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12/15/2009
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a, an
 Definition
not without
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ab
 Definition
away from
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ad
 Definition
to, toward
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adip
 Definition
fat
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alg/algia
 Definition
pain
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ambi, amphi
 Definition
both
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amyl
 Definition
starch
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ana
 Definition
up; back; apart
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anter/o
 Definition
front
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antho
 Definition
flower
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anti
 Definition
against; opposite
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anthropo
 Definition
man; human
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archaeo
 Definition
primitive, ancient
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ase
 Definition
enzymes
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ate, ation
 Definition
condition of being
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auto
 Definition
self
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bacilli/us
 Definition
rod shape
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bi
 Definition
two
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bio
 Definition
life; living
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botan/e
 Definition
plant
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bronch
 Definition
windpipe
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carcin
 Definition
cancer
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cardio/o
 Definition
heart
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carn
 Definition
meat;flesh
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carn
 Definition
meat;flesh
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cata
 Definition
breakdown
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caud
 Definition
tail
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cephal, cephalo
 Definition
head
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cerebr
 Definition
brain
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chemo
 Definition
chemical
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chloro
 Definition
green
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chondro
 Definition
cartilage
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chrom/o, chrome
 Definition
color
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cid/e -cis
 Definition
cut; kill; fall
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cilia
 Definition
hair
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circa, circum
 Definition
around
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cise
 Definition
cut
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cle/ole/cul
 Definition
small
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con, com
 Definition
with; together
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cocc
 Definition
seed, berry, round
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coel
 Definition
hollow
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com/con
 Definition
with, together
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contra
 Definition
against
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cotyl
 Definition
cup
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cranio
 Definition
skull
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cuti
 Definition
skin
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cyt, cyte
 Definition
cell
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de
 Definition
away from, down
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demi
 Definition
half
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dent
 Definition
tooth
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dem/demo
 Definition
people
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derm
 Definition
skin
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di, dipl
 Definition
two; double
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dorso
 Definition
back
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duct
 Definition
lead
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dys
 Definition
abnormal; difficult
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ex/exo
 Definition
outer
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elle
 Definition
small
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emia
 Definition
blood condition
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en, endo, ent
 Definition
in, into, within
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erythro
 Definition
red
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esis
 Definition
process of
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equi
 Definition
equal
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eu
 Definition
true; normal
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fid/a, fiss
 Definition
split, divided
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foli
 Definition
leaf
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gamet/o
 Definition
sex cell
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ganglio
 Definition
knot, bundle
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gastr
 Definition
stomach
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genesis, genic
 Definition
origin, birth
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germ
 Definition
seed
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gest
 Definition
carry; produce
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gluc/o, glyc/o
 Definition
sweet; sugar
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gnath
 Definition
jaw
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gram, graph
 Definition
drawing
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gymno
 Definition
naked; bare
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gyn/e
 Definition
female
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hapl/o
 Definition
single
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hem, hemat
 Definition
blood
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hemi
 Definition
half
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hepa, hepat
 Definition
liver
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herb
 Definition
plant
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hetero
 Definition
different; other
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hex
 Definition
six
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homo
 Definition
man
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homeo
 Definition
same
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hydro
 Definition
water
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hyper
 Definition
above, high
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hypo
 Definition
below, low
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iac
 Definition
person with disease
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iatric
 Definition
medicine, physician
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ichthy
 Definition
fish
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ine
 Definition
of or pertaining to
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infra
 Definition
below; beneath
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inter
 Definition
between
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intra
 Definition
within; inside
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intro
 Definition
into, within
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ism
 Definition
state or condition of
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iso
 Definition
equal; same
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ist
 Definition
one who specializes in
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itis
 Definition
inflammation
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kary
 Definition
cell nucleus
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kilo
 Definition
thousand
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lact
 Definition
milk
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lat/ero
 Definition
side
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leuc, leuk
 Definition
white
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lipo
 Definition
fat
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lys, lyst
 Definition
break down
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macro
 Definition
large
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magna/us/i
 Definition
great, large
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mal
 Definition
bad, poor
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mamm
 Definition
breast
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med/meso
 Definition
middle
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meio
 Definition
less
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melan
 Definition
black; dark
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mer
 Definition
part
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micro
 Definition
small
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milli
 Definition
thousand
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mono
 Definition
one
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morph/e
 Definition
shape, form
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multi
 Definition
many
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mut/muta
