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Medical Terminology

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Prefix/Suffix
Meaning
show without or lack of  
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show away (away from)  
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abdomin/o-   show
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show capable of  
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abort/io   show
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show to tear away from  
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show a going away  
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show refers to or pertains to  
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-ory   show
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-us   show
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show thorny (skin growth)  
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show supplemental  
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show vinegar cup or hip joint (for femur)  
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acne   show
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acoust/i-   show
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show extremities, height and pointed  
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show extremities, height and pointed  
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show sun, ray, radium  
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show sharp  
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show sharp  
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ad-   show
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show gland  
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show to stick (together)  
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show fat  
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show air or gas  
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af-   show
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-age   show
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aggglutnin/o-   show
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-agogue   show
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-agon   show
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show pain  
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-al   show
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alb/o-   show
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albumin/o-   show
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show pain  
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-algia   show
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alimento/o   show
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show fox mange or baldness  
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alveol/i-   show
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ambi-   show
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show dull  
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show to walk  
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show nitrogen compound  
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show organic compound  
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amnesi/o-   show
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show lambs caul 'small cap'  
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show both  
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amylo-   show
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show lack of or without  
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an/o-   show
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ana-   show
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show elbow  
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andr/o-   show
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anecto-   show
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show vessel  
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angin/o-   show
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show old women  
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show unequal  
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show fuse or bind  
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show abnormal  
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ante-   show
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anter/o-   show
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show coal or carbuncle  
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show coal or carbuncle  
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show human  
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show against  
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show cavity  
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show cavity or cavern  
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show dilation or ballooning  
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anxio-   show
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-apheresis   show
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show above or upon  
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show upon tendon (sheet or sheath around tendon)  
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append/o-   show
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aqua-   show
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show refers to  
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ar-   show
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acrachn/   show
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show spider  
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arche/o-   show
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arche-   show
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-aria   show
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arteri/o-   show
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show joint  
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articul/o-   show
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-ary   show
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asbest/o-   show
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ascar/i-   show
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show bag  
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-ase   show
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aspergill/o-   show
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show star  
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-asthenia   show
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show panting  
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-ate   show
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atelo-   show
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show porridge or yellow fat  
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show process of or procedure of  
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show process of or procedure of  
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show vapor or steam  
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-artresia   show
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show chamber  
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attrit/i-   show
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audi-   show
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aur/i-   show
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auricul/o-   show
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show to listen  
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auto-   show
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show self  
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avuls/i-   show
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axill/o-   show
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show axle or axis  
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axo-   show
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show urea nitrogen  
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show single  
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show ROD-LIKE  
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show ROD  
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show PENIS (GLANS PENIS)  
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Baro-   show
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show HEAVY  
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show basic  
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show at a base  
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Bene-   show
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show kind  
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show weakness  
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show two  
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Bil/i- (bil-)   show
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show two  
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bio-   show
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-blast   show
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show blister  
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show mucus  
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blepharo- (palpebro-)   show
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show lump or ball  
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-borg   show
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brach/i-   show
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show short  
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brady-   show
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show short  
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bronch/i-   show
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brux-   show
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brucca-   show
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bulba-   show
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show blister or vesicle  
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show hunger  
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burs/o-   show
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cac/o-   show
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cal/o-   show
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calcane/o-   show
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show calcium  
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show pebbles or granules (of calcium mineral)  
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caligi/o-   show
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show cups  
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calix-   show
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show hardened skin  
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show heel or lime  
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show glowing white  
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show corner of eye  
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capill/o-   show
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capit/o-   show
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capn/o-   show
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show little box  
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show head  
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show carbon atoms, coal, or charcoal  
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carbun/o-   show
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carbuncul/o-   show
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carcin/o-   show
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show heart  
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show wrist  
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cata-   show
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show waterfall or cloudiness  
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show to flow down  
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catheter/o-   show
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show tall or toward tall  
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show burn or heat  
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cau-   show
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caus-   show
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cav-   show
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show meal or food  
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cec/o-   show
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show navel  
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-cele   show
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cell/o-   show
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cellul/o-   show
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show hard  
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ceno-   show
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keno-   show
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-centesis   show
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show one-hundredth apart  
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centr/i-   show
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show center  
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cephalo-   show
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show receiver  
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cerbr/o-   show
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ceru-   show
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show neck  
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show relaxation  
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show hailstone (eyelid sebaceous cyst)  
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chancr/o-   show
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show lip  
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chilo-   show
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show a crossing  
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show hand  
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show to cloak or cover  
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chlor/o-   show
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cholangio-   show
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show bile or gall (ingredient of)  
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cholecyst/o-   show
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choledoch/o-   show
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cholera-   show
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show cartilage  
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chordo- (cordo-)   show
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chorea-   show
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show colored  
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chyme-   show
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show juice  
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-cicatrix   show
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-cid   show
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show eyelash-like  
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show eyelash or eyelash like  
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cimex-   show
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cine/o-   show
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circum-   show
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show yellow-oranged (jaundiced)  
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show cut or to cut  
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show cavity  
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-clalasia   show
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-clast   show
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show breakdown  
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clavicul/o-   show
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cleido-   show
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clino-   show
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show turmoil  
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clubb/o-   show
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show irrigation or injection  
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co-   show
