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14 Bioscientific Terminology
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Undergraduate 4
04/19/2009

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ammonia
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temple of zeus Ammon, alkaline compound of nitrogen and hydrogen
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aphrodisiac
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aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, substance which excites sexual desire
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hermaphrodite
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hermaphroditus, who became joined in one body with a nymph, having both male and female reproductive organs
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narcissism
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narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection in a pond, self-love, in psychiatry, fixation of libido on one's own body
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palinuridae
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palinurus, aeneas's pilot, family of decapod crustaceans comprising the spiny lobster
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charon evagatus
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charon, ferryman who took souls across the river styx, yellow fever virus
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eacles penelope
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penelope, odysseus's faithful wife, who wove a tapestry, moth that weaves a cocoon
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tendon of achilles
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achilles, famous warrior vulnerable only in the heel, strong tendon joining the muscles in the calf of the leg to the bone of the heel
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HEMI
Definition
half
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MON
Definition
single, one
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PROT
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first, original, primative
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DI
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twice, double
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DICH
Definition
in two
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DEUT, DEUTER
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second
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TRI
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three
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TETR(A)
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four
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PENT(A)
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five
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HEX(A)
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six
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HEPT(A)
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seven
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OCT(A)
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eight
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ENNE(A)
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nine
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DEC(A)
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ten
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HECT
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hundred
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KILO
Definition
one thousand
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