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mandible (lower jaw bone)
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obsessive preoccupation
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mastoid/o
mastoid process (behind the ear)
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maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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medulla (inner section); middle; soft, marrow
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men/o
menses; menstruation
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meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord and brain)
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metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
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metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
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uterus (womb); measure
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mucos/o
mucous membrane (mucosa)
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causing genetic change
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myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
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myocardi/o
myocardium (heart muscle)
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myring/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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kerat/o
cornea; hard horny tissue
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nuleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain)
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ketones; acetones
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lacrim/o
tear; tear duct; lacriaml duct
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lamin/o
lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
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lapar/o
adominal wall; abdomen
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to slide, fall, sag
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laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
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leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
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to seize, take hold of
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condition of stones
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incision (for removal) of a stone
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lymph glande (node)
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breakdown; seperation; destruction; loosening
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to reduce, destroy; seperate; breakdown
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home/o
sameness; unchanging; constant
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humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
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deficient; below; under; less than normal
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hypophys/o
pituitary gland
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abnormal condition
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physicaian; treatment
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unknown; individual; distinct
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immun/o
immune; protection; safe
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below; inferior to; beneath
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insulin (pancreatic hormone)
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iris (colored portion of the eye)
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iris (colored portion of the eye)
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ischium (part of the hip bone)
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isch/o
to hold back; back
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fibrous connective tissue
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process of making
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follicul/o
follicle; small sac
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fungus; mushroom (organism lacking chlorophyll)
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furc/o
forking; branching
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to pour; to come together
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ganglion/o
ganglion; collention of nerve cell bodies
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substance that produces
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producing; forming
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glial cells; neuroglial cells (supportive tissue of nervous system)
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glycogen; animal starch
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instrument for recording
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process of recording
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dilation; widening
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dilation; widening
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removal; excision; resection
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enter/o
intestines (usually small intestines)
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red; rosy; dawn-colored
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vulva (external female genitalia)
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skin; epithelium
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action; condition; state of
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nervous sensation (feeling)
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nervous sensation
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nervous sensation
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fasci/o
fascia (membrane supporting muscles)
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femor/o
femur (thigh bones)
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contra-
against; opposite
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cortic/o
cortex, outer region
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cras/o
mixture, temperture
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-crine
to secrete; seperate
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cycl/o
ciliary body of eye; cycle; sac of fluid
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cyst/o
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
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condition of cells; slight increase in numbers
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dacryocyst/o
tear sac; lacrimal sac
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lack of; down; less; removal of
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to bind, tie together
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widening, stretching, expanding
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