Word Roots and Stems BIO U1

Match the following word roots/stems with the correct meaning.

• -mer

• without

• bio-

• fear/hate

• a-

• part (that can merge)

• -phobic

• life

• -philic

• love

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• uni-

• cell

• auto-

• to nourish

• cyto-/-cyte

• different

• -troph

• one

• hetero-

• self

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• hydro-

• more than one

• multi-

• water/hydrogen

• -ose

• carbohydrate

• homo-/homeo-

• same/stable

• -ase

• enzyme

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• -sacchar

• many

• poly-

• one

• mono-

• sugar

• -phage/phago-

• to eat

• sym-

• together

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• -gen

• nitrogen

• glyc-

• fat

• -lyse

• to produce

• lip-

• sweet

• amino-

• to split

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• -osis

• light

• photo-

• outside/exit

• endo-

• green

• exo-

• the process of

• chloro-

• inside/enter

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• anti-

• before

• -osis

• against

• eu-

• the process of

• kary-

• true

• pro-

• nucleus