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Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
-able
 Definition
capable
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acro-
 Definition
Height, top, beginning
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ad-
 Definition
toward
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albu-
 Definition
White
Term
alveol-
 Definition
cavity
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angio-
 Definition
vellel, case, closed
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anthro-
 Definition
human
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anti-
 Definition
against
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aqua-
 Definition
water
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arthro-
 Definition
joint
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-ary
 Definition
relating to
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audi-
 Definition
hear
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auto-
 Definition
self
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bene-
 Definition
good
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bi-
 Definition
double, twice, two
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bio-
 Definition
life
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brachi-
 Definition
arm
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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brevi-
 Definition
short
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brochi-
 Definition
windpipe
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cap-
 Definition
take, seize
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capi-
 Definition
hair, head
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cardi-
 Definition
heart
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carn-
 Definition
flesh
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cata-
 Definition
down
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-centesis
 Definition
puncture, tap
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cereb-
 Definition
brain
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chemo-
 Definition
by chemicals
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circum-
 Definition
around
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com-
 Definition
with, together
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con-
 Definition
with, together
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contra-
 Definition
against, opposite
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corpor-, corpus
 Definition
body
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crypto-
 Definition
hidden
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cyst-
 Definition
bag
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cyt-
 Definition
cell
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de-
 Definition
down, away
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deca-
 Definition
ten
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deci-
 Definition
tenth
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demi-
 Definition
half
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demo-
 Definition
people
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derm-
 Definition
skin
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di-
 Definition
double, two
Term
dia-
 Definition
through
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dic-
 Definition
speak, say
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dis-
 Definition
apart, bad
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dys-
 Definition
bad, painful
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e-
 Definition
out of
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eco-, oeco-
 Definition
house
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encephalo-
 Definition
brain
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endo-
 Definition
within
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epi-
 Definition
upon, beside
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equ-
 Definition
equal
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ex-
 Definition
out of
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-fer
 Definition
bring, carry, bear
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flex-
 Definition
bend
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flu-
 Definition
flow
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foli-
 Definition
plant
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for-
 Definition
before
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-form
 Definition
shaped like
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-fuge-
 Definition
expelling
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ganglio-
 Definition
knot
Term
gastro-
 Definition
stomach
Term
geo-
 Definition
earth
Term
gen-, -gen
 Definition
to produce, born
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germ-
 Definition
seed
Term
-graph
 Definition
writing, printing
Term
gyn-
 Definition
female
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helic-
 Definition
a spiral
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hem-
 Definition
blood
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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hepat-
 Definition
liver
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histo-
 Definition
tissue
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homo-
 Definition
similar, man
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hydro-
 Definition
water, hydrogen
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hyper-
 Definition
above, excessive
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hypo-
 Definition
under, below
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-ian-
 Definition
belonging to
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il-
 Definition
not
Term
im-, in-
 Definition
inside
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immuno-
 Definition
safe
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infra-
 Definition
below
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intra-
 Definition
within
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inter-
 Definition
between
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-ion-
 Definition
action or condition
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-ism
 Definition
condition, doctrine
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iso-
 Definition
equal
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-ite-
 Definition
like, similar to
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-itis-
 Definition
inflamed condition
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-ity-
 Definition
state of being
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-ize-
 Definition
combine with
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junct-
 Definition
near
Term
kilo-
 Definition
1000
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later-
 Definition
side
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liga-
 Definition
bind
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loco-, loca-
 Definition
place
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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macro-
 Definition
big, large
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magna-
 Definition
large
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mal-
 Definition
bad, evil
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-mania
 Definition
madness
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mega-
 Definition
large
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-ment
 Definition
action
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meso-
 Definition
middle
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meta-
 Definition
beyond
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micro-
 Definition
small
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mono-
 Definition
one
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morph
 Definition
form
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mort-
 Definition
death
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myo-
 Definition
muscle
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narco-
 Definition
stpor, numbness
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naso-
 Definition
nose
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neo-
 Definition
new
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neph-
 Definition
kidney
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neuro-
 Definition
nerve
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neutro-
 Definition
neither
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nitro-
 Definition
nitrogen
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nocti-
 Definition
night
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nomo-,  -nomy
 Definition
name
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non-
 Definition
not
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noto-
 Definition
back
