Scientific Prefix
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| a | not
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| a | without
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| ab | away from
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| ac | toward
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| acanth | spiny
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| acanth | thorny
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| acid | low PH
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| acoust | sound
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| acro | height
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| acro | tip
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| actino | having rays
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| acu | severe
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| acu | sharp
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| acu | sudden
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| acut | severe
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| acut | sharp
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| acut | sudden
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| ad | toward
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| aero | air
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| af | toward
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| ag | toward
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| agro | field
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| agro | soil
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| ala | wing
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| albi | white
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| algi | algae
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| alkal | high PH
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| allelo | relating to another
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| aller | other action
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| allo | different
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| allo | other
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| ambi | both
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| ambly | dull
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| ambly | lazy
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| amphi | both
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| amphi | double
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| amyl | starch
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| an | not
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| an | without
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| ana | heightened
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| ana | up
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| andro | male
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| anklyo | crooked
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| ankylo | bent
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| ante | before
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| antho | flower
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| anthro | human
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| anti | against
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| ap | toward
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| apo | derive from
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| apo | separate from
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| aqua | water
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| arachn | spider
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| arche | first
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| arche | primitive
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| arthro | joint
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| as | toward
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| asco | bag
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| asco | sac
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| aster | star
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| astro | star
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| at | toward
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| atmo | steam
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| atmo | vapor
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| auri | gold
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| auto | self
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| aux | growth
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| aux | increase
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| avi | bird
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| avi | flight
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| azo | nitrogen
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| azot | nitrogen
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| bacteri | small rod
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| bar | pressure
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| bar | weight
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| bary | heavy
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| basi | base
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| basidio | club
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| basidio | pedestal
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| baso | high PH
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| bath | deep
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| bath | depth
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| bi | two
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| bin | two
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| bio | life
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| blast | embryo
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| blast | precursor
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| blast | sprout
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| botani | of herbs
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| botani | plants
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| brachi | arm
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| brady | slow
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| bromo | bromine
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| cac | bad
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| cac | ill
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| calci | calcium
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| carb | carbon
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| carp | fruit
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| cata | down
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| cata | lower
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| cata | under
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| cath | lower
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| cath | under
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| caud | tail
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| cell | cell
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| cellul | cell
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| centro | in the center
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| cephal | head
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| cero | wax
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| chemo | chemical
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| chiro | hand
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| chloro | chlorine
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| chloro | chlorine
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| chloro | green
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| chromato | color
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| chromo | color
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| chron | time
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| chryso | gold
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| chyma | juice
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| circ | about
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| circ | around
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| circ | circle
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| circ | circular
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| circul | circle
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| circul | circular
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| circum | about
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| circum | around
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| cirrho | yellow
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| clast | break
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| clast | fragment
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| cleisto | closed
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| clino | bed
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| clino | incline
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| co | together
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| co | with
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| cocco | spherical
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| coelo | cavity
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| coelo | hollow
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| coeno | common
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| coeno | new
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| conidi | dust
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| conidi | spore
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| contra | against
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| cryo | cold
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| cupri | copper
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| cyano | dark blue
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| cyclo | circular
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| cyte | cell
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| cyte | small vessell
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| de | away from
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| de | removal
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| deca | ten
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| dendro | branching
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| dendro | tree like
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| deuter | second
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| dextra | right
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| dextra | to the right
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| di | two
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| dia | complete
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| dia | through
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| diplo | two-fold
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| dipso | thirsty
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| dis | not
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| dorsa | back
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| dorsa | posterior
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| dura | hard
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| dyna | force
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| dyna | power
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| dynam | force
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| dynam | power
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| dys | bad
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| dys | difficult
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| echo | sound
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| eco | home
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| eco | house
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| ecto | outside of
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| ef | out
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| ef | out from
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| electro | electric
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| em | inside
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| em | within
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| en | within
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| en | inside
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| endo | inside
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| endo | within
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| entom | insect
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| eosine | red-orange
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| epi | upon
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| equi | equal
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| erg | work
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| erythro | red
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| ethno | culture
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| ethno | society
