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tachy-

fast

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re-

back, again

100

carp/o

wrist bones

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bilateral

pertaining to two sides

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gloss/o

tongue

200

neo-

new

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supra-

above, upper

200

cost/o 

rib

200

antibiotic

pertaining to against life

200

ab-

away

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ultra-

beyond, excess

300

pros-

before, forward

300

tox/o 

poison 

300

apnea

not breathing

300

-oxia

oxygen 

400

infra-

beneath 

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ad-

toward

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top/o

place, position, location 

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microscope

instrument to view small objects

400

-partum

birth, labor

500

auto-

self, own

500

dia-

through, complete

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somn/o

sleep

500

retroflexion

bending backward

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tachypnea

rapid breathing