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11/13/2008
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lacto

 Definition
milk
Term
phobic
 Definition
fear
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cyto (cyt)
 Definition
cell
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zyme
 Definition
leaven,ferment
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endo
 Definition
inside
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soma
 Definition
body
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vore
 Definition
eat
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synthesis
 Definition
to make
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hydro
 Definition
water
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mer
 Definition
part
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glob
 Definition
ball
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gastr
 Definition
stomach
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lysis
 Definition
break;loosen
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chloro
 Definition
green
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sacchar
 Definition
suger
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pro
 Definition
before;first
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kary
 Definition
nucleus
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bac
 Definition
rod;stick
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erythro
 Definition
red
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neuro
 Definition
nerve
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nucle
 Definition
nut;walnut
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iso
 Definition
same
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chrom
 Definition
color
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oo
 Definition
egg
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platy
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flat
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echin(o)
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spiny
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hyper
 Definition
above
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hypo
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below
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mito
 Definition
thread
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muta
 Definition
change
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chondr
 Definition
cartilage
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mollusk
 Definition
soft
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vita

 Definition
life
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homo
 Definition
same
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hetero
 Definition
different
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pneumo
 Definition
lungs
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kine
 Definition
moving
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angio
 Definition
cased,closed
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gymno
 Definition
naked
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epi
 Definition
upon
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derm
 Definition
skin
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cide
 Definition
kill
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lactose
 Definition
milk sugar
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hydrophobic
 Definition
water fearing
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cytoplasm
 Definition
jelly like material inside a cell
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enzyme
 Definition

protein catalyst (protein that speeds up chemical reaction)
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endoskeleton
 Definition
internal support systems
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somatic cell
 Definition

body cell (nerve cells, neurons, red blood cell)

non reproductive cell
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herbivore
 Definition

plant eater
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dehydration synthesis
 Definition
a process in which smaller molecules are chemically combined to make a larger molecule and water
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hydrate
 Definition
to add water
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polymerization
 Definition
chemical process in which many smaller molecules are divided chemically combined to make a larger molecule with many repeating units
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globular
 Definition
ball like shape, descrive the shape of a protein
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gastritis
 Definition
inflammation of the stomach
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hydrolysis
 Definition

process of adding water to break down a complex cellular molecule
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chloroplast
 Definition

organelle that is found in plant cells that conducts photo synthesis that contains

(the green pigment chlorophyll)
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monosaccharide
 Definition
simple sugar
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prokaryote
 Definition
first cells (organism) on earth
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eukaryote
 Definition
a cell/orginis that has a true nucleus and membrane bound organcell
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bacteria
 Definition

prokaryote thought to be first organism on earth simplest organism

unicellular 3 shapes rod round spiral
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erythrocyte
 Definition
red blood cell
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neuron
 Definition
nerve cell
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nucleous
 Definition
structure inside the nucleous -produce ribosomes
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