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- sphinctero-, sphincter- (Greek > Latin: that which binds tightly, press together; band, lace; hence, muscle that closes an aperture of the body; a ringlike band of muscle fibers that constricts a passage or closes a natural orifice) (three matching results)
- fascio-, fasci-, fasc-, fascia- (Latin: band, bandage; bundle, bunch; used in the extended sense of "pertaining to the fascia", the band or sheet of fibrous tissue providing a subcutaneous covering for the body) (two matching results)
- oxy- (sharp, pointed, keen; acidic, pungent) words: oxymora to paroxysm, part 2 of 2 (one matching result)
- algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: neogamalgia, and xiphoidalgia, part 3 of 3 (one matching result)
- pineal-, pinea- (Latin: pine tree, relating to the pine; shaped like a cone) (one matching result)
- zoo-, -zoon (animal, living being; life) dictionary words: zoacanthosis to zoodynamics, part 2 of 5 (one matching result)
- palli-, pallio, pallit- (Latin: mantle, covering; cloak) (one matching result)
- puber-, pubo-, pub-, pubio- (Latin: adult, mature; sign of [sexual] maturity, especially the growth of pubic hair; extended to mean the "pubic bone") (one matching result)
- taenio-, taeni- (Greek > Latin: ribbon, band, stripe; tapeworm) (one matching result)
- decibels (Latin: "ten" plus "bel" [Alexander Graham Bell]; a list of decibel levels and the examples that show the various decibel scales) (one matching result)
- desmo-, desm- (Greek: band, bond; ligament) (one matching result)
- tracheo-, trache- (Greek: windpipe; originally, "rough" artery) (one matching result)
- algesi-, -algia (pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting) words: acromelagia to xiphoidalgia, A-X (one matching result)