-mer
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-mer and mer- (from Greek meros, part) are affixes used in the following words.
Chemistry or biochemistry
- Monomer
- Dimer
- Trimer
- Tetramer
- Pentamer
- Hexamer
- Heptamer
- Octamer
- Nonamer
- Decamer
- Dodecamer
- Oligomer
- Polymer
- Enantiomer
- Heteromer
- Isomer
- K-mer
Biology
- Merosity, a characteristic regarding the flower petals number in plants
- Metamery, a characteristic of segmented animals
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