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hem-, haem-, hemo-, haemo, hema-, haema-, hemato-, haemato-, hemat-, haemat-, -hemia, -haemia, -hemic, -haemic (Greek: blood)
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hemi- (Greek: half)
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hepta-, hept- (Greek: seven; normally used as a prefix)
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her-, hes- (Latin: stick to, cling to, cleave to)
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herb- (Latin: green crop, grass)
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hered-, herit- (Latin: heir; "he, or she, who obtains that which is left")
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heres-, heretic- (Greek > Latin: a taking, choosing, a choice; to take for oneself)
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herm-, herme- (Greek:
Hermes, the son of Zeus and Maia, the god of commerce and messenger of the gods in Greek mythology; identified by the Romans as Mercury; however, some of the words in this unit come from
Hermes tris megistos,
Hermes Trismegistus, literally, "Hermes, Thrice the Greatest" referring to the Egyptian god Thoth, who was identified with the Greek god Hermes, of science and arts)
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hernio-, herni- + (Latin: protruded viscus; rupture; in the sense of "protrusion of tissue or part of an organ through an abnormal opening in the surrounding walls")
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hesperian (Greek > Latin: west, evening)
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heter-, hetero- (Greek: different, other, another, unlike; irregular, abnormal)
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Heuristic Details (Greek
heuriskein and Modern Latin
heuristicus and from German
heuristisch; "to invent, to discover")
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hex-, hexa- (Greek: six; a number used as a prefix)
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hiat-; -hisc- (Latin: to stand open, to split; opening, aperture, gap; to yawn)