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STEM WORDS
DELINEATE• down• line• to cause
• To cause to line down
•TO OUTLINE
• de• lin• ate
EMOLLIENT•e•mol
•out•soft
•Soften out
•SOFTENER
RETROGRADE•retro•grad
•back•step
•Step back
•BACKWARD
MELANCHOLY
•mela •black
•BD: black
•DARK SADNESS
INTRACRANIAL
•intra•cranio
•within•skull
• BD: within skull
•WITHIN THE SKULL
CARDIOVASCULAR
•Cardio•vas
•heart
•vessel•BD: heart and vessels
•OF THE HEART AND VESSELS
EPIPHANY•epi•phan
• on• appearance
BD: appearance on
• REVELATION
INHERENT•in•here
•in•stick
•BD: Stick in
•BUILT-IN
CORPULENT•corp •body
•BD: body
•FULL-BODIED
DICHOTOMY•Dicho•tomy
•in 2 parts•cut
•BD: cut in 2 parts
•TWO-PART DIVISION
PATHOLOGICAL
•patho•logy
•disease•study of
BD: study of disease
•DISEASED
CRYPTIC•crypt •hidden
BD: Hidden
HAVING HIDDEN MEANING
PATHOGEN• patho• gen
• disease• beginning
•BD: beginning of disease
•DISEASE-CAUSER
RECTIFY•rect•fy
•right•make
•Make right
•CORRECT
PETROGLYPH•petra •rock
•BD: rock
•ROCK CARVING