BIOLOGY
CARBOHYDRATES
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Question
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The prefix “carbo” stands for
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carbon
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energy
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contains
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water
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Prefix. carbo-(chemistry) Representing carbon, carbonic, carbonyl, carbonylic, carboxyl or carboxylic.
Detailed explanation-2: -The name carbon is derived from the Latin word carbo which means coal.
Detailed explanation-3: -Di-: Prefix taken directly from the Greek meaning twice or double or twofold, as in diacid, diamelia (absence of two limbs), diandry (double male genetic contribution) and digyny (double female genetic contribution); the drugs diazepam, dicyclomine (Bentyl), and diethylstilbestrol (DES); etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6.
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