Biology: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots – Flashcards
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not, without
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abyss-
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deep, bottomless
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acro-
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tip
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adeno-
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gland
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aero-
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air
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agglutinat-
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glued together
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agon
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a contest
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aktin
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a ray
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-alexi
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to ward off
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allo-
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different
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alveol-
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a cavity
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ama-
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together
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amphi-
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dual
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an-
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without, not
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ana-
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up
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analog-
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proportion
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andro-
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male
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aneu-
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without
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-angio
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vessel
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annus, -ennis
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year
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anth-
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a flower
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anthrop
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man
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anti
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against
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-aphy
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suck
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apic
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tip
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apo-
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off, away
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-apsis
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juncture
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aqua
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water
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arachn
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spider
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arch
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ancient, beginning
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arthro
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jointed
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astro-
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a star
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atrio
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a vestibule
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auto-
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self
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aux-
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grow, enlarge
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bacul
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a rod
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bentho-
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the depths of the sea
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bi
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two
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bin-
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two at a time
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bio-, biot-
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life
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-bios
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life
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-blast
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bud, sprout
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blasto
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produce
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brachio
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an arm
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bryo
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moss
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cala
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insert
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capsa
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a box
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carb-
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coal
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cardi-
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heart
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-carp
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fruit
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cata-
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down
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-centesis
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a puncture
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centro-
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center
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cephal, cephalo
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head
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cheli
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a claw
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chemi-
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chemical
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chemo
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chemical
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chiasm-
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marked crosswise
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chloro-
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green
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choano
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a funnel
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-chol
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anger
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chondro-
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cartilage
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chord
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string
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chroma-
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colored
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chrom
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colored
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chylo
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juice
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chymo
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juice
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cili-
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hair
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circ-, circa
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circle
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clado-
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branch
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-clin
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slope
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cnido
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a nettle
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co-
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together
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coch
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a snail
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coel
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hollow
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coeno
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common
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coit
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a coming together
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coleo-
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a sheath
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coll-
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glue
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com-
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together
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con-
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with, together
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conjug
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together
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contra
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against
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cope
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an oar
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cortex
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shell
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-cortico
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the shell
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counter-
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opposite
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crani
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the skull
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crypto-
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hidden
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-cutane
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skin
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cuti
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the skin
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-cycle
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circle
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cyclo-
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circle
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cyst
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sac, bladder
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-cyte
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cell
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cyto-
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cell
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de
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from, down, out
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deca
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ten
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del
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visible
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demo-
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people
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dendro-
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tree
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-derm
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skin
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-desma
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a band or bond
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detrit-
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wear off
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deutero
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second
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di-
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two
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-dilat
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expanded
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dino
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terrible
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diplo
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double
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dis-
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seperate
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diure
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urinate
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dorm-
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sleep
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ecdys-
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an escape
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echino
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spiny
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-ecious
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house
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eco-
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house
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ecto-
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outside
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ectomy
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cut out
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electro
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electricity
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-ell
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small
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encephal
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brain
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enanti-
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opposite
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-enchyma
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an infusion
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end-, endo
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within, inner
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entero-
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intestine, gut
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epi-
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above, over
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erythro-
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red
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estuar-
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the sea
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etho
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custom, habit
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eu-
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true, good
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eury
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broad, wide
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ex-, exo-
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out, outside
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extero
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outside
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extra
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outside
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fertil
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fruitful
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fibrino-
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a fiber
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fibro-
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fiber
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flagell-
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whip
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-form
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shape
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fovea
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a pit
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fusi-
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a spindle
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gam-
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marriage
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gamet-
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wife or husband
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gamy
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reproduction, marriage
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gastro
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stomache, belly
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gen-, gene-
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produce
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genesis
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origin, birth
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-genic
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producing
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geno-
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offspring
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-geny
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origin
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geo-
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the Earth
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gest
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carried
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gibb-
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humped
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glia
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glued together
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-glob
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globe, sphere
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glomer
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a ball
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glotti
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the tongue
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gluco-
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sweet
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glyco-
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sweet
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gnatho
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jaws
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-graphy
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writing
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gusta
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taste
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gutt-
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a drop
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gymno-
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naked
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gyno
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a woman
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halin
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salt
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halo-
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salt
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haplo-
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single
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helic-
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a spiral
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hemo-
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blood
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herb
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grass
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hermaphrod
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both male and female
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hetero-
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holo
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whole
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homeo-
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same
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homin
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man
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homo-
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alike
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horm-
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to set in motion, excite
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hydro-
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water
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hyl
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matter
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hyper-
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over, above, excessive
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hypo-
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under, below, lower
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ichthy
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fish
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immuno-
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safe, free
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in
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without
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inter-
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between
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intero
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inside
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intra
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inside, within
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intro
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within
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involu
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wrapped up
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-iodo
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violet
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iso-
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equal
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itero-
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to repeat
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-itis
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inflammation
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juxta
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near to
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karyo-
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nucleus
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kilo-
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a thousand
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kine, kinet-
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movement
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koilos
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a hollow
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-kytos
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a vessal
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labi
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lip
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lact
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milk
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lamin-
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sheet, layer
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lepido
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a scale
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leuko-
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white
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liga-
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bound or tied
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limn-
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a lake
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-lite
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first
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-lithe
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stone
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littor-
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seashore
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lobi
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a lobe
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lopho