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| eu | easy
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| eu | good
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| eu | healthy
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| eu | true
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| ex | out
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| ex | out from
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| extra | beyond
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| extra | outside
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| fer | carry
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| fer | to bear
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| ferro | iron
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| flag | whip
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| flav | yellow
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| flori | flower
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| fluor | fluorine
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| fore | before
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| fore | in front of
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| fract | break
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| fuco | seaweed
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| galact | milk
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| gam | marriage
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| gam | wife
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| gamet | marriage
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| gamet | wife
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| gastro | stomach
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| gelat | colloid
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| gelat | congeal
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| gen | beginning
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| gen | cause
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| gen | original
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| gen | produce
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| gen | to originate
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| geo | earth
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| glauc | gray
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| gluc | sugar
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| glyc | sugar
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| gono | procreation
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| graph | writing
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| gravi | gravity
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| gymno | naked
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| gymno | uncovered
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| gyne | female
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| gynec | female
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| gyr | round
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| gyr | spiral
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| halo | halogen
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| halo | salt
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| haplo | simple
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| haplo | single
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| heli | spiral
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| heli | sun
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| hemi | half
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| hepta | seven
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| herb | plants
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| hetero | different
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| hexa | six
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| histo | tissue
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| holo | complete
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| holo | whole
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| homeo | similar
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| homeo | unchanged
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| homo | alike
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| homo | same
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| hyal | glassy
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| hydro | fluid
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| hydro | water
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| hygro | wet
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| hyper | above
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| hyper | over
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| hypo | below
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| hypo | lower
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| hypo | under
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| hypso | high
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| hypso | tall
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| ichthy | fish
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| ideo | peculiar
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| ideo | personal
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| in | not
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| in | into
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| infra | beneath
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| inter | between
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| intra | within
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| iso | alike
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| iso | equal
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| juxta | adjoining
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| juxta | near to
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| kali | potassium
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| karyo | nucleus
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| kine | motion
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| kinet | mothin
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| lact | milk
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| lam | plate
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| later | to the side
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| lepto | slender
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| lepto | slight
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| lepto | thin
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| leuco | white
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| leuko | white
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| levo | left
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| limn | fresh water
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| lip | fat
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| loc | place
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| loph | ridge
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| loph | tuft
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| macro | large
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| magneto | magnetic
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| magni | great
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| magni | large
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| mal | bad
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| mal | poor
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| mano | pressure
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| max | great size
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| medi | middle
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| mega | abnormally large
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| mega | enlarged
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| megalo | abnormally large
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| megalo | enlarged
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| meio | to make smaller
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| melano | black
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| mero | part
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| meso | middle
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| meta | beyond
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| meta | change
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| meta | metamorphic rock
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| micro | small
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| mini | smaller than useal
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| mis | hatred of
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| mito | thread
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| mono | one
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| morpho | shape
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| muco | mucus
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| multi | many
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| mycete | fungus
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| myco | fungus
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| myxo | mucus
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| myxo | slime
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| natr | sodium
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| neo | new
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| neo | recent
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| nigro | black
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| nitro | nitrogen
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| noct | night
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| nod | knot
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| non | not
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| nona | nine
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| nuc | nucleus
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| nucle | nucleus
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| nulli | never
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| nulli | none
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| nyct | night
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| ob | inverse
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| ob | opposite of normal
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| oc | inverse
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| octo | eight
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| odont | tooth
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| ole | oil
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| oligo | few
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| oligo | little
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| oligo | small amount
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| omni | all
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| oo | egg
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| ornith | bird
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| ortho | normal
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| ortho | straight
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| ortho | upright
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| ov | egg
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| oxi | oxygen
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| oxy | oxygen
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| oxy | quick
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| oxy | sharp
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| pachy | thick
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| paleo | ancient
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| paleo | old
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| pali | again
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| palin | again
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| pan | all
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| papt | digest
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| para | along side of
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| para | beside
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| para | rock derived from original sediment
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| path | disease
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| ped | soil
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| penta | five
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| peps | digest
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| per | complete
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| per | through
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| peri | around
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| petr | rock
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| petr | stone
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| phaeo | brown
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| phag | eat
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| phag | ingest
