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Prefixes Flashcards

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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against

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ecto-

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out, outside, outer

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endo-

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within, inner

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hyper

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above, beyond, excessive

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hypo

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below, under, deficient

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inter

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between

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intra

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within

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para

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beside, alongside, abnormal

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peri

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around

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per

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through

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pre

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before, in front of

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pro

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before

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super

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above, beyond

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supra

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above, beyond

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ab

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away from

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adhes

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stuck to

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auto

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self

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tuss

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cough

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pyret

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fever

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sept

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putrefaction (works against sepsis)

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nom

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law

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axill

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armpit

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bi(o)

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life

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cac

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bad

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centi

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one hundred

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chem

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chemical

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dia

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through

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dis

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apart

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eti

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cause

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ex

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out

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cis

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to cut

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hetero

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different

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gene

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formation

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kilo

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a thousand

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macro

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large

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mal

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bad

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malign

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bad kind

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maxim

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greatest

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micro

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small

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milli

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one thousandth

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necr

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death

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neo

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new

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onco

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tumor

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para

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beside

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phrophylact

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guarding

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pyro

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heat fire

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syn

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together with

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therm

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heat

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top/o

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place

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cardio

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heart

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dermato

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skin

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crin

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to secrete

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gastro

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stomach

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entero

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intestine

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geron

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old age

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gynec/o

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female

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hemat/o

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blood

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intern

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within

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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orth/o

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straight

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ped

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child

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ot/o

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ear

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rhin/o

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nose

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laryng/o

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larynx

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path/o

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disease

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phys

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nature

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proct/o

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anus, rectum

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psych/o

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mind

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pulmon/o

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lung

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radi/o

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x-ray

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rheumat/o

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rheumatism

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ur/o

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urination

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a

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lack of

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brady

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slow

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dys

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difficult

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eu

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good normal

80
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hyper

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excessive

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hypo

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deficient

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tachy

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rapid

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contra

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against

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brachy

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short

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ex/exo

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out, away from

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homeo

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similar, same, likeness, constant

87
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hydro

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water

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oligo

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scanty, little

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pan

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all

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pseudo

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false

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sym/syn

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together, with

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ec/ecto

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out, outside

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endo

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within

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poly

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many

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meta

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beyond, over, between

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ad

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toward, near, to

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ana

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up apart backward

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cata

A

down

99
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circum

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around

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meso

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middle

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retro

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backward

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ambi

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both

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bi

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two, double

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bin

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twice, two

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dec

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ten

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di

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two, apart

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mono

A

one

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nulli

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none

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primi

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first

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quadri

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four

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semi, hemi

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half

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uni

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one

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icter

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jaundice

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furc

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fork

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centrat

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centers

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somn

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sleep

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medi

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toward the middle

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foc

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focus

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stern

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sternum

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cardi

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heart

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dactyl

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finger or toe

122
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gurgitat

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to flood

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acute

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sharp

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adip

A

fat

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andr/o

A

man

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antero/o

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toward the front

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caud/o

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tail

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cran/i

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cranium

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cyto/o

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cell

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dist/o

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away from the point of origin

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dors/o

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backward

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hist/o

A

tissue

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infer/o

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below

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inguin/o

A

groin

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kary/o

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cell’s nucleus

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later/o

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side

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medi/o

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toward the middle

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path/o

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disease

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phen/o

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to show

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physi/o

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nature

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poster/o

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behind, toward the back

142
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proxim/o

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near the point of origiin

143
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somat/o

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body

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ventro/o

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near or on the belly side

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viscer/o

A

body organs

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