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Word Unit: re-, red- (Latin: back, backward, again; used as a prefix).

Word Unit: real- (Latin: from res, thing, object, matter, circumstance).

Word Unit: recent- + (Latin: new, fresh).

Word Unit: reciproc- + (Latin: reciprocus, turning back the same way, alternating; turning backward and forward; to give, to do, to feel, or to show in return).

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

Word Unit: recti-, rect- (Latin: right, straight; to lead, in a straight line; to rule).

Word Unit: recto-, rect- (Latin: straight [intestine], direct, right; that is, "the part of the large intestine that ends at the anus").

Word Unit: Reflexology: Treatment of the Feet (therapeutic applications to the feet for greater health).

Word Unit: regi-, reg-, rec-, rex- (Latin: to direct, to rule, to lead straight, to keep straight, to guide, to govern).

Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "master, lead, leading, ruler, ruling, govern": -agogic; agon-; arch-; -crat; dom-; gov-; magist-; poten-; tyran-.

Word Unit: reminisc- + (Greek > Latin: to recollect, to remember; act of remembering; to recall to memory; to remind of).

Related units about "memory, remembering": memor-; mne-.

Word Unit: render- + (Latin: rendere from reddere, "to give back, to restore; to give up; to translate").

Word Unit: reno-, ren-, reni- (Latin: kidney or kidneys).

Word Unit: reptil-, rept- (Latin: creeping).

A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "snakes or other reptiles": angui-; coluber-; herpeto-; ophio-; sauro-.

Word Unit: reticulo-, reticul-, reti-, ret- (Latin: net, small net; a netlike structure, a network).

Word Unit: Retina: Photoreceptor Cells (millions of photoreceptor cells residing in the human retina gather light and transmit signals to the brain).

Word Unit: retino-, retin- + (Latin: innermost tunic of the eye; from ret[e], "net" plus -ina, "like").

Related references to "eye" or "eye part" word families: blepharo-; core-; corneo-; eye, eyes; irido-; lenti-, lens-; lenticulo-; ocelli-; oculo-; op-, -optic; ophthalmo-; phaco-; uveo-.

Word Unit: retro-, retr- (Latin: back, backward, backwards; behind).

Word Unit: rhabd-, rhabdo- + (Greek: rod; twig, stick, strip, branch; rod-shaped, striated; wand).

Word Unit: rhapho-, rhaph-, rhap-, -rhaph, -rhaphy, -orrhaphy, -rrhaphy (Greek: suture, stitching, joining in a seam).

Word Unit: rhem- + (Greek: a thing said; a word; a term).

Word Unit: rheo-, rhea-, rhe-, rhy- (Greek: a flow, wave; current of a stream, current; electrical current).

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