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a-
away from, negative , no, not with out
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-able
capable of, able to
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abort/o
premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus
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abrad/o,
abras/o
rub or scape off
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abrupt/o
broken away from
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-
abscess/o
going away, collecting of pus
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absorpt/o
suck up, suck in
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ascetabul/o
acetabulum (hip socket)
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acou/o, acous/o
hearing, sense of hearing
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-
-acusia,
-acusis,
acust/o
hearing, sense of hearing
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acr/o
extremities, top, point
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acromi/o
acromion, point of shoulder blade
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acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
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acuit/o,
acut/o
sharp, sharpness
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ad-,
-ad
toward, to, in direction of
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adhes/to
stick to, cling to
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adren/o,
adrenal/o
adrenal glands
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-
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aesthe-,
-aesthesia,
aestget/o
sensation, sense of perception
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-
affect/o
exert influence on
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agglutin/o
clumping, stick together
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agress/o
attack step foward
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-ago
attack, diseased state for condition
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-agra
excessive pain, sezuire, attack of sever pain
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alb/ albi,
alb/o,
ablin/o
white
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albumin/o
albumin, protein
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algesi/o,
-algesia
suffering pain, the sense of pain, sensitivity to pain
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algi-,
algia
suffering pain
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align/o
bring into line or correct position
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-
all/o,
all-
other different
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allucin/o
wander in the mind
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alveoli/o
alveolus, air sacs, small sac
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amb-,
ambi-
both, on both sides
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-
ambul/o,
ambulat/o
to walk
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ametr/o
out of proportion
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amni/o
amnion, fetal membrane
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amph-
around, on both sides, doubly
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amput/o,
amputate/o
cut away, cut off a part of the body
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an-,
ana-
up, apart, backward,excessive
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angi/o,
angi,
angio
relating to blood or lymph vessels
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angin/o
chocking strangling
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ankyl/o
crooked, bent stiff, looped
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anxi/o, anxiety/o
uneasy, anxious, distressed
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aphth/o
a small ulcer or eruption
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aplast/o
defective development, lack of development
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apo-
from, opposed, detached
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append/o,
appendic/o
appendix
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aqu/aqui,
aqu/o, aque/o
water
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arachn/o
spider web, spider
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areat/o
occurring in patches or circumscribed areas
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areol/o
little open space
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arrect/o
upright, lifted up raised
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asphyxia/o
absence of a pulse
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aspir/o,
aspirat/o
to breathe in
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asthen-,
-asthenia
weakness, lack of stregth
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-asthmat/o
a gasping, choking
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-
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atherl/o
plaque, fatty substance
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atop/o
strange, out of place
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atres/atresi
without an opening
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attenuate/o
diluted,weakened
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aud-,
audi/o,
audit/o
ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
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aur/auri,
aur/o
ear, hearing
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bacill/o
little stick or rod
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bas/o
base, opposite of acid
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bi-,
bin,
bis-
twice, double, two
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bi/o,
bio
pertaining to life
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bifid/o
split, cleft into two parts
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bifid/o
divide or fork into two branches
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-blast
embryonic, immatue
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borboygm/o
rumbling sound
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bronchiol/o
bronchiole, bronhiolus
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burs/o
bursa, sac of fluid near joint
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cac-, cac/o, caca-
evil, bad, diseased, weak
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cadaver/o
dead body, corpse
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calcane/o
calcaneus, heel bone
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calcul/o
stone, little stone
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call/cali,
callos/o
hard, hardened and thickened
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canalicul/o
little canal or duct
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canth/o
corner of the eye
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capn/o,
-capnia
smoke, carbon dioxide
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carp/o
carpus,. wrist bone
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cartilage/o, cartilagin/o
gristle, cartilage
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cat-,
cata-,
cath-
down, lower, under, downward
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catabol/o
a breaking down
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cathart/o
cleansing, purging
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cathet/o
send down, insert
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caud/o
tail, lower part of body
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caus/o,
caust/o
burn, burning
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cauter/o,
caut/o
heat, burn
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cav/ cavi, cav/o
hollow, cave
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cavern/o
containing hollow spaces
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-
-cele
tumor, cyst, hernia