 Definition
change
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my/myo
 Definition
muscle
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myco
 Definition
fungus
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natal/us
 Definition
birth
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necro
 Definition
corpse, dead
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neo
 Definition
new
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neph/ro
 Definition
kidney
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neur
 Definition
nerve
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non
 Definition
not
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oct/octo
 Definition
eight
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odon/t
 Definition
tooth
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ologist
 Definition
one who studies
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ology
 Definition
the study of
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oma
 Definition
abnormal; tumor
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omni
 Definition
all
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oo
 Definition
egg
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ornith
 Definition
birth
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ortho
 Definition
straight, correct
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osis
 Definition
condition of
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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otomy
 Definition
cutting
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ous
 Definition
full of
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ov, ovi
 Definition
egg
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osi
 Definition
condition; process of
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pachy
 Definition
thick
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paedo/pedi
 Definition
child
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par/pa pan
 Definition
all
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path/y
 Definition
disease
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pent
 Definition
five
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per
 Definition
by, with, through
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peri
 Definition
around
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permea
 Definition
pass, go
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phago
 Definition
eat
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pheno
 Definition
appear, show
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phil
 Definition
loving; fond of
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phobia
 Definition
fear
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phore, pher
 Definition
bear, carry
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photo, phos
 Definition
light
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phyll
 Definition
leaf
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phyte/o/a
 Definition
plant
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pino
 Definition
drink
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pinni
 Definition
feather
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plasm
 Definition
gel, fluid substance
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plast
 Definition
holding body
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plasty
 Definition
repair
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platy
 Definition
flat
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pod/ped
 Definition
foot
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poly
 Definition
many, several
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por/e
 Definition
opening
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post
 Definition
after, behind
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pre
 Definition
before
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pro
 Definition
before; toward
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procto
 Definition
anus
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proto
 Definition
pirst/primative
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pseudo
 Definition
false
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psych
 Definition
mind
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pyro
 Definition
heat, fire
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quadr
 Definition
four
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quin
 Definition
five
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radi
 Definition
ray, wheel
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re
 Definition
again; back
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rect/us
 Definition
correct, straight
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ren/i
 Definition
kidney
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rhag, rrhage
 Definition
burst forth
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rhea/rrhea
 Definition
discharge, flow
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rhino
 Definition
nose
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rhizo
 Definition
root
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sacchar
 Definition
sugar
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sapiens
 Definition
thinking
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sapro
 Definition
rotten
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sarc
 Definition
flesh
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schis, schiz
 Definition
split; divide
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sclera
 Definition
hard, stiff
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scolio
 Definition
twisted
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scop/e
 Definition
look; to view
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scribe, script
 Definition
write
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semi
 Definition
partial
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septic
 Definition
infected
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sex
 Definition
six
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sis
 Definition
condition, state of
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stom/a/e
 Definition
mouth, opening
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stat/o, stasis
 Definition
stop, balance
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stalsis
 Definition
contraction, constriction
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sperm
 Definition
seed
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spor
 Definition
seed
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staph
 Definition
grapelike cluster
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strat/a
 Definition
layer
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strict
 Definition
drawn tight
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strep
 Definition
chain
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spirill/i
 Definition
spiral
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sub
 Definition
under, below
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sup/er/ra, sur
 Definition
upper, above
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sym, syn
 Definition
together
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tax
 Definition
arrange; put in order
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tele
 Definition
far off; distant
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telo
 Definition
end
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tetra
 Definition
four
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therm
 Definition
temperature
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thorac
 Definition
chest
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thrombo/o
 Definition
clot
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thylaco
 Definition
sac, pouch
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tion
 Definition
process of
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tox/i
 Definition
poison
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trache
 Definition
windpipe
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trans
 Definition
across
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tri
 Definition
three
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trop
 Definition
movement
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troph/e
 Definition
feed, eat
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turg
 Definition
swollen
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ul, ule
 Definition
small
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un
 Definition
not, opposite
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uni
 Definition
one
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uro, uria
 Definition
urine
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vacci/nus, vacca
 Definition
cow
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vacu
 Definition
empty
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ven
 Definition
vein
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ventr/a
 Definition
belly, underside
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verge
 Definition
turn
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vertebr
 Definition
spine, backbone
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vit, viv, via
 Definition
life
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vore, vorous
 Definition
eat
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xyl
 Definition
wood
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zo, zoa, zoo
 Definition
animal
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