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| GENETICS
CUMULATIVE WORDSTEM LIST WITH MEANINGS AND APPROXIMATE QUIZ OR EXAM |
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David B. Fankhauser, Professor of
Biology and Chemistry |
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University of Cincinnati Clermont
College |
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3 January 1993, latest
revision: 2 Jan 96, 2 Jan 97, 10 Mar 97, 2 Jan 98, 30 Dec 99, 27 Dec 00, 8
Mar 02, 29Dec04 |
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wordstems have been given over the years 1992-2004. The numbers and letters indicate which quiz
or exam |
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they may have first appeared. |
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| aden- |
md |
gland |
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guan- |
md |
dung |
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pept- |
3Q |
stomach |
| aesthetic |
1Q |
feelings |
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ha- |
1Q |
single |
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per- |
4Q |
thoroughly |
| all- |
1Q |
other |
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hemi- |
2Q |
half |
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phag- |
md |
eat |
| an- |
1Q |
without |
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hemo- |
md |
blood |
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pheno- |
1Q |
appear |
| ana- |
md |
upward |
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hetero- |
1Q |
different |
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phil- |
3Q |
like |
| anemia |
md |
without blood |
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Hfr |
md |
high freq recomb |
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-phila |
1Q |
like |
| anima |
2Q |
soul |
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homo- |
1Q |
same, man |
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-phor- |
3Q |
bear, carry |
| anti- |
md |
against |
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homunclus |
2Q |
man, little |
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pilus |
md |
hair |
| -apse |
1Q |
fasten |
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hypha |
md |
thread |
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Pisum |
1Q |
pea |
| apterous |
md |
without wing |
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hypo- |
2Q |
under |
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pleio- |
2Q |
many |
| aqua- |
3Q |
water |
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-in |
2Q |
agent |
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-ploid |
1Q |
# sets chromosomes |
| ascus |
md |
sack |
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-ine |
2Q |
nitrogen containing |
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pneum- |
2Q |
air |
| -ase |
md |
enzyme |
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inter- |
2Q |
between |
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poly- |
1Q |
many |
| auto- |
2Q |
self |
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intra- |
md |
within |
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pro- |
md |
first |
| auxo- |
2Q |
aid |
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iso- |
md |
same |
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prox- |
4Q |
next to |
| cata- |
3Q |
down |
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jug- |
md |
join |
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pter- |
1Q |
wing |
| chi |
2Q |
X, cross |
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junc- |
2Q |
join |
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pupa |
1Q |
doll |
| chromo- |
1Q |
color |
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karyo- |
md |
nucleus |
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pyr- |
3Q |
fire |
| cis |
3Q |
on the same side |
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kin- |
md |
move |
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-sanguinous |
1Q |
blood |
| cis- |
4Q |
cut |
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lepto- |
1Q |
weak |
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sativum |
1Q |
common |
| con- |
2Q |
together |
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lig- |
md |
tie |
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-script |
md |
write |
| conidia |
4Q |
dust |
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locus |
2Q |
place |
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semi- |
2Q |
half |
| cyto- |
md |
cell |
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lympho- |
2Q |
water nymph |
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-sis |
2Q |
process, condition |
| de- |
1Q |
from, remove |
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lys- |
md |
break |
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situ |
4Q |
place |
| derm- |
md |
skin |
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macro- |
md |
large |
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-some |
1Q |
body |
| di- |
md |
two |
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meio- |
1Q |
reduce |
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-stasis |
2Q |
stand process |
| dia- |
md |
across |
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melan- |
1Q |
black |
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-steric |
3Q |
place |
| dide- |
3Q |
two remove |
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-mer |
md |
unit |
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syn- |
1Q |
together |
| diplo- |
2Q |
double |
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meta- |
1Q |
middle |
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tauto- |
4Q |
same |
| dis- |
2Q |
separate |
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mito- |
1Q |
thread |
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telo- |
md |
far, last |
| -drome |
3Q |
run |
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moeity |
md |
chem group |
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-tene |
1Q |
ribbon |
| droso- |
1Q |
dew |
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mono- |
1Q |
single |
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terato- |
2Q |
monster |
| -duce |
md |
carry |
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morphic |
1Q |
shape |
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tetra |
md |
four |
| dys- |
2Q |
faulty |
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muta- |
1Q |
change |
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thermo- |
3Q |
heat |
| emasculate |
1Q |
from maleness |
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myc- |
md |
fungus |
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-tion |
2Q |
process, condition |
| endo- |
md |
within |
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nascent |
4Q |
born, birth |
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titer |
md |
rank, count |
| epi- |
2Q |
upon |
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nulli- |
md |
not, none |
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-tonic |
md |
strength, stretch |
| etymo- |
1Q |
true |
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-on |
3Q |
unit |
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trans- |
md |
across |
| eu- |
md |
well, true |
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-ose |
md |
sugar |
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-trophy |
2Q |
nourish |
| filial |
1Q |
of the son |
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oxy- |
md |
sharp, acid |
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-tropic |
2Q |
turn |
| fract- |
2Q |
break |
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pachy- |
1Q |
thick |
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virus |
md |
poison |
| gamos |
1Q |
marry |
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palin- |
3Q |
backward |
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vitro |
4Q |
glass |
| gaster |
1Q |
belly |
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para- |
md |
alongside |
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vivo |
4Q |
life |
| gen- |
1Q |
give rise to |
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patho- |
2Q |
suffer, disease |
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VNTR |
3Q |
variable number |
| -gnomic |
2Q |
know |
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PCR |
3Q |
polymerase chain rxn |
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tandem repeats |
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ped- |
1Q |
foot |
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-yl |
md |
chemical radical |
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zygo- |
1Q |
join |
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