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1
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Epi

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Upon

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Onyma

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Name

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Acro

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High, end

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MRI

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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Penult

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Almost the last

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Pen

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Almost

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Antepenult

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The one before the one that is almost the last

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Ante

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Before

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Root

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Foundation or subject of the term

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Suffix

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Ending that gives essential meaning to the term

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Prefix

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Added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root

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Arthr/o

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Joint. AR-throh

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Cardi/o

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Heart. KAR-dee-oh

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Enter/o

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Small instestine

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Hem/o

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Blood

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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My/o

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Muscle

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Muscul/o

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Muscle

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Angi/o

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Vessel

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Vas/o

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Vessel

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Vascul/o

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Vessel

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Cutane

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Skin

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Pneum/o

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Lung

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Pneumon/o

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Lung

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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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Gen/o

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Creation, cause

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Hydr/o

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Water

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Morph/o

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Change

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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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Orth/o

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Straight

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Path/o

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Suffering, disease

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Phag/o

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Eat

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Plas/o

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Formation

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Py/o

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Pus

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Scler/o

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Hard

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Sten/o

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Narrowing

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Troph/o

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Nourishment, development

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Xen/o

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Foreign

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Tom/o

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To cut

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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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Tomy

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A cutting procedure or incision

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Ectomy

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A cutting procedure or surgical removal

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64
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Iatrics

A

Medical science

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Ist

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Specialist

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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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Logist

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Specialist in the 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

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Presence of

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Itis

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Inflammation

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Lysis

A

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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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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Graoh

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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

A

Instrument used to measure

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Metry

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Process of measuring

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Scope

A

Instrument used to look

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Scopy

A

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

A

Creation of an opening

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Tomy

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Incision

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Singular: a

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Plural: ae

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Singular: ax

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Plural: aces

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Singular: ex

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Plural: ices

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Singular: ix

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Plural: ices

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Singular: is

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Plural: es

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Singular: ma

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Plural: mata

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Singular: on

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Plural: a

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Singular: um

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Plural: a

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Singular: us

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Plural: i

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Singular: y

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Plural: ies

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A

A

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, away from

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Ante

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Before

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Pre

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Before

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Proh

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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

A

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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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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Upon

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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

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One

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Uni

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One

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Oligo

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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

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With, together

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Sym

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With, together

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Sym

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With, 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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Combining form

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A combination of a root with a combining vowel

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Splen

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Spleen

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Megaly

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Enlargement

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Algia

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Pain

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Myel

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