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1
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gnos/o

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a knowing, knowledge

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-gnosis

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a knowing, knowledge

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eti/o

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cause

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aeti/o

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cause

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esthesi/o

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sensation, feeling

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-esthesia

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sensation, feeling

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morb/o

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disease

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nos/o

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disease

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path/o

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disease, feeling, suffering

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-pathy

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disease, feeling, suffering

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-path

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one affect by a disease, one who treats a disease

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mort/o

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death

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thanat/o

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death

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-thanasia

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death

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necr/o

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dead body, dead

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febr/o

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fever

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pyr/o

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fever, fire

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pyret/o

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fever

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hem/o

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blood

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hemat/o

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blood

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-emia

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condition of blood

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-hemia

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condition of blood

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-poly

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many

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multi-

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many

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cal/o

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heat

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rubr/o

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red, redness

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erythr/o

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red, redness (red blood cells)

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tum/o

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swelling, tumor, abnormal mass

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onc/o

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swelling, tumor, abnormal mass

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-oncus

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swelling, tumor, abnormal mass

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edemat/o

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swelling

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32
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-edema

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swelling

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33
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troph/o

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nourishment

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34
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-trophy

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nourishment

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tabet/o

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wasting

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36
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cel/o

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hernia, protrusion

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37
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-cele

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hernia, protrusion

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38
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cyt/o

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cell

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cell/o

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cell

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cellul/o

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cell

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cancer/o

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cancer, crab

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cancr/o

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spreading ulcer

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43
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carcin/o

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cancer, crab

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mal/o

A

bad, faulty

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kak/o

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bad, faulty

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cac/o

A

bad, faulty

47
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phlog/o

A

inflammation

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dol/o

A

pain

49
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noc/o

A

pain

50
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noxi/o

A

pain

51
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alg/o

A

pain

52
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-algia

A

painful condition

53
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-algesia

A

sense of pain

54
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odyn/o

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pain

55
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-odynia

A

painful condition

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acu/o

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needle, needle-like

57
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acut/o

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sharp, pointed

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oxy/o

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sharp, quick, acid, oxygen

59
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-oxia

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oxygen condition

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chron/o

A

time

61
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pur/o

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pus

62
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py/o

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pus

63
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rhe/o

A

flow

64
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-rrhea

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a discharge (of a fluid)

65
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-rhexis

A

a rupture

66
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-rrhagia

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rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood)

67
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-rrhage

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rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood)

68
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-rrhagy

A

rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood)

69
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rhagad/o

A

tear, fissure, cleft

70
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-penia

A

decrease, deficiency

71
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mega-

A

enlargement, large

72
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megal/o

A

enlargement, large

73
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-megaly

A

enlargement, large

74
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micr/o

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small

75
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macr/o

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large, long

76
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lys/o

A

breakdown, dissolving

77
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-lysis

A

breakdown, dissolving

78
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malac/o

A

soft, abnormal softening

79
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-malacia

A

soft, abnormal softening

80
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-ptosis

A

downward displacement, prolapse

81
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-ectasis

A

dilation, expansion

82
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-ectasia

A

dilation, expansion

83
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schiz/o

A

a splitting, a cleft

84
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-schisis

A

a splitting, a cleft

85
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stas/o

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a standing, stoppage, cause to stand

86
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stat/o

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a standing, stoppage, cause to stand

87
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-stasis

A

a standing, stoppage, cause to stand

88
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-stat

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a device for stopping, ceasing something

89
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poiet/o

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to make, produce

90
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-poiesis

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to make, produce

91
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plast/o

A

formed, molded

92
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-plast

A

forming cell or organelle

93
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-plasia

A

condition of formation, growth

94
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fac/o

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to make, cause

95
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fic/o

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to make, cause

96
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fact/o

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to make, cause

97
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fect/o

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to make, cause

98
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-gen

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to become, be produced

99
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graph/o

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writing

100
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-graph

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a device for an image or written record, or the record itself

101
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-graphy

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process of recording, writing

102
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grammat/o

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something written or drawn

103
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gramm/o

A

something written or drawn

104
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-gram

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a record or image of something

105
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metr/o

A

measure, measurement

106
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-meter

A

measuring instrument

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