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arthr-

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joint

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cardi-

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heart

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enter-

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small intestine

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gastr-

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stomach

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hepat-

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liver

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neur-

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nerve

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hem-

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blood

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hemat-

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blood

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my-

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muscle

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muscul-

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muscle

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angi-

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vessel

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vas-

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vessel

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vascul-

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vessel

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derm-

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skin

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dermat-

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skin

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cutane-

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skin

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pneum-

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lung

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pneunom-

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lung

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pulmon-

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lung

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gen-

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creation; cause

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hydr-

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water

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morph-

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change

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myc-

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fungus

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necr-

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death

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orth-

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straight

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path-

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disease; suffering

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phag-

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eat

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plas-

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formation

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py-

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pus

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scler-

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hard

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sten-

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narrowing

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troph-

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nourishment; development

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xen-

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foreign

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-ia

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condition

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-ism

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condition

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-ium

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tissue; structure

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-y

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condition; procedure

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-icle

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small

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–ole

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small

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-ule

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small

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-ula

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small

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-iatrics

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medical science

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-iatry

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medical science

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-iatrist

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specialist in medicine of

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-ist

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specialist

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-logist

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specialist in study of

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-logy

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study of

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-algia

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pain

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-dynia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia

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-emia

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blood condition

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-iasis

A

presence of

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-itis

A

inflammation

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-lysis

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loosen; break down

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oid

A

resembling

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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deficiency

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-ptosis

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drooping

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-rrhage

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excessive flow

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-rrhagia

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excessive flow

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-rrhea

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flow

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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-centesis

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puncture

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-gram

A

written record

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-graph

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instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

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writing procedure

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-scope

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instrument to look

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-scopy

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process of looking

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-desis

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binding; fixation

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-ectomy

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removal

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-plasty

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reconstruction

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-stomy

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creation of an opening

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-tomy

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incision

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a-

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not

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an-

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not

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anti-

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against

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contra-

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against

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de-

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down

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ante-

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before

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pre-

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before

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pro-

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before; on behalf of

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brady-

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slow

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tachy-

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fast

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post-

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after

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re-

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again

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ab-

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away

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ad-

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toward

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circum-

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around

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peri-

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around

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dia-

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through

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trans-

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through

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e-

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out

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ec-

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out

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ex-

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out

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ecto-

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outside

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exo-

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outside

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extra-

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outside

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en-

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inside

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endo-

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inside

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intra-

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inside

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epi-

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upon

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sub-

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beneath

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inter-

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between

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bi-

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two

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hemi-

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half

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semi-

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half

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hyper-

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over

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hypo-

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under

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macro-

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large

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micro-

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small

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mono-

A

one

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uni-

A

one

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oligo-

A

few

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pan-

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all

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poly-

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many

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multi-

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many

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con-

A

with; together

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syn-

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together

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sym-

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together

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dys-

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bad

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eu-

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good

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