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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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show belly  
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-able   show
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show to miscarry or miscarrying (natural or induced)  
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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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show hearing  
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acr/o-   show
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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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acus-   show
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show near or beside  
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show gland  
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show to stick (together)  
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adip/o-   show
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show air or gas  
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show toward  
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-age   show
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aggglutnin/o-   show
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show inducing or leading  
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-agon   show
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show pain  
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show refers to  
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show white  
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show egg white  
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alges/i-   show
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show pain  
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alimento/o   show
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show fox mange or baldness  
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show cavity  
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show both  
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show dull  
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ambul/o-   show
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show nitrogen compound  
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amino-   show
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show forgetful  
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show lambs caul 'small cap'  
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amphi-   show
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show starch  
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show lack of or without  
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an/o-   show
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show apart or up  
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show elbow  
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show man or male  
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show without expansion or dilation  
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show vessel  
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show to choke  
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anil/i-   show
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show unequal  
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ankyl/o-   show
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show abnormal  
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show before  
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show before or foremost (in front)  
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anthr/o-   show
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show coal or carbuncle  
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show human  
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anti-   show
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antr/o-   show
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antr/um-   show
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show dilation or ballooning  
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show restlessness, uneasy, apprehensive  
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-apheresis   show
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show above or upon  
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aponeur/o-   show
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show appendage  
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aqua-   show
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-ar   show
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show without or lack of  
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acrachn/   show
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arachino-   show
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arche/o-   show
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show first  
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show air  
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show artery  
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arthr/o-   show
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show jointed  
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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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show enzyme  
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aspergill/o-   show
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aster/o-   show
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-asthenia   show
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show panting  
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show refers to or action  
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show incomplete, without end, imperfect (ending)  
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show porridge or yellow fat  
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-ation   show
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show process of or procedure of  
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atm/o-   show
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show closure  
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show chamber  
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attrit/i-   show
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show hearing  
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show ear  
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auricul/o-   show
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auscult/o-   show
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show self  
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aut-   show
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show to tear  
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show armpit or central  
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axio-   show
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show axle or axis  
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show urea nitrogen  
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show single  
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Bacill/o   show
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Bacteri/o-   show
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Balan/o-   show
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show WEIGHT  
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Bary-   show
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Bas/o-   show
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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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show bile or gall  
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show two  
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show life  
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show beginning or young  
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bleb/o- (bulla-)   show
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show mucus  
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show eyelid  
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bol/o-   show
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-borg   show
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brach/i-   show
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brachy-   show
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show slow  
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show short  
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show windpipe or tracea-like  
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show grinding  
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show cheek  
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bulba-   show
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bula-   show
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bulimo-   show
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burs/o-   show
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show diseased or bad  
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show heat, heated or hot  
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show heel  
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calcin/o-   show
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show pebbles or granules (of calcium mineral)  
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show dim vision  
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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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canth/o-   show
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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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caput-   show
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carb/o-   show
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show glowing ember  
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show glowing ember  
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show crab-like  
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cardi/o-   show
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show wrist  
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show breakdown or down  
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cataract   show
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catarrh-   show
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catheter/o-   show
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caud/o-   show
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show burn or heat  
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show burn or heat  
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show burn or heat  
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cav-   show
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show meal or food  
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show blind pouch  
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-cece   show
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-cele   show
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cell/o-   show
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show chambers  
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show hard  
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show empty or common  
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show empty or common  
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-centesis   show
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show one-hundredth apart  
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show center  
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centro-   show
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show head  
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show receiver  
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cerbr/o-   show
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show wax  
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cerv/i-   show
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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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chiasma   show
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show hand  
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chlamyd/i-   show
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show green  
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show bile duct  
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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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show dancing (shaking)  
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show colored  
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show juice  
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show juice  
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show scar  
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show to kill  
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cil/i-   show
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cili-   show
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show bug  
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cine/o-   show
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show around  
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cirrh/o-   show
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-cis   show
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show cavity  
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show relaxation  
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-clast   show
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-clas   show
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show collar bone (little key shape)  
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show hook, clavicle or collar bone  
