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biochemstry
Term | Definition |
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mono | one |
DI | two |
Ploy | many |
DE | to remove/ take away |
OSE | sugar |
ASE | enyzmes |
SACCHARIDE | sugar |
HYDRO/A | water |
DEHYDRATE | to remove water |
LYSIS | to " break" down |
SYNTHESIS | to build or put together |
GLYCO | sweet |
HYDROLYSIS | breaking something down with water |
DEHYDRATION SYNTHESIS | putting something together by removing the water |
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS | compounds having EITHER carbon OR hydrogen |
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS | compounds having BOTH carbon and hydrogen |
LIPIDS (FATS) | organic molecules that can't be dissloved in water. |
proteins | organic molecules that are needed for growth and repair and are made of chains of amino acids. |
AMINO ACIDS | subunits or building blocks of proteins |
PEPTIDE | molecule composed of two or more amino acids in a chain |