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04/11/2012
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Term
a
 Definition
not, without
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a (suffix)
 Definition
a place or thing
Term
able
 Definition
able to be
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acou
 Definition
hear
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aesth/esth
 Definition
feeling, perception, sensation
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age
 Definition
state, quality, act
Term
agon
 Definition
struggle
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agor
 Definition
marketplace, assembly
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al
 Definition
like, related to
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an
 Definition
not, without
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ance
 Definition
state, quality, act
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anem/anemo
 Definition
wind
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ant
 Definition
against, opposite
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anth
 Definition
flower
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anthrop
 Definition
mankind, man
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anti
 Definition
against, opposite
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aort
 Definition
lift, raise
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arch
 Definition
first, chief, rule
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arct
 Definition
to press together
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ary
 Definition
of, related to
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asper
 Definition
rough
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ate
 Definition
to make, to act
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ate
 Definition
having the quality of
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ate
 Definition
having the quality of
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ation
 Definition
an action or process
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bar
 Definition
pressure, weight
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branchi
 Definition
gill
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cant
 Definition
song
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cardi
 Definition
heart
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cene
 Definition
new, recent
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cephal
 Definition
head, brain
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chrys
 Definition
gold, yellow
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cinct
 Definition
bind, border, surround
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cinemat/kine
 Definition
motion
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ciner
 Definition
ash
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cle
 Definition
small
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co/paleo
 Definition
ancient
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coll
 Definition
glue, gelatinous
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com
 Definition
wish, together
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combus
 Definition
burn up
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con
 Definition
with, together
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crac
 Definition
government, rule
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cryo/crys
 Definition
cold
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culp
 Definition
fault, blame
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cuss
 Definition
strike, shake
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dactyl
 Definition
finger, toe
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de
 Definition
apart, away, down
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dis
 Definition
apart, opposite of
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dis
 Definition
two
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dog/dox
 Definition
opinion, praise
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dys
 Definition
bad, badly
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ech
 Definition
sound
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en
 Definition
in, into
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ence
 Definition
state, quality, act
Term
ence
 Definition
in, into
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er
 Definition
one who, that which
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erg/urg
 Definition
work, power
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esia
 Definition
an action or process
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esis
 Definition
action
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esth
 Definition
feeling, perception, sensation
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ete
 Definition
one who
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ex
 Definition
out, away, from
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fort
 Definition
strong
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fy
 Definition
to do, to make
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gen
 Definition
birth, produce, race
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glyph
 Definition
carve
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gram
 Definition
write, written
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heli
 Definition
sun
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helminth
 Definition
worm
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hier
 Definition
sacred
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ia
 Definition
condition
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ible
 Definition
able to be
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ic
 Definition
like, related to
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ics
 Definition
science, related to, system
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in
 Definition
in, into
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in
 Definition
not, without
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in
 Definition
in, into
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ine
 Definition
like, related to
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ion
 Definition
state, condition, action
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is
 Definition
thing which
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ism
 Definition
act, state, condition
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iso
 Definition
equal
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ist
 Definition
one who
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it is
 Definition
inflammation
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ity
 Definition
state, quality, act
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ize
 Definition
to make, to act
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lal
 Definition
talk, babble
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lith
 Definition
stone
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locat
 Definition
place
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ma
 Definition
something done
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man
 Definition
gas
Term
meta
 Definition
beyond, change
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metall
 Definition
metal, mine
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meter/metr
 Definition
measure
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morph
 Definition
form
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nom
 Definition
order, law
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oid
 Definition
resembling
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ology
 Definition
study of, science
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orth
 Definition
straight, right
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orth
 Definition
that which
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osis
 Definition
condition, act
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ous
 Definition
having the quality of
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para
 Definition
beside, variation
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per
 Definition
through, by very
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phag
 Definition
eat
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phil
 Definition
love, loving
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phil
 Definition
love, loving
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phob
 Definition
fear, an anxiety, disorder
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phyt
 Definition
plant
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platy
 Definition
flat, broad
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pod/pus
 Definition
foot
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pre
 Definition
before
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proto
 Definition
first, ahead\
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pter
 Definition
wing, feather
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pyr
 Definition
fire
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re
 Definition
back, again
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rhin
 Definition
nose
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scop
 Definition
look, view
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spher
 Definition
ball
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sphygm/sphyx
 Definition
pulse
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suc
 Definition
under
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syn
 Definition
with, together
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therap
 Definition
treatment
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thes/thet
 Definition
to place, to put
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thora
 Definition
chest
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tion
 Definition
state, quality, action
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trice
 Definition
feminine
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trop
 Definition
turn
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tude
 Definition
state, quality, act
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turb
 Definition
commotion, agitation
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typ
 Definition
model, impression
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um
 Definition
of or belonging to
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ure
 Definition
that which
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us
 Definition
thing which
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y
 Definition
state, quality, act
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zyg
 Definition
paired
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