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clino-   show
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clon/o-   show
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clubb/o-   show
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-clysis   show
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show two  
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show clotting or clot  
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-coccus   show
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show tailbone  
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cochle/o-   show
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show hollow belly (cavity)  
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coit/o-   show
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col/o-   show
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colon/o-   show
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colla/o-   show
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-collis   show
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show to mutilate  
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colpo-   show
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com-   show
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show deep sleep  
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con-   show
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show shell  
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show violent shaking  
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show knuckle (nob)  
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show dust  
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show cone shaped  
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conjuctiv/o-   show
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show contained  
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show against  
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contrecoup   show
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contus/i-   show
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show to roll together  
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show crows beak (shape)  
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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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cost/o-   show
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cox/a-   show
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cox/o-   show
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crani/o-   show
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show mixture  
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show fleshy or flesh  
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crenat/o-   show
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cric/o-   show
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show secrete  
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-crin   show
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show separate  
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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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show cold  
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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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show little  
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cune/i-   show
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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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show skin  
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cyan/o-   show
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cycl/o-   show
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show pregnancy  
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show bladder or sac  
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show bladder or sac  
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show bladder or sac  
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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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show cell or chamber  
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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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decub/o-   show
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show most inward  
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show ten  
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delta   show
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dem/o-   show
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show half  
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dendr/o-   show
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DENT/O-   show
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show TOOTH OR TEETH  
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show LOWER  
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show SKIN  
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DERMAT/O-   show
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-DESIS   show
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desmo-   show
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show second or secondary  
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dextr/o-   show
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di-   show
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show across, through, total or complete, or between  
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show excessive sweating  
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show testis or teste  
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different-   show
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show to separate or apart  
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show finger or toe  
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diplo-   show
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show thirst or thirsty  
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show membrane  
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dis-   show
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show farther from  
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diverticul/o-   show
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doch/o-   show
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show to teach or teacher  
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show pain  
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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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-dote   show
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dracuncul/o-   show
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dromo-   show
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du/o-   show
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show to draw or to lead (motion) away  
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duoden/o-   show
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dura-   show
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dwarf/o-   show
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dy/o-   show
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dynam/o-   show
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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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-eal   show
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show outside, outward, outer or out  
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ect-   show
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show outside, outward, outer or out  
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show juice out  
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eccrine-   show
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show prickly, spiny or notched  
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echo-   show
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show dilation  
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show dilation  
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show excisio or removal  
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eczema   show
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show swelling  
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ef-   show
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effer-   show
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show away or out  
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electr/o-   show
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-ellum   show
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show in  
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show to grow thin  
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show early  
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-emesis   show
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ernia   show
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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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-enchyma   show
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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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enuresis-   show
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show rose red (color)  
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epi-   show
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episi/o-   show
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-er   show
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-or   show
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-ergo   show
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show belching  
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show red or flushed  
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erthr/o-   show
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show scab  
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eso-   show
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show feeling (physical)  
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show female  
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show sieve  
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eti/o-   show
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show cause  
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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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show face  
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fac-   show
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show face  
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-facient   show
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show band  
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febr/o-   show
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fec/o-   show
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scato-   show
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sterco-   show
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show thigh  
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fenestr/o-   show
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show to carry  
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show iron  
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fet/o-   show
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fibrill/o-   show
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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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show thread  
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show thread  
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show fingers  
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fiss-   show
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fistul/o-   show
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flacci/o-   show
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show whip  
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flat/o-   show
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show to bend  
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-flect   show
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show flowing  
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-flux   show
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foc/o-   show
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fontan/o-   show
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formamen/o-   show
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fore-   show
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show shaped shape or form  
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fossa-   show
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show to break  
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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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show mushroom  
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show branch or fork  
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furun/o-   show
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show milk  
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show to marry, unite, or sexual union  
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show to marry, unite, or sexual union  
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show knot swelling or collection knot  
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show eating sore  
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show stomach  
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show freeze or congeal  
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show freeze or congeal  
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