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Mero Merocrania Merogenic Meromelia Meropia Merosmia
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ MERO~  prefix
         id+ | gr for PART or BODY PART |
         note also THIGH
         med> MERO   = PART
              MELOS    LIMB
              ACRANIA  CRANIUM or SKULL
              GENIC    GENESIS or OVUM
              OPIA     VISION
              OSMIA    SMELL
              giving rise to
~ MEROCRANIA  biol> med> PORTION OF A CRANIUM MISSING
~ MEROGENIC   biol> med> DIVISION OF AN OVUM INTO PARTS
~ MEROMELIA   biol> med> PART OF A LIMB MISSING
~ MEROPIA     biol> med> PARTIAL BLINDNESS
~ MEROSMIA    biol> med> PARTIAL ANOSMIA or
                         LACK OF PERCEPTION OF ODORS
 
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