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crest, tuft
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-luna
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moon
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lut-
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yellow
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-lyse
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break
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-lysis
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split
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lyso-
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loosen
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lyto-
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loosen
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macro-
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large
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magnet-
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magnetic
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major
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larger
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mal-
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bad or evil
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mamm-
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breast or teat
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marsupi
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a bag or pouch
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mechano
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an instrument
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mega-
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large, great
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meio-
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less
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melan-
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black
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menstru
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month
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mere
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part
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meristo-
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divided
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mero-
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part
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meso-
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middle
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meta-
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boundary, turning, point; charge; with; between
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-metron
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measure
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micro-
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small
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minor
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smaller
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missi
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send
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mito-
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a thread
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mono-
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one
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morph, morpho-
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form
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morul
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a little mulberry
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muta-
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change
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mutu-
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reciprocal
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myco
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fungus
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myo
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muscle
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-nema
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thread
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nemato
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a thread
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nephri
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kidney
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neuro-
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nerve
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neutr-, neutro-
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neutral
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noci
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harm
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nom-
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name
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non-
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not
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noto
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back
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nucle-, nucleo
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nucleus
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-oid
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like, form
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olfact
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smell
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oligo-
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small, scant
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ology
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the study of
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omma
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the eye
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omni
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all
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onco
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tumor
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oo
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egg
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opercul
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a covering, lid
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oscul
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a little mouth
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osis
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a conditioning of
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osmo-
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pushing
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osteo-
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bone
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ostraco
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a shell
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ovi
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an egg
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oxy-
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sharp, acid
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paedo-
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child
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paleo-
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ancient
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para-
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beside, near
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-parity
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to beget
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parous
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bearing
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parsi-
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few
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partheno
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without fertilization, virgin
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partur
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giving birth
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-patri
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father
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pedi-
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a child
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pelag-
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the sea
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pellucid
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transparent
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perfora-
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bore through
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peri
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abound
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perman-
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remaining
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-phage
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to eat
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phago-
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to eat
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pheno-
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appear
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-phil
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loving
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-philia
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loving
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-philos
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loving
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phloe-
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the bark of a tree
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-phobos
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fearing
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phora
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to carry
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-phore
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bearer
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photo
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light
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phragmo-
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a partition
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-phyll
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leaf
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phylo-
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tribe
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-phyte
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plant
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phyto-
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plant
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pino-
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drink
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placo
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a plate
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plan
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flat or wandering
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plasm- , plasmo
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molded
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-plast
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formed, molded
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pleio-
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more
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pluri-
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more, several
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-pod, -podium
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foot
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podo-
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foot
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-poiet
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produce
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poly
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many
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-pomo
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fruit
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pore
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a passage
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-pori
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small opening
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-port
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gate, door
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post-
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after
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potent
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powerful
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pre-
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before
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pro-
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before
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profund-
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deep
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proto
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first
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pseudo
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false
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pter-
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a wing, a feather, a fin
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ptero
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a wing
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pterygi
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a fin
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pulmo-
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a lung
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quadr-
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four
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radia
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a spoke, ray
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ratit
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flatbottomed
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re-
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again
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recta
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straight
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regula
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regular
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reni
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a kidney
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retro
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backward
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rhizo-
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root
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rhodo
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red
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sacc
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a sack
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-sacchar
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sugar
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salta-
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leap
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sarco
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flesh
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saur
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lizard
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schizo
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split
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sclero
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hard
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script
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write
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scutell-
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a little shield
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semel-
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once
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semi-
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half
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simi
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an ape
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socio
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a companion
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soma
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body
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-sperm
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seed
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sporo-
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seed
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stalsis
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constriction
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stam-
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standing upright
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-stasis
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standing, staying
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stato-
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standing, placed
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steno
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narrow
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stoma
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mouth
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stromato
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something spread out
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sulf-
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sulfur
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supra-
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above, over
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sym-
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with, together
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-symmetr
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symmetrical
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syn-
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together
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taxo-
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arrange
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telos-
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an end
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tens
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stretched
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tetan
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rigid, tense
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tetra-
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four
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thallos-
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sprout
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theca
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a cup, case
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therm-
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heat
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thermo-
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heat, temperature
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thigmo-
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a touch
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thio-
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sulfur
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thrombo-
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a clot
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thylaco-
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sac or pouch
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tono-
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stretched
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-tonus
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tension
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-topo
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place
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toti
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all
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trachei-
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the windpipe
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trans-
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across
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tri
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three
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trocho
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wheel
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-trop
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turn
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-troph
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food, nourishment
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tropho
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food, nourishment
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-tropic
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to turn or change
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tropo
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turn, change
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trypsi
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wearing out
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-tubul
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a little pipe
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tunic
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a covering
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turg-
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swollen
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tympan
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a drum
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ultra-
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beyond
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uni-
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one
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uro
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tail
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utric
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a leather bag
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vacu-
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empty
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vagin
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a sheath
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-valent
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strength
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vasa
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vessel
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vascula-
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little vessel
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-vect
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carried
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-ventriculo
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ventricle, hallow organ
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vestigi-
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trace
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villi
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shaggy hair
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virul
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poisonious
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vitre
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glass
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vivi
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alive
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vora
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eat
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-xantho
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yellow
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xero-
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dry
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xyl-
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wood
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-yl
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substance or matter
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zea-
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a grain
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zoa, zoan
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animal
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zona
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