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ob-
 Definition
against
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oculo-
 Definition
eye
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-oid, -ous, -ode
 Definition
like, resembling
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oligo-
 Definition
few
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olfact-
 Definition
smell
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omni-
 Definition
all
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ortho-
 Definition
straight
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-osis
 Definition
disease, condition
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os-
 Definition
bone
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-ostomy, -otomy
 Definition
to make an opening into
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-ous
 Definition
full of, similar to
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ovi-, ova-
 Definition
egg
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paleo-
 Definition
ancient
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palpit-
 Definition
flutter
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pan-
 Definition
all
Term
para-
 Definition
beside, beyond, against
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par-

 

 Definition
to bear, to bring forth
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-path
 Definition
disease, suffer
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ped-
 Definition
foot, child
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per-
 Definition
by, with
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perfora-
 Definition
bore through
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peri-
 Definition
around
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phago-, -phage
 Definition
eat
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-phas
 Definition
speak
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pheno-
 Definition
appear
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-phil
 Definition
attraction to, love
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phleb-
 Definition
vein
Term
-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-phone-
 Definition
sound
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-phore
 Definition
carry, bearer
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photo-
 Definition
light
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phre-
 Definition
diaphram or mind
Term
plas-, -plasia, plasm
 Definition
form, grow
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-plasty
 Definition
repair, reconstruction
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pluri-
 Definition
many
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pne-
 Definition
breath
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pheumo-
 Definition
lung, air
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pod-
 Definition
foot
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poly-
 Definition
many
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-pore, poro-
 Definition
passage
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post-
 Definition
after, behind
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potent
 Definition
powerful
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pre-, pro-
 Definition
before, in front of, forward
Term
proto-
 Definition
first
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psuedo-
 Definition
false
Term
psych-
 Definition
mind
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-pter-
 Definition
wing
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-ptosis
 Definition
fall, drop
Term
pulmo-
 Definition
lung
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pyo-
 Definition
pus
Term
pyro-
 Definition
fire
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quad-
 Definition
four
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radio-
 Definition
wheel, ray
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re-
 Definition
back, again
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ren-
 Definition
kidneys
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retro-
 Definition
backward, located behind
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-rhea
 Definition
discharge
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rhin-
 Definition
nose
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rhizo-
 Definition
root
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sacchar-
 Definition
sugar
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salta-
 Definition
leap
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sapiens
 Definition
thinking
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schiz-
 Definition
split
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sclero-
 Definition
hard
Term
scolio-
 Definition
twisted
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-scope
 Definition
to examine, to see
Term
sect-
 Definition
cut
Term
semen, semin
 Definition
seed
Term
semi-
 Definition
half
Term
-simi-
 Definition
an ape
Term
soma-, -some
 Definition
body
Term
soph-
 Definition
wisdom, knowledge
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-spasm
 Definition
to cramp, to convulse
Term
speci-
 Definition
type
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sperm, spermato-
 Definition
seed
Term
spiro-, spira-
 Definition
breathe
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spleno-
 Definition
spleen
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-stasis, -stat, stato-
 Definition
standing, stoppage, balance
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steno-
 Definition
narrow
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stimul-
 Definition
tease, touch
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-stom-
 Definition
mouth
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sub-
 Definition
less than, below
Term
super-, supra-
 Definition
above, excessive
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sym-, syn-
 Definition
similar, with
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taxo-
 Definition
arrangement
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tele-, telo-
 Definition
end
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ten-
 Definition
to hold fast
Term
tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
therap-
 Definition
treatment
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-therm, thermo-
 Definition
heat
Term
thorac-
 Definition
chest
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thrombo-
 Definition
a clot
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-tion
 Definition
process of
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-tom, -tomy
 Definition
cutting
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topo-
 Definition
place
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toxi-
 Definition
poison
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trans-
 Definition
across, through, beyond
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
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tropo-, -trope, -trophy
 Definition
nutrition, growth, turning
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tympan
 Definition
drum
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ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excess
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un-
 Definition
not, back
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uni-
 Definition
one
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ur-
 Definition
earliest
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vacu-
 Definition
empty
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vario-
 Definition
change
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vas-
 Definition
vessel, duct, vein
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ven-
 Definition
vein
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ventr-
 Definition
stomach
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vermi-
 Definition
worm
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vert-
 Definition
to change or turn
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vestigi-
 Definition
trace
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viru-
 Definition
slime, ooze
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virul-
 Definition
poisonous
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vis-, vid-
 Definition
see
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viv-
 Definition
living
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-vore, -vorous
 Definition
eat
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vort-, -volv
 Definition
to change or turn
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xantho-
 Definition
yellow
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xero-
 Definition
dry
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zoo-
 Definition
animal
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zygo-
 Definition
untied or yolk
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-zyme
 Definition
ferment, leaven
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