (pl. oses)

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condition, state, process

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paresis

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slight paralysis, feelings of numbness and tingling

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pathy

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Abnormal condition, disease process

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penia

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Deficiency, small, fewer

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philia

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Attraction, affinity for

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Phrenia

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Of the mind

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Phthisis

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Wasting away

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physis

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growing

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pelgia

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Paralysis

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plegic

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Pertaining to paralysis

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ptosis

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Falling down, drooping

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rrhea

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To flow or discharge

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rrhagia

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Excessive bleeding (amount and/or frequency)

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rrhexis

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rupture

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trophic

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Pertaining to nutrition

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trophy

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nutrition

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blast

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immature, forming

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Cidal, cide

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Destroying, killing

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crine

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Secreting

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Malacia

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Softening

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Para

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Bearing, given birth

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parous

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Bearing, producing offspring

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Pepsia

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Digestion

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Phage, phagia

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Eating, devouring

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Phasia

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Speaking

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Phoresis

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Carrying

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Plasia

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Formation, development, growth

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Plastic

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Forming

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Pnea

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Breath

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Poiesis

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Production, formation

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Poietic

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Pertaining to production

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Poietin

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Substance that produces

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Porosis

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Lessening in density

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schisis

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Splitting

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somnia

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Sleep

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Spasm

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Contraction

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Stalsis

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Contraction

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stasis

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Stopping, constant, static

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stenosis

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Narrowing

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cyte

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Cell

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derma

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Skin

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emia

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Blood

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emic

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Relating to blood

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globin, globulin

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Protein

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Oxia

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Oxygen

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Plakia

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Plaque

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Plasm, plasia

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Thing formed, growth

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Uria

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Urine

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Centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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Ectomy

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Removal of part or all of an organ or body part

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Lysis

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Destruction of

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Lytic

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Pertaining to destruction

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Pexy

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Fixation, usually done surgically

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Plasty

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Surgical repair

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rrhaphy

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Surgical suturing

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static, stasis

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Maintaining a state

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stomy

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Opening

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Tome

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Cutting instrument, segment

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tomy

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Cutting operation, incision

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Tripsy

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Crushing

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Crit

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Separate

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gen

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Producer

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genesis

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Origin

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Genic

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Produced by

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gram

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A recording

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Graph

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Recording instrument

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Graphy

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Process of recording

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Meter

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Measuring device

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Metry

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Measurement

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Opsy

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View of

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Pheresis

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Removal

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Phil

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Attraction, affinity for

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Scope

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Instrument for visual examination

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scopy

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Use of an instrument for viewing

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ad

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Toward

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Clast, clasis

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Break, fracture

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form

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in the shape of

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ic

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Pertaining to

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Ics

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Treatment, practice, body of knowledge

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Logist

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One who studies

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Logy

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Study, practice

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oid

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Like, resembling

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phylaxis

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Protection, prevention

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Plegic

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Pertaining to paralysis

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stat

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Agent to maintain a state of equilibrium

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Tropia

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Turning

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Tropic

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Turning toward

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tropy

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Attracted to target structures

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Version

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Turning

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