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a/an

without

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ana

build up

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ab

away from

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ad

towards

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aer

air

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alb

white

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-algia

pain

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amphi

both

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anthropo

human

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anti

against

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archae

ancient

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arthr

joint

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-ase

enzyme

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auto

self

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ben

good

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bi

two

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bio

life

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burs

bag, purse

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brady

slow

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canis

dog

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cardi

heart

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carni

flesh

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cata

down

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cephalo

head

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cerebro

brain

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cen

hundred

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chloros

green

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chondro

cartilage

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chromo

color

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-cide

kill

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-clast

to break

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cogn

to know

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coel

hollow, cavity

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con, com

together

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coron

crown

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corpus

body

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cuti

skin

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cyt

cell

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de

to remove

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demo

people

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dent, dont

teeth

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derma

skin

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di

two

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dorm

sleep

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dys

bad or difficult

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e, ex, ec

out

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eco

house

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ecto

outside

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-emia

blood

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endo

inside, internal

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epi

above

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eu

true

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erythro

red

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gastro

stomach

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ge, geo

earth

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gen

to produce, to begin

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glott

tongue

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glyc

sweet

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gno

to know

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-gram

something written

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grapho

write

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gymno

naked, uncovered

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gyn

women

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hemi

half

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hemo

blood

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hepa

liver

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herba

grass, green crops

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hetero

different

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hiat

opening

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hist

web, tissue

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homeo

equal

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homo

human

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hom

same

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hydro

water

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hyper

more than

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hypo

under

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ichthys

fish

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in

not

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im

not

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inter

between

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intra

within

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iso

equal

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-itis

inflamed, swollen

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kines/kinesi

movement

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lachry

tear, to cry

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lact

milk

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lat

side

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leukos

white

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lip-

fat

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-logy

study of

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luna

moon

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lyso, lysis

dissolve

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macro

large

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mal

bad

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man

hands

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melano

black, dark-colored

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mens

month/ to measure

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meso

middle

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meta

after, beyond, change

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micro

very small

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