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Chemistry of life prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| S.P.O.N.C.H | elements found in living things(sulfur, phosphorus,oxygen,nitrogen,carbon,hydrogen) |
| hydro- | water,hydrogen |
| bio- | life(biotic,biology) |
| mono- | one |
| di- | two |
| poly- | many |
| tri- | three |
| oligo- | few,short(oligosaccharide) |
| -sacchar | sugar,starch(monosaccharide) |
| oligo- | color |
| -sym,syn | |
| photo- | light(photosynthesis). |
| -ose | sugar or carbohydrate |
| sucr- | equal(isotonic) |
| -mer | part,share(isomer). |
| fruct- | fruit(fructose) |
| glyc-(gluco-) | sugar,sweet,glucose |
| sol- | sun(solar). |
| -oid | resembling,like(humanoid,metaloid) |
| lipo-(lip-) | fat,fatty,grease |
| nucleo- | nucleus |
| in- | not(inorganic) |
| com-(co-) | with,together(cohesion) |
| cohere- | to stick together(cohesion) |
| ad- | to,toward |
| adhaesio- | to stick to |
| non- | not(nonpolar). |
| polar- | directly opposite in character or tendency(polarity). |
| leuko- | white(leukocyte) |
| chrom(at)/o | color(chromatic) |
| -ase | enzyme(lactase),maltase |