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coagulo/o-   show
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-coccus   show
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coccyg/o-   show
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show snail-like  
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show hollow belly (cavity)  
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coit/o-   show
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show colon big or large intestine  
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show colon big or large intestine  
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show glue  
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show twisted  
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show to mutilate  
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show vagina  
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com-   show
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comato-   show
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con-   show
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conch/a-   show
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concuss/i-   show
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show knuckle (nob)  
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show dust  
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-conis   show
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conjuctiv/o-   show
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-continence   show
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contra-   show
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show counter blow  
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show bruise  
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show to roll together  
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corac/o-   show
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cord-   show
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show pupil or iris (rainbow)  
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cori/o-   show
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show cornea or horn (shape)  
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cornu-   show
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show crowning  
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show crowning frontal body cut  
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corp/o-   show
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cortic/o-   show
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show rib  
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cox/a-   show
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show hip, hip joint, (pelvis and femur)  
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show skull  
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show mixture  
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-creas   show
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crenat/o-   show
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cric/o-   show
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show secrete  
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show secrete  
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-crit   show
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show cross or cross-like  
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show leg thigh or femur  
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show leg thigh or femur  
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crust/-   show
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cryo-   show
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show secret  
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cub/o-   show
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cubit/o-   show
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culd/o-   show
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-cule   show
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show wedge  
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show scooping or scraping  
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show hearing  
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cusp/i-   show
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show skin  
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cutis-   show
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show blue  
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cycl/o-   show
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-cyesis   show
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show bladder or sac  
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cyst-   show
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cyst/i-   show
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show bladder or sac  
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show cell or chamber  
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cyt-   show
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cyth-   show
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show increase (in number)  
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show tear  
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dactylo-   show
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show away  
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show removal  
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show one/tenth (1/10)  
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show one/tenth (1/10)  
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show to lie down  
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show most inward  
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show ten  
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show fan shaped or triangular  
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show people  
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demi-   show
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show tree-shaped  
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show TOOTH OR TEETH  
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show TOOTH OR TEETH  
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DEPRESS-   show
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DERM/O-   show
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DERMAT/O-   show
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show BINDING, TO BAND OR A BAND  
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show ligament (also tendon)  
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deuter/o-   show
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dextr/o-   show
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show two  
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dia-   show
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show excessive sweating  
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-didymis   show
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different-   show
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-deferens   show
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digit-   show
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diplo-   show
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dips/o-   show
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show membrane  
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show away from or reversed  
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dist/o-   show
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show outpouching  
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show duct or canal  
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show to teach or teacher  
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dol/o-   show
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show long, seperation, dislocation  
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show back  
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dos/e- (dose)   show
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show what is given  
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dracuncul/o-   show
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show running  
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show two  
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show to draw or to lead (motion) away  
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duoden/o-   show
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show hard  
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dwarf/o-   show
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dy/o-   show
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show work or strength  
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show pain  
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show diffucult, faulty or painful  
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-e   show
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e-   show
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show refers to  
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show outside, outward, outer or out  
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ect-   show
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ecto-   show
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show juice out  
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eccrine-   show
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echin/o-   show
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echo-   show
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-ectasis   show
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show dilation  
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-ectomy   show
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eczema   show
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edema-   show
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show away or out  
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effer-   show
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effus-   show
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show electrical  
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-ellum   show
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em-   show
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emac/i-   show
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embryo-   show
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show vomit  
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show blood  
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emmetr/o-   show
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emphysema   show
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show in  
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show hard  
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encephal/o-   show
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show anything poured in (essential organ part)  
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endo-   show
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show injection  
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show intestine (usually refers to small intestine)  
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show to void (expel) urine  
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show rose red (color)  
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epi-   show
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show pubic region  
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show one who  
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show one who  
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-ergo   show
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show belching  
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show red or flushed  
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show red  
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eschar   show
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eso-   show
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esthes/i-   show
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estr/o-   show
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show sieve  
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show cause  
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eti/o-   show
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show good or normal  
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ex-   show
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exo-   show
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extra-   show
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facet   show
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fac-   show
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faci/o-   show
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show making  
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fasc/i-   show
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show fever  
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show stool, fecal matter, or dung  
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scato-   show
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sterco-   show
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femor/o-   show
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fenestr/o-   show
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-ference   show
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ferro-   show
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fet/o-   show
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show to quiver  
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show fiber-like  
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fibro-   show
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fibul/o-   show
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show thread  
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fila-   show
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fili-   show
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filar/i-   show
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show fingers  
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show to split or splitting  
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fistul/o-   show
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flacci/o-   show
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flagell/o-   show
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flat/o-   show
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flex-   show
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show to bend  
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flu-   show
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show to flow  
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show center or hearth  
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show little fountain  
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show opening  
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show before  
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-form   show
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show furrow or shallow depression  
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fract/o-   show
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front/o-   show
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show to flee  
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show to lighten (with sparks burning tissue)  
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show brown  
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fund/o-   show
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fungi-   show
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show branch or fork  
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show boil  
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show milk  
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gamet/o-   show
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gam/o-   show
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gangli/o-   show
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show eating sore  
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show stomach  
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gelat/o-   show
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show freeze or congeal  
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