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biochemstry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |