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Unit 3 Roots Flashcards

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Acetyl

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Name of a chemical group

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Acid

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A property of some chemicals

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Aero

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Air

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Alcohol

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The name of a chemical group (alcohols end in the suffix “ol”)

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Alkali

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A property of some chemicals

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Allele

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One form of a gene (unit of inheritance)

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Apex

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Tip; highest point

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Astro

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Star

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Bios

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Life

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Base

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Bottom; the lowest point

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Blast/o

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Rapidly dividing cell

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Body

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Large molecule

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Bol

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Throw (forward movement)

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Carbo

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Carbon, an element in all living things

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Cell

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Unit of life; mixture of chemicals and organelles bounded by a membrane

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Centri
Centro

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Center

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Chondrion

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Grain

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Chrom/at/o

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Color

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Cilia

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Eyelash

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Code

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Letters that contain a sometimes hidden meaning

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Coll

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Glue

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Column

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A shape higher than it is wide

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Crine

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Secretion; release from cells or from the body

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Cub[e]

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A shape of equal height and width

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Dendr/o

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Tree

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Diffus

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Pouring out

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Dominant

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Showing a quality of there is only one copy (of a gene)

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Dynam

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Power, energy

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Elast[ic]

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Capable of being stretched and snaps back into place when released

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Electr/o

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Related to electricity

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Ergon

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Energy

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Erythro

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The color red

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Ester

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The name of a chemical group

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Estrus

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Reproductive cycle in female non-human mammals

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Ethane

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Name of a chemical group

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Expressed

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Being shown

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Fibro

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Fiber

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Filament

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A thread

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Fruct

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Fruit

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Gamete

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A cell needed for reproduction

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42
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Gen
Geno
Genet

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Birth (dealing with inheritance)

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Glia

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Glue

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Glob

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Wad, pertaining to shape of a protein

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Glycerine

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Sweet, sticky chemical

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Goblet

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Drinking vessel which holds large amount of liquid

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Guano

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Bat poop

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Immuno

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Body defenses against microorganisms

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Insula

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Island

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Ion

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Particle which carries an electrical charge

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Kalium

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Latin name for element potassium

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Kary/o

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The cell nucleus

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Keto

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Name of a chemical group

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Kin/e

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Movement, also used to describe addition of a phosphate chemical group

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Lact

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Lamina

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Thin plate, sheet

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Lariat

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Leuk/o

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The color white

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Ligand

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A molecule that attaches to a receptor

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Lymph/o

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Vessels that drain fluid from around the cells

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Lyse
Lyso

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Lyze

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Process of breaking down

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Magnet

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Substance which attracts other magnetic substances

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Malt

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Grain that has been steeped, germinated and dried

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Mei

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Mer
Mere

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Mito

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Mole

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Word describing a unit in chemistry

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Nat[rium]

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Latin word for element sodium

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Natur/e

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State something was born in

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Neo

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Nucleus
Nucle
Nucleo
Nucleot

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Center of an atoms or cell

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Organ

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Instrument

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Osmos

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Pushing, thrusting

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Oxi
Oxy

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Shortened for element oxygen

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Path

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Feeling, suffering

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Pen[dere]

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Pept
Peptido

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Per

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Large amount of

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Phage
Phago

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Phase

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Stage, appearance

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Pheno

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Shine, appearance

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Phil

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Phob

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Phospho/r

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Element phosphorus and related chemical groupings

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Phot

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Pino

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Plasm

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Something molded, plastic or dough

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Ploid

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Fold, numbered

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Pol[e]

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One end of a round object as in North Pole and South Pole

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Port

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To carry, a door

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Prim

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Prosta[te]

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Gland in male that surrounds the urethra

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Prot
Prote
Proteo

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First, original, class of molecules that are essential for life

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Ptosis

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Receptor

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A protein on the surface of a cell that turns a chemical on the outside to a signal on the inside of the cell

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Recess

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Showing a quality if there are two copies (of a gene)

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Ret[e]

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Net, network

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Ribose

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Name of a chemical group found in cells

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Script

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Secre

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Set apart, release

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Sol
Solut

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Soma
Somat
Somato
Some

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Son

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Squam

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A shape wider than it is high

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Ster

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A solid, chemical that is solid at room temperature

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Stratum

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Sucr

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Surf[ace]

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Outside part

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Test[is]

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Male testicle

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Thel

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Thermo

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Temperature

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Thromb/o

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Thym[us]

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An organ of upper chest

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Ton

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Firmness (tissues or muscle)

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Top[os]

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Translation

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Carry across

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Trop

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Turning towards

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Tub[e]

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Type

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Valence

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Vesic

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Villus

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Zyme

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Yeast, ferment

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