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achromophilic

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resisting color

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aerobic

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requiring air to live

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aerocele

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herniation containing air

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aerophobia

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abnormal fear of air

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aerotherapy

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treatment using air

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amenorrhea

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cessation of menstruation

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anaerobic

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able to live without air

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anterolateral

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front and side

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anteromedial

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front and middle

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anteroposterior

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from the front to back

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anterosuperior

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front to top

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areriostasis

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control of flow through arteries

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axillary

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underarm

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bioethics

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study of what is good and bad for living things

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biology

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science studying living things

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blastoderm

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embryonic disk that gives rise to the endoderm

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caudad

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toward the tail

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cephalad

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toward the head

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cephalocaudal

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from head to tail

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chondrodysplasia

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defective development of cartilage

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chromogenesis

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formation of color

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chromolysis

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destruction of color

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chromometer

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measuring of color

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chromophilic

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attracting color

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coronal
pertaining to the crown or encircling
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coronary
pertaining to the crown or encircling.. reference to around the heart
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diagnosis
identifying a disease
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dialysis
separation of substances in a solution
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diarrhea
abnormally loose watery bowel movement
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distal
away from a point of origin or designated point
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dorsal
back or posterior
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dorsocephalad
toward the back of the head
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dysentery
inflammation of the intestine
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dysmenorrhea
difficult or painful menstruation
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dyspepsia
poor digestion
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dyspnea
difficultly breathing
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dystocia
difficulty in labor
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ectocytic
outside the cell
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ectoderm
outer embryonic layer
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ectogenous
formed outside the body
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eptopic
outside the normal location
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ectoplasm
outer membrane of the cell
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endocardium
inner membrane layer of the heart
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endochondral
within the cartilage
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endocolitis
inflammation of the lining of the colon
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endocystic
inside the urinary bladder or inside a cyst
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endoderm
inner embryonic layer
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endoenteritits
inflammation of the lining of the small intestine
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endogenous
made by ones own body
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endoscopy
process of using a scope to look into the body
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eugenics
choosing good genetic traits to propagate
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eupepsia
good digestion
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eupnea
easy breathing
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euthanasia
easy death
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eutocia
easy labor
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hemostasis
control blood flow
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hyperplasia
overdevelopment
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hypoplasia
underdevelopment
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inferior
below
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lateral
side
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lithotripsy
surgical crushing of a stone
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lymphostasis
control or stoppage of lymph flow
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medial
middle
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menopause
cessation of menstruation
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menorrhagia
hemorrhage during menstruation
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menses
menstruation
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mesoderm
meddle germ layer
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midaxillary
middle of the armpit
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midsagittal
the plane dividing the body into equal right and left halves
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neurotripsy
surgical crushing of a nerve
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omphalectomy
excision of the umbilicus
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ompholacele
umbilical hernia
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omphalorrhagia
hemorrhage of the umbilicus
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omphorrhea
discharge from the umbilicus
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omphalorrhexis
rupture of the umbilicus
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osteochondrodyplasia
defective development of bone and cartilage
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para-appendicitis
inflammation of near the appendix
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paracentral
pertaining to near the center
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paracolpitis
inflammation near the vagina
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paracystitis
inflammation near the urinary bladder
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parahepatisis
inflammation near the liver

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