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| rhin | nose
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| sinus | hollow space
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| colp(o) | hollow, vagina
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| spasm | involuntary contraction
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| crani | skull
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| cardi | heart
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| dura | hard
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| -crine | to secrete
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| antr- | cavity
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| scirr(h)- | hard
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| sept- | wall, fence
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| hypno- | sleep
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| trachei- | neck
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| somato- | body
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| scler(a) | hard
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| part- | labor
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| ment- | mind
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| darcy- | tear
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| lapar | abdominal wall
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| ocul | eye
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| adnexa | tie, connection
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| malign | bad
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| pod- | foot
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| -tope | place
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| tarso- | ankle
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| iso- | equal
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| fascia | sheet, band
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| -asthenia | weakness
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| astr- | star shaped
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| helio- | sun
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| salpingo- | tube
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| umbilic- | navel
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| tympan- | eardrum
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| stoma- | mouth
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| histo- | tissue
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| pilo- | hair
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| phleb- | vein
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| dendr- | tree, branching
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| cilia | eyelash
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| plexus | braid, network
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| thalam- | inner chamber
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| encephal | brain
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| orchi- | testis
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| ren- | kidney
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| cor | heart
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| leio- | smooth
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| phon- | voice, sound
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| acoust(i) | hearing
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| aur- | ear
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| rug- | wrinkle, fold, crease
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| -plasia | development
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| palpebr- | eyelid
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| bucc(o) | cheek
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| physio- | nature
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| hallux | big toe, great toe
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| myco- | fungus
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| anti- | against
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| myel- | narrow,spinal
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| sphenic | wedge
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| vesic- | bladder
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| pyle- | gate
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| thorac- | chest
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| onych- | nail, claw
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| lact- | milk
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| viscero- | organ
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| lacrim- | tear
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| spiro- | coil
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| sub- | under
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| or- | mouth
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| onco- | tumor
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| -pexy | suspension
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| macul- | spot
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| cec- | blind passage
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| mening- | membrane
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| squam- | scale
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| bili- | bile
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| oto- | ear
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| -centesis | puncture
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| ovar | egg (egg, female reproductive cell
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| spondyl- | spinal column
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| myring- | eardrum
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| lingua- | tongue
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| cauda | tail
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| melan | black
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| vaso- | vessel
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| erythro- | red
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| celio- | abdomen
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| semen | seed
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| benign | mild, not cancerous
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| -cele | hernia
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| cheil- | lip
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| steno- | narrow, contracted
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| canthro- | angle at the end of the eyelid
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| -esthesia | sensation
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| leuk- | white
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| odont- | tooth
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| cyt- | cell
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| -ectasis | expansion
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| brady- | slow
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| trans- | through, across
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| -iasis | condition
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| contra- | against, counter
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| -emisis | vomiting
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| lobo- | section
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| hydro- | water
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| epi- | upon
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| auto- | self
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| cephal- | head
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| dent- | teeth
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| mast- | breast
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| -dyn | pain
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| -ptosis | falling, drooping, sagging
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| supra- | above
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| -trophy | development
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| glosso- | tongue
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| mani- | madness
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| -desis | binding
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| strept- | twist, twisted
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| trip- | rub, friction
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| retr(o)- | backward
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| burso- | sac
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| gen- | original, production
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| -penia | decrease
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| carcin | cancer
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| rhexis | burst, break
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| acro- | extremities
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| -gram | record
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| cost- | rib
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| proct | anus
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| ophthalm- opt | eye
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| lith- | stone
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| my- | muscle
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| lip- | fat
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| psycho- | mind
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| ost- | bone
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| hem(at) | blood
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| cyan | blue
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| chondr- | cartilage
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| cervic- | neck
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| -lysis | loosening, distruction
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| para- | beside
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| -ostomy | create an opening
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| hyster- | uterus
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| -scop(e) | observe
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| hypo- | under, less than normal
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| chole- | bile
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| cyst- | sac containing fluid
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| hyper- | above, more than normal
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| -oid | like
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| hemi- | half
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| end- | inside, within
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| -algia | pain
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| -ology | study of
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| malacia | soft
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| gingiv | gum
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| ologist | specialist
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| belphar- | eyelid
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| arthr- | joint
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| hepat- | liver
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| nephr | kidney
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| -oma | tumor
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| angi- | vessel
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| aden- | gland
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| otomy | cut into
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| osis | abnormal condition
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| enter- | intestines
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| ectomy | surgical removal
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| path- | disease
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| cerebr | brain
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| plast- | surgical repair
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| itis | inflammation
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| megal- | enlarge
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| metr | uterus
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| post- | after
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| vuls | twitch,pull
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| syn-, sym- | together
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| therm- | heat
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| tegument | covering, skin
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| pan- | all
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| poly- | many
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| ramus | branch
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| neuro- | nerve, nervous system
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| hormone | excite
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| neo- | new
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| semi- | half
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| ameb- | change
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| turbin | shaped like a top
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| dynam- | power
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| mechano- | machine
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| traumat- | wound
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| osmo- | odor
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| strict- | draw tight
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| pre- | in front of, before
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| phak | lens
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| an-, a- | without, not
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| trich- | hair
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| maxill- | upper jawbone
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| thromb- | lump, clot
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| ab- | away, not
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| ante- | before
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| thel- | nipple
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| ex- | out,away from
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| lien | spleen
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| tumor | swelling
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| vestibule | entrance
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| puer- | child
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| sarc- | flesh
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| proli- | off spring
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| macro- | large
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| lal- | speech
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| intra | within
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| inter- | between
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| infra | beneath
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| cryo- | cold
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| mal- | bad
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| glom- | ball
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| tens- | stretch
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| spas- | pull, draw
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| somni- | sleep
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| pharmac- | drug
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| lumbo- | loins
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| arter- | artery
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| appendic- | appendix
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| thyro- | thyroid
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| splen- | spleen
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| ovario- | ovary
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| adreno- | adrenal gland
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| basi- | base
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| pelvi- | pelivis
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| vena- | vein
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| urethr- | urethra
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| utero- | uterus
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| sacro | sacrum
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| pharyng | pharynx
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| duodeno- | duodenum
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| urteter | ureter
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| laryng- | larynx
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| bronch- | bronchus
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| col- | colon
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| esophag- | esophagus
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| bi- | two, both, double
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| tri- | three
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| ile- | ileum
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| ili- | ilium
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| lig- | ligament
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| therap- | therapy
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| ventr- | front
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| vert- | turn
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| eu- | good
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| ambi- | both
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| amphi- | around, on both sides
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| brachy | short
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| capit- | head
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| cau- | burn
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| clas- | break, destroy
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| duct- | tube
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| fiss- | to split
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| ger- | old
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| heter- | other
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| infer- | below
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| hom- | same
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| olfact | smell
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| orth- | straight, correct, normal
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| gyn- | female
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| pachy | thick
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| phrage- | to fence in, wall off
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| poster | back part, behind
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| cata- | down
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| platy | flat
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| pseudo- | false
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| schiz | split
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| proxim- | nearest
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| scol- | curved
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| apo- | away from
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| di- | twice
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| dia- | through
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| eury | broad
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| pect- | chest
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| necr- | dead
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| mi- | less
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| morph- | form
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| dis- | apart
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| fac- | make, do
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| lept- | slender
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| lymph- | watery fluid
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| meta- | beyond
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| -rrhag | bursting, bursting forth
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| sta- | stand
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| ton- | stretch
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| volv- | to roll
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| splanchn- | internal organ
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| -rrhe | flow
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| med- | middle
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| xer- | dry
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| per- | throughout
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| blast- | bud
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