Word Roots and Stems BIO U1

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

• -mer

• part (that can merge)

• a-

• life

• bio-

• without

• -philic

• fear/hate

• -phobic

• love

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• -troph

• self

• cyto-/-cyte

• to nourish

• uni-

• one

• auto-

• cell

• hetero-

• different

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• hydro-

• same/stable

• homo-/homeo-

• enzyme

• -ose

• more than one

• -ase

• water/hydrogen

• multi-

• carbohydrate

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• -phage/phago-

• together

• poly-

• sugar

• -sacchar

• one

• sym-

• to eat

• mono-

• many

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• amino-

• sweet

• lip-

• fat

• glyc-

• nitrogen

• -lyse

• to produce

• -gen

• to split

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• chloro-

• light

• photo-

• green

• -osis

• the process of

• exo-

• outside/exit

• endo-

• inside/enter

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• -osis

• the process of

• kary-

• against

• anti-

• nucleus

• eu-

• true

• pro-

• before