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SB/Combining Forms

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Combining Form
Meaning
show breast; mastoid process  
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show sensation, feeling  
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show birth  
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show vein  
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ablat/o   show
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abras/o   show
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access/o   show
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show extremity; highest point  
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show rays of the sun  
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show needle; sharpness  
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show the sense of hearing  
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adjuv/o   show
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affect/o   show
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affer/o   show
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show clumping, sticking  
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aggreg/o   show
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show to lead to  
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show causing action  
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agor/o   show
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aliment/o   show
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show base (high pH)  
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show other, strange  
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show dimness  
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amygdal/o   show
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show building up  
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show to separate  
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anastom/o   show
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ancill/o   show
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angi/o   show
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show unequal  
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anthrac/o   show
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apher/o   show
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show apex  
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show appendix  
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appendicul/o   show
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show small structure hanging from a larger structure  
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appercept/o   show
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show spider, spider web  
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articul/o   show
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show ascites  
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astr/o   show
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show incomplete  
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show soft, fatty substance  
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show fatty deposit or mass  
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show without position or place  
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attenu/o   show
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augment/o   show
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show ear  
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show penis  
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show weight  
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show base of an organ  
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bas/o   show
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show eyelid  
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botul/o   show
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brux/o   show
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cac/o   show
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calc/o   show
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show stone  
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calic/o, cali/o   show
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calor/o   show
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can/o   show
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show hairlike structure  
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capn/o   show
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carb/o   show
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show carbon dioxide  
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show caries (tooth decay)  
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carot/o   show
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catabol/o   show
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caud/o   show
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show burning  
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show hollow space  
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celi/o   show
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cellul/o   show
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cervic/o   show
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show to pass stool  
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chir/o   show
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chlor/o   show
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show bile duct  
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chol/e, chol/o   show
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cholecyst/o   show
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choledoch/o   show
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chondri/o   show
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show choroid (middle layer around the eye)  
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show killing  
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show hairlike structure  
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show yellow  
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claudicat/o   show
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show clavicle (collar bone)  
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clon/o   show
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show pressed together  
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cochle/o   show
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coit/o   show
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coll/a   show
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colp/o   show
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comminut/o   show
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show press together  
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show accumulation of fluid  
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show dust  
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conjug/o   show
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show cone  
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contus/o   show
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show feces, stool  
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cor/o   show
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show encircling structure  
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show encircling structure  
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cor/o   show
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corpor/o   show
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cortic/o   show
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cosmet/o   show
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show secrete  
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cry/o   show
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cubit/o   show
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culd/o   show
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show projection, point  
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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 cell  
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dacry/o   show
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dec/i   show
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decidu/o   show
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degluti/o   show
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delt/o   show
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show people; population  
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dendr/o   show
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show density  
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dentit/o   show
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desicc/o   show
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show right  
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dextr/o   show
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show seating  
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show shaft of a bond  
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diastol/o   show
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didym/o   show
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dips/o   show
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dos/i   show
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duc/o   show
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show dura mater  
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show pain  
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show blood in the tissues  
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eclamps/o   show
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show dilation  
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ectop/o   show
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show without teeth  
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efface/o   show
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show a pouring out  
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show to vomit  
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show particles suspended in a solution/liquid  
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encephal/o   show
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show to remove the kernal or nucleus  
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show to urinate in  
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show lining membrane  
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show seizure  
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show growth area on the end of a bone  
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show vulva (female external genitalia  
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erg/o   show
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show redness  
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show inward  
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show sensation, feeling  
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show female  
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show sieve  
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eti/o   show
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show word origin  
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show to take out skin  
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show straightening  
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extrins/o   show
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faci/o   show
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show fascia  
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show feces, stool  
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femor/o   show
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show iron  
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show muscle fiber; nerve fiber  
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fibrin/o   show
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show fibula  
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show splitting  
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show bending  
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show point of activity  
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show leaf  
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show opening into a cavity or channel (foramen)  
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forens/o   show
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fove/o   show
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show close association or relationship  
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show fruit  
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fulgur/o   show
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fund/o, fundu/o   show
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galact/o   show
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show twins; set or group  
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show gene  
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gener/o   show
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show genitalia  
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show arising from; produced by  
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show embryonic tissue  
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show old age  
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gest/o, gestat/o   show
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glen/o   show
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show tongue  
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show sugar alcohol (glycerol)  
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show angle  
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gon/o   show
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gustat/o   show
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halit/o   show
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show breathe  
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hebe/o   show
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hec/o   show
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show a coil  
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show other  
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hex/o   show
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hidr/o   show
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hirsut/o   show
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show same  
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hom/i   show
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hyal/o   show
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hydatidi/o   show
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hydr/o   show
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show U-shaped structure  
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hypophys/o   show
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hyster/o   show
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show physician; medical treatment  
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show jaundice  
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ict/o   show
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show unknown, individual  
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incud/o   show
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infarct/o   show
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insulin/o   show
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insul/o   show
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show skin  
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integu/o   show
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show spaces within tissue  
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intrins/o   show
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show to receive within  
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involut/o   show
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irid/o, ir/o   show
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isch/o   show
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show jugular (throat)  
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kal/i   show
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kary/o   show
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kel/o   show
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kerat/o   show
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ket/o, keton/o   show
