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| -abrasion | scraping of
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| acromi/o | acromion process
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| act/o, act/i | rays
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| acu- | sharp
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| adnex/o | accessory
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| aer/o | air
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| af- | toward
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| agglutin/o | clumping
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| agora- | marketplace
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| al/i, al/o | wing
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| -alysis | breaking down
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| amel/o | enamel
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| amphi- | both
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| annul/o | annulus, ring
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| -apheresis | removal
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| apic/o | pointed extremity, apex
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| -arche | beginning
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| atlant/o | 1st cervical vertebra (atlas) (C1)
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| axi/o | axial, axis bone (2nd cervical vertebra) (C2)
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| azyg/o | without a yoke
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| bin- | two
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| -blast | embyonic, immature
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| blast/o | embryonic, immature
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| brom/o | odor, stench
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| bulb/o | globe
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| canalicul/o | canaliculus, little canal
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| canth/o | canthus (corner of the eye)
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| cata- | down
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| -ceps | heads
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| chron/o | time
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| chyl/o | lymph
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| cili/o | tiny hairs
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| cistern/o | box, cistern
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| cleid/o | clavicle (collarbone)
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| -clysis | washing
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| coll/o | neck
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| con- | together
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| corac/o | coracoid process of the scapula
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| corrug/o | wrinkled
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| cox/o | coxa (hip)
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| crepit/o | crackling
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| cret/o | to grow
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| -crit | to separate, separating
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| cuboid/o | cuboid bone,box-shaped
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| cubit/o | elbow, forearm
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| cune/o | cuneiform bone
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| cusp/o | point, cusp
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| delt/o | triangle, deltoid muscle
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| dendr/o | dendrite, tree
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| densit/o | density
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| dist/o | far
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| dynam/o | power
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| ef- | away from
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| -emphraxis | obstructing, crushing
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| -emulsification | breaking down
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| epiplo/o | omentum
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| -esthetica | feeling, sensation
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| exanthemat/o | rash
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| -exeresis | tearing out
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| -exia | condition
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| extern/o | outer
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| fer/o | to bear, carry
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| -ferous | pertaining to carrying
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| fetish/o | charm
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| fissur/o | deep cleft or grove
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| fluor/o | to flow, flowing
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| foramin/o | hole, foramen
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| -form | shape
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| fornic/o | arched structure, fornix
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| foss/o | hollow, depression
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| fren/o | frenulum (of lip and tongue)
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| fund/o | fundus (base, bottom)
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| -geneic | pertaining to produced by
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| -genesis | production, origin
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| -genic | pertaining to produced by
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| -genous | pertaining to originating from
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| gen/u | knee
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| ger/o | old age
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| germ/i | sprout
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| glen/o | glenoid cavity (arm socket)
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| glute/o | gluteus (buttocks)
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| gnath/o | jaw, entire
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| -gnosis | state of knowledge
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| gon/o | seed
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| -grade | flow
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| gryph/o | curved
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| helic/o | helix, coil
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| hydatid/i | water drop
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| hypn/o | sleep
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| -iacal | pertaining to abnormal condition
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| -iasis | condition, presence of
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| -icle | small, tiny
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| -igo | condition
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| indur/o | to make hard
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| ischem/o | hold back
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| -ismus | spasm
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| -kine | movement
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| -kinesis | movement
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| -kinin | movement substance
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| kyph/o | roundback
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| -lalia | condition of babbling
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| log/o | study
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| -logous | pertaining to origin
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| lun/o | moon
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| lys/o | breakdown, dissolve
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| -lytic | pertaining to breaking down
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| mal- | bad, por
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| medull/o | medulla, inner portion
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| mer/o | thigh
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| mesenter/o | mesentery, midgut
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| mi/o | to close, constrict
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| -mileusis | carving
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| mitochondri/o | mitochondria
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| mol/o | molar
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| morb/o | disease
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| mucos/o | mucus
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| mur/o | wall
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| my/o | muscle, to shut
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| mydr/o | dilation
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| myometri/o | muscle layer of the uterus
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| myos/o | muscle
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| myx/o | mucus
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| navicul/o | navicular bone
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| nev/o | nevus, birthmark
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| nid/o | nest
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| -noia | condition of mind
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| nos/o | diseas
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| nulli- | none
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| nyctal/o | night
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| occlus/o | to close, closing, a blockage
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| -ole | small, tiny
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| -omatous | pertaining to a tumor
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| omphal/o | umbilicus (navel)
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| -one | hormone, substance that forms
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| oneir/o | dream
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| orex/o | appetite
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| palid/o | globus pallidum
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| palpebr/o | eyelid
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| -pareunia | intercourse
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| patul/o | open
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| -pause | stop, cease
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| pen/i | penus
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| perimetri/o | perimetrium, outer layer of uterus
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| perone/o | fibula, lower lateral leg bone
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| phe/o | dark
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| -philia | condition of attraction
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| -phthisis | wasting
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| -physis | growth
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| plant/o | sole of foot
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| -plastin | forming substance
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| pleu/o | pleura, membrane surrounding lungs
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| -plication | fold, plica
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| -poietin | forming substance
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| pollic/o | pollex (thumb)
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| poplite/o | back of knee
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| port/o | gate
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| prax/o | purposeful movement
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| pteryg/o | wing
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| ptyal/o | saliiva
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| rot/o | wheel
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| -rrheic | pertaining to discharge
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| rug/o | rugae,ridge
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| -schisis | split
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| schiz/o | split
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| sequestr/o | sequestrum (bone fragment)
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| serrat/o | notched
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| -siderin | iron substance
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| sin/o | sinus, cavity
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| sinistr/o | left
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| ster/o | steroid
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| stiti/o | space
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| stom/o | an opening, a mouth
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| strom/o | stroma (supportive tissue)
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| styl/o | styloid process (temporal bone)
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| subor/i | sweat
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| sulc/o | sulcus, groove
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| sur/o | calf
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| sympath/o | to feel with
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| syn- | together, joined
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| syndesm/o | ligament (structure connecting bone)
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| synovi/o | synovium
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| -synthesis | bring together
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| tens/o | stretching, pressure
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| terat/o | deformity
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| thalass/o | sea
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| thel/e | nipple
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| till/o | to pull
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| tinnit/o | jingling
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| trabecul/o | little beam
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| trachel/o | uterine cervix
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| tract/o | to pull, pulling, tract, pathway
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| -tresia | condition of an opening
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| -tripter | machine to crush
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| turbin/o | turbinate bone
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| verm/o | worm
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| vers/o | to turn
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| -verse | to turn
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| -version | process of turning
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| vert/o | turn
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| vesicul/o | small sac, seminal vesicle, blister
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| vill/o | vilus
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| vol/o | volume
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| vulgar/o | common
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| vuls/o | to pull
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| Corpus | The principal part of any organ; any mass or body.
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