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146 Cards in this Set
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a-, an-
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absence or lack
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ab-
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departing from; away from
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acou-
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hearing
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ac-, acro-
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extreme or extremity
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ad-
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to or toward
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aden-, adeno-
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gland
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adren-
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toward the kidney
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aero-
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air
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af-
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toward
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agon-
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contest (agonistic muscles)
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alb-
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white
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aliment-
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nourish
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allel-
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of one another
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amphi-
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on both sides; of both kinds
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ana-
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apart, up, again
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anastomos-
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come together
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aneurysm
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a widening
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angi-
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vessel
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angin-
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choked
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ant-, anti-
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opposed to; preventing or inhibiting
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ante-
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preceding, before
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aort-
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great artery
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ap-, api-
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tip, extremity
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append-
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hang to (appendicular skeleton)
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aqua-, aque-
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water
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arbor
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tree
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areola-
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open space
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arrect-
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upright
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arthr-, arthro-
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joint (arthropathy)
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artic-
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joint (articular surface)
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atri-
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vestibule
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auscult-
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listen
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aut-, auto-
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self
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ax-, axi-, axo-
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axis, axle
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azyg-
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unpaired
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baro-
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pressure
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basal
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base
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bi-
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two
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bili-
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bile
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bio-
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life
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blast-
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bud or germ
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brachi-
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arm
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brady-
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slow
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brev-
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short
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broncho-
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bronchus
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bucco-
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cheek
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calor-
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heat
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capill-
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hair
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caput-
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head
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carcin-
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cancer
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cardi-, cardio-
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heart
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carneo-
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flesh
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carot-
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carrot (an orange pigment); stupor (carotid arteries in neck, blockage causes fainting)
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cata-
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down
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caud-
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tail
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cec-
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blind
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cele-
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abdominal
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cephal-
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head
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cerebro-
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brain, especially the cerebrum
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cervic-, cervix
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neck
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chiasm-
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crossing
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chole-
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bile (cholesterol)
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chondr-
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cartilage
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chrom-
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colored
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cili-
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small hair
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circum-
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around
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clavic-
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key
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co-, con-
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together
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coccy-
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cuckoo
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cochlea
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snail shell
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coel-
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hollow
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commis-
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united
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concha
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shell
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contra-
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against
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corn-, cornu-
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horn
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corona
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crown
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corp-
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body
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cort-
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bark
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cost-
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rib
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crani-
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skull
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crypt-
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hidden
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cusp-
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pointed
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cutic-
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skin
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cyan-
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blue
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cyst-
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sac, bladder
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cyt-
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cell
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de-
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undoing, reversal, loss, removal
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decid-
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falling off
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delta
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triangular
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den-, dent-
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tooth
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dendr-
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tree, branch
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derm-
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skin
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desm-
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bond
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di-
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twice, double
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dia-
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through, between
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dialys-
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separate, break apart
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diastol-
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stand apart
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diure-
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urinate
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dors-
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the back
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duc-, duct-
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lead, draw
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dura
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hard (dura mater)
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dys-
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difficult, faulty, painful
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ec-, ex-, ecto-
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out, outside, away from
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ectop-
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displaced
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edem-
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swelling (edema)
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ef-
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away (efferent nerve fibers)
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ejac-
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to shoot forth
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embol-
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wedge
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en-, em-
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in, inside
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enceph-
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brain
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endo-
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within, inner
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entero-
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intestine
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epi-
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over, above (epidermis)
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erythr-
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red
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eso-
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within (esophagus)
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eu-
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well
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excret-
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separate
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exo-
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outside, outer layer
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extra-
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outside, beyond
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extrins-
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from the outside
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fasci-, fascia-
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bundle, band
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fenestr-
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window
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ferr-
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iron
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flagell-
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whip
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flat-
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blow, blown
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folli-
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bag, bellows (hair follicle)
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fontan-
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fountain
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foram-
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opening
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foss-
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ditch (fossa ovalis)
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gam-, gamet-
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married, spouse
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gangli-
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swelling, or knot
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gastr-
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stomach
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gene
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beginning, origin
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germin-
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grow
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gero-, geront-
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old man
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gest-
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carried (gestation)
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glauc-
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gray
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glom-
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ball
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glosso-
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tongue
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gluco-, glyco-
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gluconeogenesis, the production of glucose from noncarbohydrate molecules
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glute-
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buttock
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gnost-
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knowing (the gnostic sense)
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gompho-
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nail (gomphosis, the term applied to the joint between tooth and jaw)
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gon-, gono-
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seed, offspring (gonads)
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gust-
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taste
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hapt-
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fasten, grasp
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