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les 6 combining form

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amyl   starch  
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angin   choking pain, angina pectoris  
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aort   aorta  
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arct(at)   compress  
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ather   (soup)fatty deposit  
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atri   (entrance hall) atrium  
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bol   a throwing  
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capill   (hair) capillary  
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cirs   dilated and twisted vein, varix  
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clud, clus   close  
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cor, cord   heart  
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coron   crown  
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cusp, cuspid   point  
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dextr   right (side)  
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form   shape; shaped like  
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gurgit, gurgitat   flood, flow  
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pector   breast, chest  
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phleb   vein  
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pulm(on)   lung, pulmonary artery  
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rhythm   (steady motion) heartbeat  
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sept   wall, partition  
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sin, sinus   (curve, hollow) sinus  
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sinistr   left (side)  
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sphygm   pulse  
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stal, stol   send, contraction  
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tens(i)   stretch  
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thromb   blood clot  
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top   place  
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vag   (wandering) the vagus nerve  
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varic, varix   dilated and twisted vein, varix  
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vas   (blood) vessel; vas deferens  
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ventr   belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity  
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alve   hollow, cavity  
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amygdal   (almond) tonsil  
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anthrax, anthrac   coal; anthrax  
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aux, auxe, auxis   grow, increase  
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bacter(i)   (small staff) bacterium  
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bronch(i)   (windpipe) bronchus  
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capn   (smoke) carbon dioxide  
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cocc, coccus   (berry) coccus (a type of spherical bacterium)  
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coni, koni   dust  
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labi   lip  
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larynx, laryng   larynx  
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paresis   slackening of strength, paralysis  
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pharynx, pharyng   (throat) pharynx  
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phys   air, gas  
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pleur   (side) pleura  
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pne   breathe  
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pneum(at)   (breath) air, gas  
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pneum(on)   lung  
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sider   iron  
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spir(at)   breathe  
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staphyl   (bunch of grapes) uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster together like a bunch of grapes)  
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stern   chest, breast, breastbone  
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steth   chest, breast  
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strept   (twisted) streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains)  
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sud(or)   sweat, fluid  
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thorax, thorac   chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax  
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trach(e), trachy   (rough) trachea  
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bili   bile  
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cardi   cardia (upper orifice of the stomach)  
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cec   (blind) cecum  
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cly(s)   rinse out, inject fluid  
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copr   excrement, fecal matter  
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creat   flesh  
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doch   duct  
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duoden   duodenum  
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esophag   esophagus  
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fec   (sediment) excrement, fecal matter  
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geus(t)   taste  
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gingiv   gum (of the mouth)  
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gloss   tongue  
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ile   ileum  
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jejun   (empty)jejunum  
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lien   spleen  
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lingu   tongue  
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osm   sense of smell; odor  
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osphr   sense of smell  
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peps, pept   digest  
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proct   anus  
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pyle   (gate)portal vein  
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pylor   (gatekeeper) pylorus  
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rect   (straight) rectum  
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scat   excrement, fecal matter  
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sial   saliva, salivary duct  
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sigm   (sigma the Greek letter s) sigmoid colon  
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sphincter   sphincter muscle  
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splanchn   internal organ, viscus  
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typhl   (blind) cecum  
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zym   (leaven) ferment, enzyme, fermentation  
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enter   intestine  
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osmia   a condition involving smell  
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