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deca-

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deca- or dec- or deka- or dek-
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Ten: decane.

deca-, deka-
word element. [Gr.] ten used in naming units of measurement to indicate a quantity 10 times the unit designated by the root with which it is combined.


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We found that the apparent half-lives of deca- to hepta-BDEs in serum increased with decreasing number of bromine substituents.
Total PBDEs were even higher, with a deca- form of PBDE present at concentrations of 84.
Gwynne Lyons, a Norwich, England-based advisor to the World Wildlife Fund-Europe, says that the recent vote "should only be seen as the first skirmish in what will be a long battle on deca- and octa- [forms of PBDEs].
 
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