LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The combining form-mer is used like a suffix to mean “part, ‘’ specifically in reference to portions of molecules. It is often used in scientific terms, especially in chemistry. The form-mer comes from Greek méros, meaning “part, portion.” From this same source, we also get the combining forms-mere and-merous.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main cost of investing in a mutual fund is captured in the fund’s Management Expense Ratio, or MER.

Detailed explanation-3: -In polymer chemistry, a repeat unit or repeating unit (or mer) is a part of a polymer whose repetition would produce the complete polymer chain (except for the end-groups) by linking the repeat units together successively along the chain, like the beads of a necklace. IUPAC definition.

Detailed explanation-4: -sea; marine; applied to beings that are fully or partly sea-creatures.