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-
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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cephal/o,
cephal,
-ceps
relating to a head, head
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-
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chalas/o,
-chalasis
relaxation, loosening
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chem./chemi
chem./o,
chemic/o
drug, chemical
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chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
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cholesterol/o
cholesterol
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chondr/o,
chondri/o
cartilage
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chord/o
cord, the spinal cord
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chori/o
chorion, membrane
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choroid/o
choroids layer of the eye
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-
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-cidal
pertaining to death
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cili/o
microscopic hair-like projections, eyelashes
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cir/ circi
ring or circle
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circulat/o
go around in a circle
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circumcise/o
cutting around
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circumscribe/o
confined, limited in space
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cirrh/o
tawny, orange-yellow
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clavicul/o,
cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
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climacter/o
crisis,rung of a ladder
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clitor/o, clitorid/o
clitoris, a small hill
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-clysis
irrigation, washing
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coagul/ o.coagulat/o
congeal, curdle, fix together
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coarct/o, coarctat/o
press together, narrow
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cocc/ cocci,
cocc/o,
-coccus
berry- shaped bacterium, spherical bacterium
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coccyg/o
coccyx, tailbone
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cochle/o
snail, snail shell, spiral
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coher/o, cohes/o
cling or stick together
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col/o
colon, large intestine
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colon
colon, large intestine
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comminute/o
break into pieces
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communic/o
share, to make common
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compatibil/o
sympathize with
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concentr/o
condense, intensify, remove excess water
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concept/o
receive or take to oneself, become pregnant
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concuss/o
shaken together, violently agitated
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confus/o
disorder, confusion
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conjunctiv/o
conjuctiva, joined together, connected
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consci/o
aware, awareness
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consoled/o,
consolidate/o
become firm or solid
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constipat/o
pressed together, crowded together
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constrict/o
draw tightly together
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contact/o
touched, infected
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contagi/o
touching of something, unclean, infection
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contaminat/o
pollute,render unclean by contact
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contine/o, continent/o
keep in contain, hold back, restain
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contra-
against, counter, opposite
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contracept/o
prevention of conception
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convalesce/o
become strong , recover
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convolute/o
coiled,twisted
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copi/o
plentiful, abundant
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copulat/o
joining together, linking
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-
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-crasis
a mixture or blending
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crepit/o, crepitate/o
crackling, rattling
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crin/o, -crine
secrete, seperate
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cris/o, critic/o
turning point
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-
-
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culd/o
cul-de-sac, blind pouch
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cult/o
cultivate,plow,till
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cusp/cuspi
point, pointed flap
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-
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cycl/o
ciliary body of eye, cycle
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cyes/cyesi,
cyes/o,
-cyesis
pregnancy
-
-
cyst/o
urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
-
-
-cytic
pertaining to a cell
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-cytosis
condition of cells
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dacry/o, dacry-
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
-
dacry/o, dacry-
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
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dactyl/o, dactyl-
finger, toes
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-
de-
from, not, down, lack of
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-
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decidul/o
falling off, shedding
-
-
defec/o, defecat/o
clear, free from waste
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defer/o
carrying down or out
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degenerate/o
gradual impairment, breakdown, diminished function
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-
dehisc/o
burst open, split
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deliri/o
wandering in the mind, silly, crazy
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delt/o
greek letter delta or d, triangular shape
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delus/o
mock, cheat, delude
-
-
-
-
dendr/o
tree, resembling a tree, branching
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dent-, dent/denti, dent/o
tooth, relating to the teeth
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depress/o
press down lower, pressed or sunk down
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derm/o,
dermat/o,
derma
skin
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-desis
bind, tie together, surgical fixation of bone or joint
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deterioat/o
worsening or gradual impairment
-
-
di-
double, apart from, two
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dia-
through, between, apart, complete
-
-
diaphragmat/o
diaphragm, wall across
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diastole/o
standing apart, expansion
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didym/o
testes, twins, double
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diffuse/o
pour out, spread apart
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digest/o
divide, distribute
-
-
dilat/o, dilatat/o
spread out, expand
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dilut/o
dissolve, separate
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