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Word Unit: algo-, alg- (Greek: pain).

Cross references related to "pain, hurt; suffering, injury" word families: -agra; algesi-; angina-; dolor-; Masochism; noci-; odyno-; poen-; pono- (toil, work; pain); Sadism.

Word Unit: ali- + (Latin: other, another).

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "another, other, different, alternating, changing": allo-; alter-; allelo-; hetero-; mut-; poikilo-; reciproc-; vari-.

Word Unit: alimento-, aliment- (Latin: food, nourishment).

Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment": broma-; carno-; cibo-; esculent-; sitio-; tropho-; Eating Crawling Snacks; Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets"; Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters; Eating: Omnivorous.

Word Unit: allanto-, allant- + (Greek: sausage).

Word Unit: allelo-, allel- (Greek: one another, of one another; literally, "the other"; reciprocally; in mutual relation).

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "another, other, different, alternating, varied, changing": ali-; allo-; alter-; hetero-; mut-; poikilo-; reciproc-; vari-.

Word Unit: allia-, alli-, allium (Latin: garlic bulb; onion).

Word Unit: allo-, all- + (Greek: different, other, another; divergence; a combining form denoting a condition differing from the normal or a reversal, or referring to "another").

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "another, other, different, alternating, varied, changing": ali-; alter-; allelo-; hetero-; mut-; poikilo-; reciproc-; vari-.

Word Unit: allotrio- , allotri- + (Greek: different, of or belonging to another; foreign, strange; abnormal; perverse).

Related "foreign, strange" word families: barbar-; xeno-.

Word Unit: Allotriophagy + (an unusual desire to eat "unnatural" items for food).

Word Unit: alopec- + (Greek > Latin: fox; baldness; derived from "mange in foxes"; bald patches on the head).

Links to other hair-related units: barba-; Beards; capillaro-; chaeto-; cirro-; coife; crino-; Hair & Beard Styles; hirsute; pilo-; pogo-; tricho-; villi-.

Word Unit: alpha (Greek: A, a; beginning, first of anything; first letter of the Greek alphabet; used in physics and chemistry to designate a variety of series or values).

Word Unit: alphito-, alphit- (Greek: barly, pearl barley, groats; originally, "white grain").

Word Unit: also-, als- + (Greek: forest, woods, a woodland).

Word Unit: alter- + (Latin: different, other, another; to change).

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "another, other, different, alternating, varied, changing": ali-; allo-; allelo-; hetero-; mut-; poikilo-; reciproc-; vari-.

Word Unit: alto-, alt-, alti- (Latin: high, highest, tall, lofty).

Word Unit: altrici- (Greek > Latin: nourisher; wet nurse; midwife).

Word Unit: alumino-, alumin- (Latin: aluminum [U.S.] and aluminium, [British]).

Word Unit: alveolo-, alveol-, alve-, alveat- (Latin: trough, channel; small cavity, small pit; hollow).

Word Unit: amalga- + (Latin: Medieval Latin amalgama, perhaps from malagma, "poultice" or "plaster").

Word Unit: amat-, amor-, am- (Latin: love, loving; fondness for; such as a man for a woman and a woman for a man; an antonym of "hate").

This "love" unit is the main source of the words in the ami- or "friend" unit.

Related "love, fondness" units: agape-; philo-; vener-; venus.

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