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kines/o, kin/o   show
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kyph/o   show
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show lip, labium  
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lact/i, lact/o   show
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lamin/o   show
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show abdomen  
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show smooth  
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lenticul/o, lent/o   show
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lex/o   show
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ligat/o   show
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show edge, border  
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lingu/o   show
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lipid/o, lip/o   show
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lith/o   show
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lob/o   show
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loc/o   show
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show word, the study of  
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show swayback  
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show clear and shining  
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show lumen (opening)  
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lun/o   show
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show break down, separate, dissolve  
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show small area or spot  
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malac/o   show
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show mandible (lower jaw)  
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man/o   show
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show hand  
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masset/o, mastic/o   show
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show mastoid process  
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melan/o, melen/o   show
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show month  
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ment/o   show
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mesi/o, mes/o   show
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show measurement  
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show making urine  
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mit/o   show
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mi/o   show
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mitt/o   show
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show disease  
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mort/o   show
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show movement  
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mucos/o   show
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show fungus  
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mydr/o   show
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show bone marrow, spinal cord  
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show tympanic membrane  
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show muscle  
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show mucus-like substance  
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narc/o   show
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necr/o   show
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show new  
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show nest, focus  
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show night  
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show node (knob of tissue)  
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show small knobby mass  
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show lenses, properties of light  
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show eye, vision  
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show small circle  
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show testis  
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show appetite  
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show mouth  
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orth/o   show
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show the sense of smell  
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osse/o   show
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ossicul/o   show
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show changing into bone  
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show ear  
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oure/o   show
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ov/i, ov/u, ovul/o   show
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ox/i, ox/o, ox/y   show
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palliat/o   show
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palpit/o   show
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papill/o   show
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show sexual intercourse  
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pariet/o   show
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show birth  
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paroxysm/o   show
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part/o   show
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show to be in labor  
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show suffering  
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paus/o   show
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show stiff  
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pector/o   show
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show lice  
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ped/o   show
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pen/o   show
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peps/o, pept/o   show
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percuss/o   show
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perone/o   show
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show lens of the eye  
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show eating, swallowing  
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show speech  
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show gray  
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phil/o   show
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phleb/o   show
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show to bear, to carry  
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phren/o   show
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show guarding or protecting  
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show inflate or distend; grow  
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pil/o   show
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show plaque  
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plas/o, plast/o   show
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show paralysis  
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pne/o   show
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pod/o   show
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poikil/o   show
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show two opposite poles  
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poplite/o   show
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presby/o   show
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show first  
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show rectum and anus  
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show lying face down  
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show protein  
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show itching  
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pupill/o   show
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purul/o   show
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show renal pelvis  
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show pylorus  
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show pus  
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show fever  
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pyr/o   show
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radic/o   show
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radicul/o   show
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show to seize and drag away  
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show bend or deflect  
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reticul/o   show
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show rod shaped  
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rheumat/o   show
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show nose  
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rhiz/o   show
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show wrinkle  
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show ribonucleic acid  
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roentgen/o   show
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rrhe/o   show
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rub/o   show
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rug/o   show
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show sugar  
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show going from font to back  
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show fallopian tube  
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show standing  
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sarc/o   show
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scal/o   show
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scaph/o   show
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schiz/o   show
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scint/i, scintill/o   show
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scler/o   show
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scoli/o   show
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scot/o   show
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show write  
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scrot/o   show
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show sperm  
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sen/o   show
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septic/o   show
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show septum  
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ser/o   show
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sial/o   show
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sin/o   show
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sinus/o   show
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somat/o   show
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som/o   show
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show to suck up  
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show wedge shape  
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sphenoid/o   show
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show pulse  
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show breathe, a coil  
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show vertebra  
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squam/o   show
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stal/o   show
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show stapes (stirrup-shaped bone)  
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show narrowness, constriction  
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steth/o   show
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show strength  
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stigmat/o   show
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stom/o   show
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stomat/o   show
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show curved  
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styl/o   show
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sucr/o   show
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sudor/i   show
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supinat/o   show
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show pus formation  
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show fainting  
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synov/o, synovi/o   show
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show contracting  
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tact/o   show
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tars/o   show
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show coordination  
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show distance  
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show bizarre form  
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tetr/a   show
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thanat/o   show
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show sheath or layers of membranes  
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theli/o   show
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thromb/o   show
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show shield  
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show to pull out  
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show labor and childbirth  
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tom/o   show
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ton/o   show
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torti/i   show
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tox/o, toxic/o   show
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show mesh  
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show visible path  
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show shaking  
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trich/o   show
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show threefold  
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trochle/o   show
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troph/o   show
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show having an affinity for; stimulating  
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tuber/o   show
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show knoblike projection  
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turbin/o   show
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show cough  
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tympan/o   show
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show nail  
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uve/o   show
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vag/o   show
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valv/o, valvul/o   show
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show varix; varicose vein  
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show blood vessel  
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show vein  
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ventr/o   show
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show green  
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vers/o, vert/o   show
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vesic/o, vesicul/o   show
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vestibul/o   show
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vest/o   show
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show masculine  
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show viscera (internal organs)  
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viscos/o   show
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show sight, vision  
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vitre/o   show
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show to tear away  
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show vulva  
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show yellow  
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xen/o   show
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show dry  
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xiph/o   show
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zygomat/o   show
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