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26 Cards in this Set
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Proteo-, Prot
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Protein
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Lipo-, Lip-
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Fatty, lipid
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Saccharo-, Sacchar-
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Sugar
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Amylo-, Amyl-
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Starch or polysaccharide in nature or orgin
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Hydro-
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water; containing or combined with hydrogen
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Glyco
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denotes a relationship to sugars or to glycine
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Phospho-, Phosph-
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indicates the presence of phosphorus in a compound
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De-
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away from; to remove; without
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Syn-
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together
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Mono-
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one; single
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Di-
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Two
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Tri-
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Three
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Poly-
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Many
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-philic
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having an affinity for; "loving"
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-phobic
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fearing or having an aversion to; "hating"
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-lysis
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breakdown; destruction; separation
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-lytic
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an agent or substance that causes lysis; pertaining to destruction, breakdown, or seperation
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-ation
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process of
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-thesis
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placing or arranging
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-ase
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ending denoting some (but not all) enzymes
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-ose
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ending usually denoting a carbohydrate
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-gen
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denotes "precursor of"
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Peptide
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a compound of two or more amino acids, covatently bound to one another
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Synthesis
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building up; putting together
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Glycogen
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a carbohydrate that is composed of branched chains of glucose, and is the primary storage form of carbohydrates in the body
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Starch
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a carbohydrate that is composed of branched chains of glucose; the plant equivalent of glycogen
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