Word Roots and Stems BIO U1

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

• bio-

• without

• -philic

• part (that can merge)

• -mer

• love

• a-

• fear/hate

• -phobic

• life

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• -troph

• one

• cyto-/-cyte

• self

• uni-

• cell

• hetero-

• to nourish

• auto-

• different

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• -ase

• water/hydrogen

• homo-/homeo-

• carbohydrate

• -ose

• more than one

• multi-

• enzyme

• hydro-

• same/stable

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• mono-

• sugar

• poly-

• many

• -phage/phago-

• to eat

• -sacchar

• together

• sym-

• one

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• -gen

• fat

• glyc-

• to produce

• lip-

• nitrogen

• amino-

• sweet

• -lyse

• to split

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• endo-

• outside/exit

• exo-

• the process of

• chloro-

• green

• -osis

• light

• photo-

• inside/enter

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• eu-

• against

• -osis

• before

• kary-

• nucleus

• anti-

• the process of

• pro-

• true