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leio-
Smooth.
Greek leios, smooth.
In pathology, a leiomyoma is a benign tumour made up of smooth muscle fibre; someone leiotrichous (Greek trikho‑, from thrix, hair) has smooth or straight hair; from the same Greek source, the leiothrix is an Asian bird of the babbler family.
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