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Word Roots 1-5 Flashcards

1
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a-, an-

A

without, absent

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ab-

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from

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ad-

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to, toward

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adip-

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fat

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af-

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toward

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-al

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pertaining to

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alba-

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white

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-algia

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pain

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allo-

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other

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ana-

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up

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ante-

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before

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apo-

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from

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arachn-

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spider

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arthro-

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joint

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-asis

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state, condition

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astro-

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star

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aud-

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to hear

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baro-

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pressure

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bi-

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two

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bio-

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life

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21
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-blast

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growth

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burs-

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bag, sac

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carcin-

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cancer

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cephalo-

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head

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cerebro-

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brain

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cervic-

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neck

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chondro-

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cartilage

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chromo-

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color

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circum-

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around

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-clast

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to break

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cleido-

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clavicle

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coel-

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cavity

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contra-

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against

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cortic-

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rind or bark

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cost-

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rib

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cranio-

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skull

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cribr-

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sieve

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cut-

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skin

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cyt-, cyto-

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a hollow cell

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dendre-

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tree, branche

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derm-

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skin

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desmo-

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band

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di-

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twice

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dis-

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apart, away

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dys-

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bad, disordered

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ef-

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away, from

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emmetro-

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in proper measure

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encephalo-

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brain

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endo-

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inside

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epi-

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upon, over

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exo-

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outside

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extra-

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outside of, beyond, in addition

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fil-

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thread

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gangli-

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swelling

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55
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-genic

A

to produce

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genicula-

A

knee like structure

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genio-

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chin

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-glia

A

glue

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glosso-

A

tongue

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gran-

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grain

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-graph, -graphia

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to write, record

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gusta-

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taste

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hetero-

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other

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histo-

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tissue

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holo-

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entire

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homeo-

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unchanging

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hyal-, hyalo-

A

glass

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hydro-

A

water

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hyo-

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U shaped

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hyper-

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above

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hypo-

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under

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-ia

A

state or condition

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ilio-

A

ilium

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-ineum

A

discharge

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infra-

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beneath

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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ipsi-

A

itself

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iso-

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equal

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-itis

A

inflammation

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kerato-

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horn

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lacun-

A

space, hollow

83
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-lemma

A

husk

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liga-

A

to bind together

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lip-, lipo-

A

fat

86
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lith-

A

stone

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-lysis

A

break down, cut

88
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macro-

A

large

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-malacia

A

softening

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medull-

A

under, beneath

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melan-

A

dark

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menin-

A

membrane

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mero-

A

part

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meso-

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middle

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meta-

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after, beyond

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micro-

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small

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-mural

A

wall

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myo-

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muscle

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narc-

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to numb or deaden

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necr-

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corpse

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neur-, neuro-

A

nerve

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oculi-

A

eye

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-oid

A

form, resemblance

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olfact-

A

smell

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oligo-

A

little, few

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-ology

A

study of

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-oma

A

swelling

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onco-

A

mass, tumor

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ophthalm-

A

eye

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-opia

A

eye

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orb-

A

a circle

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ortho-

A

straight, correct

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-osis

A

state, condition

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osteo-

A

bone

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-ostium

A

door, opening

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oto-

A

ear

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para-

A

beyond

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path-

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disease

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per-

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through, throughout

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peri-

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around

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-phasia

A

speech

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phobe-, phobia-

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fearing

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phot-

A

light

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physio-

A

nature

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-plasia

A

formation

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-plasm

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fluid

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platy-

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flat

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-plegia

A

a blow

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plex-

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network

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post-

A

after

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pre-

A

before

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presby-

A

old

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pro-

A

before, first

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pseudo-

A

FALSE

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pterygo-

A

wing

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reticul-

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network

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retro-

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behind

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rhin-

A

nose

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sarco-

A

flesh

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sclera-, sclero-

A

hard

141
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-scope

A

to view

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-sect

A

to cut

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-septic

A

putrid

144
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sphin-

A

squeeze

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stasis-

A

standing still

146
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sten-

A

a narrowing

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stylo-

A

stake, pole

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sub-

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below

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super-

A

above or beyond

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supra-

A

on the other side

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sutur-

A

sewing

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syn-

A

together

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telo-

A

end

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-tendinosus

A

tendinous

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-tomy

A

to cut

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trans-

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through

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-trophy

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nourishing

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-tropic

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turning

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uro-

A

urinary

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