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copro-

pref.
Excrement; dung: coprolite.
[From Greek kopros, dung; see kekw- in Indo-European roots.]
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copro-

or

copr-

combining form (before a vowel)
(Zoology) indicating dung or obscenity: coprology.
[from Greek kopros dung]
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copro-

a combining form meaning “feces”: coprophagous.
[< Greek kopro-, comb. form of kópros]
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Elevated copro- (p < 0.009), hexacarboxyl- (p < 0.01) and pentacarboxyl- (p < 0.001) porphyrin concentrations were significantly associated with AU but not with PDD-NOS.
These changes are characterized by dose- and time-related increases in urinary concentrations of pentacarboxyl (5-carboxyl) and copro- (4-carboxyl) porphyrins and also by the appearance of precoproporphyrin, an atypical porphyrin [molecular weight (mw) = 668] that elutes on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) prior to coproporphyrin (mw = 655) (Woods et al.
Urinary porphyrin excretion in neurotypical and autistic children
The amount of uroporphyrin I (pmol x mg [protein.sup.-1] x [h.sup.-1]) formed was calculated as follows: 0.75 (conversion factor from copro- to uroporphyrin) x 1.527 (pmol/ng) x 3 (sample volume in mL) x the amount of coproporphyrin I measured ([micro]g/L):protein (mg).
Molecular and biochemical studies of acute intermittent porphyria in 196 patients and their families

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