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Bi/o

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Life

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Auto/o

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Self

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Coni/o

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Dust

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Crypt/o

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Hidden

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Heter/o

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Other

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Necr/o

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Death

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Pachy/o

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Thick

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Rhytid/o

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Wrinkles

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Staphyl/o

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Grape like clusters

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Strept/o

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Twisted chains

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Xer/o

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Dry

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Cutane/o
Derm/o
Dermat/o

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Skin

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Kerat/o

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Hard

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Onych/o

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Nail

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Seb/o

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Oil

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Trich/o

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Hair

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Caudad

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Toward the tail

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Cephalad

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Toward the head

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Lateral

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Pertaining to a side

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Medial

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Pertaining to the middle

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Unilateral

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Pertaining to one side

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Bilateral

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Pertaining to two sides

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Mediolateral

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Pertaining to the middle an the side

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Distal

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Pertaining to away

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Proximal

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Pertaining to near

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Inferior

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Pertaining to below

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Superior

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Pertaining to above

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Caudal

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Pertaining to the tail

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Cephalic

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Pertaining to the head

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Anterior

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Pertaining to the front

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Posterior

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Pertaining to the back

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Dorsal

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Pertaining to the back

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Ventral

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Pertaining to the belly

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Anteroposterior

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Pertaining to the front an back

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Posteroanterior

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Pertaining to the back and front

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Anter/o

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Front

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Caud/o

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Tail

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Dist/o

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Away

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Dors/o

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Back

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Infer/o

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Below

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Later/o

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Side

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Medi/o

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Middle

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Poster/o

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Back

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Proxim/o

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Near

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Super/o

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Above

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Ventr/o

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Belly

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Bi

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Two

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Uni

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One

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Ad

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Toward

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Ior

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Pertaining to

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Cancerous

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Pertaining to cancer

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Carcinogen

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Substance that causes cancer

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Carcinogenic

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Producing cancer

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Cyanosis

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Abnormal condition of blue

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Diagnosis

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State of complete knowledge

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Etiology

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Study of causes

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Iatrogenic

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Produced by a physician

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Iatrology

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Study of medicine

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Metastasis

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Beyond control

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Neopathy

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New disease

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Oncogenic

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Causing rumors

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Oncologist

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Physician who studies tumors

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Oncology

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Study of tumors

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Organic

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Pertaining to an organ

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Organoid

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Resembling an organ

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Pathogenic

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Producing disease

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Pathologist

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Physician who studied disease

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Pathology

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Study of disease

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Prognosis

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State of before knowledge

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Xanthochromic

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Pertaining to yellow color

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Xanthosis

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Abnormal condition of yellow

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Cytogenetic

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Producing cells

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Cytoid

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Resembling cells

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Cytology

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Study of cells

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Cytoplasm

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Cell substance

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Dysplasia

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Abnormal development

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Epithelial

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Pertaining to epithelium

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Erythrocyte

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Red blood cell

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Erythrocytosis

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Increase of red blood cells

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Histology

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Study of tissue

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Hyperplasia

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Excessive development

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Hypoplasia

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Incomplete development

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Karyocyte

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Cell with a nucleus

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Karyoplasm

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Substance of a nucleus

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Leukocyte

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White blood cells

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Leukocytosis

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Increase in white blood cells

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Lipoid

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Resembling fat

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Myopathy

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Disease of muscle

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Neuroid

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Resembling a nerve

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Somatic

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Pertaining to a body

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Somatogenic

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Originating in the body

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Somatopathy

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Disease of the body

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Somatoplasm

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Body substance

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Systemic

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Pertaining to a system

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Visceral

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Pertaining to internal organ

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Adenocarcinoma

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Cancerous tumor of glandular tissue

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Adenoma

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Tumor of glandular tissue

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Carcinoma

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Cancerous tumor

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Chloroma

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Tumor of green color

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Epithelioma

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Tumor composed of epithelium

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Fibroma

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Tumor composed of fiber

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Fibrosarcoma

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Malignant tumor composed of fiber

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Leiomyoma

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Tumor of smooth muscle

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Leiomyosarcoma

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Malignant tumor of smooth muscle

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Lipoma

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Tumor composed of fat

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Liposarcoma

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Malignant tumor of fat

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Melanocarcinoma

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Cancerous black tumor

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Melanoma

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Black tumor

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Myoma

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Tumor composed of muscle

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Neoplasm

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New growth

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Neuroma

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Tumor composed of nerve

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Rhabdomyoma

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Tumor of striated muscle

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Rhabdomyosarcoma

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Malignant tumor of striated muscle

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Sarcoma

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Tumor of connective tissue

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Al, ic, ous

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Pertaining to

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Cyte

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Cell

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Gen

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Produces or causes

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Genic

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Producing

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Logist

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Specialist

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Logy

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Study of

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Oid

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Resembling

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Oma

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Tumor

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Osis

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Abnormal condition

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Pathy

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Disease

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Plasia

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Development

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Plasm

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Substance

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Sarcoma

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Malignant tumor

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Sis

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State of

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Stasis

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Control

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Chlor/o

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Green

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Chrom/o

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Color

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Leuk/o

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White

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Melan/o

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Black

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Dia

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Complete

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Dys

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Painful

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Hyper

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Excessive

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Hypo

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Below

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Meta

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After

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Neo

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New

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Pro

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Before

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Cancer/o

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Cancer

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Eti/o

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Cause

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Gno/o

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Knowledge

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iatr/o

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Physician

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Lei/o

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Smooth

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Onc/o

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Tumor

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Path/o

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Disease

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Rhabd/o

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Striated

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Somat/o

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Body

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Epitheli/o

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Epithelium

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Fibr/o

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Fiber

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Kary/o

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Nucleus

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Lip/o

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Fat

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My/o

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Muscle

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Organ/o

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Organ

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Sarc/o

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Connective tissue

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System/o

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System

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Viscer/o

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Internal organs

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Arthr

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Joint

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Hepat

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Liver

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Ven

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Vein

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Oste

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Bone

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Itis

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Inflammation

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Megaly

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Enlargement

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Intra

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Within

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Sub

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Under

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