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| pharm | drug
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| pharm | medicine
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| pharmac | drug
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| pharmac | medicine
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| phen | display
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| phen | show
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| phon | sound
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| phospho | phosphorus
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| phot | light
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| phychro | cold
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| phyco | seaweed
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| phyllo | leaf
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| phylo | race
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| phylo | tribe
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| physio | nature
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| phyto | plant
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| piezo | pressure
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| pino | to drink
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| plagio | oblique
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| plan | flat
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| plan | motile
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| plan | planar
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| plan | wandering
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| plasm | to form
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| plast | to form
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| platy | broad
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| platy | flat
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| pleio | more than one
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| pleo | more than one
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| pod | foot
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| pod | leg
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| poikilo | irregular
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| poikilo | variegated
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| poli | gray
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| poly | many
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| post | after
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| pre | before
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| pre | in front of
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| prim | first
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| pro | before
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| pro | before
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| pro | first
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| pro | in front of
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| proto | before
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| proto | earliest
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| proto | first
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| proto | in front of
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| pseudo | false
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| psych | mind
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| pter | fin
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| pter | wing
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| pyro | fire
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| pyro | heat
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| quadri | four
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| quasi | almost
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| quasi | seemingly
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| quint | five
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| radio | energy
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| radio | radiant
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| re | again
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| rect | right
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| rect | straight
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| retro | backward
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| rheo | flow
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| rhiz | root
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| rhodo | red
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| rube | red
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| sacchar | sugar
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| sapro | rotten
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| schisto | divided
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| schisto | split
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| schizo | divided
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| schizo | split
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| scler | hard
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| scoto | darkness
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| seleno | moon
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| semi | half
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| sept | fence
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| sept | barrier
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| septi | infected
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| septi | rotten
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| ser | clear fluid
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| set | bristle
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| sext | six
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| sidero | iron
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| sidero | star
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| sinistro | left
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| sinistro | to the left
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| sipho | pipe
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| sipho | tube
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| soma | body
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| somat | body
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| son | sound
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| sperm | plant
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| sperm | to sow
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| spermat | plant
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| spermat | to sow
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| spher | round
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| spor | seed
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| sta | standing still
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| sta | steady
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| stann | tin
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| stat | standing still
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| stat | steady
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| steno | constricted
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| steno | narrow
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| stere | 3-dimensional
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| stere | solid
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| stoma | mouth
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| stomat | mouth
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| strato | layer
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| stylo | column
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| stylo | pole
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| sub | below
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| suf | below
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| sulf | sulfur
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| sup | below
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| super | above
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| super | excess
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| supra | above
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| sym | together
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| sym | with
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| syn | together
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| syn | with
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| synchron | at same time
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| tachy | fast
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| tauto | same
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| taxo | arrange
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| taxo | order
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| taxo | ordered arrangement
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| tect | covering
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| tect | roof
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| tect | thet which is bulit
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| tele | complete
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| tele | distant
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| tele | end
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| tele | far
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| telo | complete
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| telo | complete
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| telo | distant
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| telo | end
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| telo | end
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| telo | far
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| telo | final
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| terra | land
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| tetra | four
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| thallaso | ocean
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| thallaso | seaweed
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| thallo | branch
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| thallo | shoot
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| thallo | sprout
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| theca | capsule
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| theca | sheath
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| thermo | heat
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| thermo | hot
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| thio | sulfur
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| topo | place
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| topo | position
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| toxic | poison
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| trans | across
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| trans | through
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| tri | three
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| tropho | growth
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| tropho | nutrition
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| tropo | turn toward
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| ultra | beyond
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| ultra | extreme
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| un | not
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| uni | one
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| ur | urine
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| ur | nitrogen
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| uro | tail
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| ventra | front
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| vitr | glassy
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| vivi | alive
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| vivi | life
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| vivo | alive
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| vivo | life
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| wort | plant
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| xanthro | yellow
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| xeno | foreign
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| xeno | strange
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| xero | dry
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| xylo | wood
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| zoo | animal
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| zygo | connected
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| zygo | joined
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| zygo | paired
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| zygo | yoked
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| zymo | enzyme
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| zymo | fermentation
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