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Medical terminology Flashcards

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Gastr/o

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stomach

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hepat/o

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liver

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nephr/o

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kidney

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ren/o

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kidney

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oste/o

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bone

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dermat/o; cutane/o

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skin

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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splen/o

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spleen

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hyster/o

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uterus

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enter/o

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intestines

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neur/o

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nerve

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arthr/o

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joint

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angi/o; vascul/o

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vessel (blood or lymph)

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aort/o

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aorta

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cardi/o

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heart

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bronchi/o

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bronchus

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bronch/o

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bronchi

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pneum/o; pneumon/o

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lung

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my/o

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muscle

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aden/o

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gland

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hem/o; hemat/o

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blood

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myel/o

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bone marrow/spinal cord

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encephal/o

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brain

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cyst/o; vesic/o

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bladder

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epi-

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above, upon

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hypo; infra; sub

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under, below, deficient

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inter

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between

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post

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after, behind

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pre, pro, ante

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before, in front of, forward

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retro

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backward, behind

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bi

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two

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dipl; diplo

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double

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hemi

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on half

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hyper

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excessive; above normal

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macro

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large

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micro

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small

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mono, uni

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one

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multi, poly

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many, much

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primi

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first

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quadri

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four

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tri

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three

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ab

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from, away from

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ad

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toward

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circum, peri

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around

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dia, trans

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through, across

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ecto; exo; extra

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outside, outward

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end; intra

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in, within

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para

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near, beside, beyond

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super; supra

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upper, above, excessive

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a, an

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without, not

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anti; contra

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against

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brady

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slow

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dys

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bad, painful, difficult

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eu

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good, normal

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hetero

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different

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homo, homeo

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same

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mal

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bad

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pan

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all

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pseudo

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false

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super

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upper, above

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syn

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union, together, joined

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tachy

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rapid

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trans

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across, through

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centesis

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surgical puncture

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ectomy

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excision, removal

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lysis

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separation, destruction, loosening

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pexy

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fixation (of an organ)

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plasty

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surgical repair

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stomy

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forming an opening (mouth)

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tomy

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incision

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tripsy

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crushing

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gram

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record, writing

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graphy

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process of recording

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scope

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instrument for examining

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scopy

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visual examination

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algia, dynia

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pain

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cele

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hernia, swelling

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ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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edema

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swelling

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emesis

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vomiting

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emia

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blood condiiton

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gen, genesis

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forming, producing, origin

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iasis

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abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

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itis

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inflammation

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lith

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stone, calculus

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malacia

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softening

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megaly

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enlargement

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oma

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tumor

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osis

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abnormal condition, increase

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pathy

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disease

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penia

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decrease, deficiency

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phagia

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eating, swalling

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phasia

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speech

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phobia

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fear

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plasia, plasm

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formation, growth

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plegia

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paralysis

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rrhage, rrhagia

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bursting forth

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rrhea

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discharge, flow

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sclerosis

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abnormal condition of hardening

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spasm

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involuntary contraction, twitching

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toxic

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poison

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trophy

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nourishment; development

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esis, ia, ism

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condition

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albin/o; leuk/o

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white

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chlor/o

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green

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chrom/o

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color

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cirri/o; jaund/o; xanth/o

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yellow

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cyan/o

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blue

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erythr/o

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red

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melan/o

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black

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poli/o

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gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

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ankyl/o

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stiffness; bent; crooked

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kpyh/o

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humpback

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lord/o

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curve; swayback

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spondyl/o; vertebr/o

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vertebrae

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leiomy/o

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smooth muscle; visceral

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asthenia

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weakness; disability

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clasia

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to break; surgical fracture

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clast

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to break

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desis

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binding; fixation

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malacia

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softening

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physis

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growth

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porosis

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porous

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kinesi/o

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movement

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narc/o

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sleep, stupor, numbness

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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ton/o

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tension

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algesia, algia

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pain

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esthesia

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feeling

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lepsy

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seizure

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paresis

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partial paralysis

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plegia

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paralysis

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taxia

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order, coordination

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or/o; stomat/o

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mouth

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gloss/o; lingo/o

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tongue

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bucc/o

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cheek

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cheil/o;labi/o

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lip

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sial/o

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saliva, salivary gland

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cholangi/o

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bile vessel

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chol/e

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bill; gall

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cholecyst/o

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gall bladder

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iasis

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abnormal condition produced by something specific

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megaly

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enlargement

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orexia

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appetite

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pepsia

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digestion

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phagia

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swallowing; eating

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prandial

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meal

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atel/o

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incomplete, imperfect

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coni/o

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dust

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lob/o

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lobe

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orth/o

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straight

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ox/i; ox/o

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oxygen

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phren/o

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diaphragm; mind

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spir/o

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breathe

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capnia

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carbon dioxide

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osmia

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smell

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phonia

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voice

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pnea

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breathing

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ptysis

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spitting

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ather/o

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fatty plaque

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hemangi/o

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blood vessel

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phleb/o; ven/o

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vein

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sten/o

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narrowing; stricture

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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meat/o

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opening, meatus

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis

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ur/o

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urine, urinary tract

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andr/o

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male

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balan/o

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glans penis

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orch/o; orchi/o; orchid/o; test/o

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testis, testes

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perine/o

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perineum

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varic/o

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dilated vein

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vas/o

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vessel; vas deferens; duct

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azot/o

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nitrogenous compounds

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crypt/o

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hidden

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kal/i

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potassium

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noct/o

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night

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olig/o

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scanty

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pu/o

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pus

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spadias

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slit; fissure

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uria

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urine

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cervic/o

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neck; cervix

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cole/o; vagin/o

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vagina

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galact/o; lact/o

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milk

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hyster/o; metri/o; uter/o

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uterus

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mamm/o; mast/o

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breast

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men/o

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menses, menstruation

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nat/o

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birth

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oophor/o, ovari/o

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ovary

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salping/o

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tube (fallopian or eustachian)

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arche

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beginning

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cyesis

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pregnancy

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gravida

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pregnant woman

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para

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to bear (offspring)

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salpinx

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tube

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tocia

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childbirth; labor

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-version

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turning

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calc/o

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calcium

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crin/o

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secrete

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gluc/o; glyc/o; glycos/o

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sugar, sweetness

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toxic

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poison

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ambly/o

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dull; dim

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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dacry/o

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tear; lacrimal apparatus

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ocul/o; ophthalm/o

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eye

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presby/o

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old age

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scot/p

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darkness

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ot/o

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ear

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myring/o; tympan/o

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tympanic membrane

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acusia, cusis

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hearing

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tropia

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turning

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adip/o; lip/o; steat/o

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fat

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hidr/o; sudor/o

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sweat

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ichthyc/o

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dry, scaly

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kerat/o

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horny tissue; hard; cornea

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myc/o

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fungus

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onych/o; ungu/o

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nail

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pil/o; trich/o

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hair

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scler/o

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hardening; sclera

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seb/o

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sebum; sebaceous

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squam/o

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scale

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xen/o

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foreign; strange

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xer/o

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dry

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neutr/o

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neutral; neither

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phag/o

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swelling; eating

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plas/o

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formation; growth

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ser/o

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serum

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sider/o

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iron

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blast

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embryonic cell

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globin

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protein

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phil

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attraction for

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phylaxis

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protection

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poiesis

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formation; production

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