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deca-

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

[Greek deka-, from deka, ten; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

deca-, deka- before a vowel, dec-, dek-
prefix
(Mathematics) denoting ten: decagon. In conjunction with scientific units the symbol da is used
[from Greek deka]

deca-
A prefix that means "ten," as in decahedron, a polygon having ten faces.


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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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