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suffixes Flashcards

1
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-blast

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embryonic, immature

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-crine

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to secrete

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-drome

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to run

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-fusion

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coming together, to pour

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-gea

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-meter

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to measure

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-mission

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to send

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-or

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one who

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

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to bear, carry, feeling

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14
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-physis

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to grow

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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structure or formation

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-pnea

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breathing

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18
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-ptosis

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falling, dropping, prolapse

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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21
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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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22
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arthr/itis

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inflammation of joint

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23
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blephar/o/ptosis

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drooping eyelid

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24
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isch/emia

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loss of normal blood flow

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25
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oste/o/genic

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produced by bone tissue

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26
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staphyl/o/cocci

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berry-shaped bacteria that grow in clusters

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27
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Erythrocytes

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red blood cells

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Leukocytes

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white blood cells

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29
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Thrombocytes or platelets

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clotting cells

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30
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cyt/o

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cell

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derm/o, dermat/o

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skin

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32
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electr/o

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electricity

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33
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encephal/o

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brain

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34
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enter/o

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intestines

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35
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erythr/o

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red

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36
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gastr/o

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stomach

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37
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gnos/o

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knowledge

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38
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glyc/o

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sugar

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39
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gynec/o

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woman, female

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40
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hemat/o, hem/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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42
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iatr/o

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treatment, physician

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43
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leuk/o

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white

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log/o

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study of

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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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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe sudden

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aden/o

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gland

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adip/o

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fat

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amni/o

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amnion

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angi/o

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vessel

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ateri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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axill/o

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armpit

57
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bi/o

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life

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon (large intestine)

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encephal/o

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brain

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erythr/o

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red

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hem/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

69
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inguin/o

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groin

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx

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leuk/o

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white

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lymph/o

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lymph

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o

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death (of cells or whole body)

82
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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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neutr/o

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neutrophil

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear

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path/o

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disease

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

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vein

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneumon/o, pulmon/o

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lungs

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radi/o

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x-rays

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rect/o

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rectum

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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sarc/o

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flesh

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splen/o

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spleen

102
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staphyl/o

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clusters

103
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strept/o

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twisted chain

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thorac/o

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chest

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thromb/o

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clot

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tonsill/o

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tonsils

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

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