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ase

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word ending for enzymes, a type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions

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blast

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rapidly dividing cell

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cyte

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cell

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elle

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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icle

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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iculum

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ion

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ole

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ule

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ula

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ular

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ulum

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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gen

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creation or creating; giving rise to

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genic

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creation or creating; giving rise to

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genesis

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creation or creating; giving rise to

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genous

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creation or creating; giving rise to

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ic

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referring to

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id

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word ending for many chemicals

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ide

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word ending for many chemicals

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tide

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word ending for many chemicals

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in

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word endings commonly used to indicate a protein

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ein

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word endings commonly used to indicate a protein

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globulin

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word endings commonly used to indicate a protein

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ine

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word ending commonly used to indicate and amino acid, one of the building blocks of proteins

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ium

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tissue or structure

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lysis

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breakdown; destruction

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oid

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resembling

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ol

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word ending commonly used to indicate an alcohol

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olus

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smaller

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oma

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tumor or swelling

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ose

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word ending commonly used to indicate a sugar

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osis

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process

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ote

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type of cell; word ending borrowed from zygote

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penia

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deficiency; lack of

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poiesis

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process of creation

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some

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body

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acid

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a substance which gives off hydrogen ions

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active

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requires energy

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agonist

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fighter; champion

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amino

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chemical group containing the element nitrogen

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archea

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the oldest and most primitive form of living things

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bio

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life

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cancer

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a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell division and the unusual appearance of cells

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capsid

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latin capsa, box

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cell

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unit of living things, bounded by cellular membrane

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centri/centro

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center

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chondr

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granule

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chrom/at

chrom/o

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color

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clone

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cell which is an exact copy of its parent cell

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deoxyrib/o

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a sugar which is smaller to ribose but its missing an oxygen

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dox

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opinion; belief

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electron

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subatomic particle, used in microscopes for visualizing molecular-size objects

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feedback

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information in the body used to monitor a state or condition

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golgi apparatus
golgi bodies
golgi complex

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three names for the same organelle, discovered by camillo golgi, a 19th century italian anatomist

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karyon

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nucleus, from greek nut

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lys/o

lytic

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breakdown; destruction

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malignant

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invasive or destructive

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meion

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lessen; reduce

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mito

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thread

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myel/o

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marrow; especially bone marrow which makes the bodys defensive cells

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necr/o

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death

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nucleus

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the center of the cell; often bound by another membrane

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onc/o

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cancer

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organ

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tool; instrument

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paradox

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against prevailing opinion; unexpected

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passive

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does not require energy

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phag/o

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eating

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phage

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eating

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pin/o

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drinking

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plasm

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jelly

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ptosis

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drooping

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respiration

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literally breathing, but used to describe the process of turning oxygen into energy

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ret/e

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net

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rib/o

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a sugar which is the basis for many molecules

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soma

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body

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stasis

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stopping; holding

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transcript

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changing the form without changing the language

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translate

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changing the language

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transmissability

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the ability of a disease to move from one person to another

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ves

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bladder

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virulence

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the severity of a disease

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virus

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latin slimy liquid; poison

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zym/o

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leavening

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ant

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against

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anti

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against

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apo

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off

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endo

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inside

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eu

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perfect; true

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homeo

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same

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leuko

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white

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micro

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small

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para

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against; contrary

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pro

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before; early

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sym

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together

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ATP

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adenosine triphosphate, the energy currency of the cell

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DNA

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deoxyribonucleic acid

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H,H+

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hydrogen, Hydrogen ion

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K K+

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potassium, potassium ion

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mRNA

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messenger RNA

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Na Na+

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sodium, sodium ion

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RER

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rough endoplasmic reticulum

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RNA

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ribonucleic acid

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rRNA

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ribosomal RNA

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alpha

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first

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beta

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second

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gamma

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third

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delta

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fourth

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epsilon

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fith

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apoptosis

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intentional or programmed cell death

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necrosis

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pathological or unintentional cell death

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homeostasis

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a state of equalibrium in the body

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nucleic

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nucleic acids are chemicals which were first isolated from the nucleus

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ribonucleic

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a chemical used in cells to make proteins

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deoxyribonucleic

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a chemical used in cells to store info

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nucleolus

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small region within nucleus that makes RNA

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endoplasmic

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first word in endoplasmic reticulum, a cell organelle

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reticulum

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second word in endoplasmic reticulum

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vesicle

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membrane bound organelle found in cells

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