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| aden/o | gland
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| arthr/o | joint
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| bi/o | life
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| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer
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| cardi/o | heart
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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| cis/o | to cut
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| crin/o | secrete (to form and give off)
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| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or cyst (sac containing fluid)
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| cyt/o | cell
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| derm/o; dermat/o | skin
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| electr/o | electricity
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| encephal/o | brain
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| enter/o | intestine
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| erythr/o | red
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| gnos/o | knowledge
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| gynec/o | woman, female
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| hemat/o; hem/o | blood
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| hepat/o | liver
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| iatr/o | treatment
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| leuk/o | white
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| neur/o | nerve
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| onc/o | tumor
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| oste/o | bone
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| path/o | disease
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| ped/o | child
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| psych/o | mind
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| radi/o | x-rays
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| ren/o | kidney
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| rhin/o | nose
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| sect/o | to cut
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| thromb/o | clot, clotting
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| ur/o | urinary tract, urine
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| adip/o | fat
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| anter/o | front
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| bol/o | to cast; throw
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| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus)
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| chondr/o | cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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| chrom/o | color
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| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone)
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| crani/o | skull
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| dist/o | far, distant
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| dors/o | back portion of the body
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| hist/o | tissue
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| ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
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| inguin/o | groin
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| kary/o | nucleus
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| later/o | side
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| lumb/o | lower back (side and back between the ribs and pelvis)
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| medi/o | middle
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| nucle/o | nucleus
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| pelv/o | hip, pelvic cavity
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| poster/o | back, behind
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| proximo | nearest
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| sacr/o | sacrum
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| spin/o | spine, backbone
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| thel/o | nipple
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| thorac/o | chest
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| trache/o | trachea, windpipe
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| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus
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| ventr/o | belly side of the body
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| vertebr/o | vertebrae, backbones
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| viscer/o | internal organs
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| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point
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| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden
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| agor/a | marketplace
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| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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| angi/o | vessel
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| arteri/o | artery
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| arthr/o | joint
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| axill/o | armpit
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
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| chem/o | drug, chemical
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| chron/o | time
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| col/o | colon (large intestine)
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| hydr/o | water, fluid
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| isch/o | to hold back
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| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall
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| laryng/o | larynx, voice box
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| lymph/o | lymph, a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces
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| mamm/o | breast
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| mast/o | breast
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| morph/o | shape, form
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| muc/o | mucus
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| my/o | muscle
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| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow
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| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body)
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| neutr/o | neutrophil (WBC)
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| ot/o | ear
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| peritone/o | peritoneum
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| phag/o | to eat, swallow
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| phleb/o | vein
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| plas/o | formation, development
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| pleur/o | pleura (membranes surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles)
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| pneumon/o | lungs
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| pulmon/o | lungs
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| rect/o | rectum
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| splen/o | spleen
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| staphyl/o | clusters
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| strept/o | twisted chains
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| thorac/o | chest
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| tonsill/o | tonsils
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| trache/o | trachea (windpipe)
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| carp/o | wrist bones
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| cib/o | meals
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| cost/o | rib
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| cutane/o | skin
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| dactyl/o | fingers, toes
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| duct/o | to lead, carry
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| flex/o | to bend
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| furc/o | forking, branching
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| gloss/o | tongue
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| glyc/o | sugar
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| immun/o | protection
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| mort/o | death
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| nat/i | birth
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| nect/o | to bind, tie, connect
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| norm/o | rule, order
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| ox/o | oxygen
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| pub/o | pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
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| seps/o | infection
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| somn/o | sleep
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| son/o | sound
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| the/o | to put, place
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| thyr/o | shield (shape of thyroid gland resembled shield to those who named it)
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| top/o | place, position, location
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| tox/o | poison
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| urethr/o | urethra
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| an/o | anus
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| append/o | appendix
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| appendic/o | appendix
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| bucc/o | cheek
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| cec/o | cecum
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| celi/o | belly, abdomen
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| cheil/o | lip
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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| choledoch/o | common bile duct
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| colon/o | colon
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| dent/i | tooth
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| duoden/o | duodenum
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| esophag/o | esophagus
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| faci/o | face
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| gingiv/o | gms
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| ile/o | ileum
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| jejun/o | jejunum
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| labi/o | lip
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| lingu/o | tongue
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| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible
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| odont/o | tooth
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| orth/o | straight
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| or/o | mouth
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| palat/o | palate
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| pancreat/o | pancreas
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| pharyng/o | throat
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| proct/o | anus and rectum
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| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter
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| sialaden/o | salivary gland
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| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon
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| stomat/o | mouth
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| amyl/o | starch
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| bil/i | gall, bile
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| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment)
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| chol/e | gall, bile
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| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid
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| gluc/o; glyc/o | sugar
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| glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch
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| lip/o | fat, lipid
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| lith/o | stone
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| prote/o | protein
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| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland
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| steat/o | fat
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| cholangi/o | bile vessel
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| aer/o | air
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| alges/o | sensitivity to pain
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| cras/o | mixture
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| erg/o | work
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| esthes/o | feeling, sensation
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| hypn/o | sleep
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| myc/o | mold, fungus
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| narc/o | stupor
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| pharmac/o | drug
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| prurit/o | itching
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| pyret/o | fever
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| thec/o | sheath (of brain and spinal cord)
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| tox/o, toxic/o | poison
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| vas/o | vessel
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| vit/o | life
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| cheir, chir | hand
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| colla | glue; gelatinlike; starch
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| gingiv/o | gum
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| glauc/o | gray
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| gli/o | neuroglia (glue)
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| -globin | protein
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| -glovulin | protein
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| glomerul/o | glomerulus
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| gloss | tongue
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| glucos/o | sugar
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| -glute | buttocks
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| glyc/o | sugar, sweetness
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| steat/o | fat
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