WORDSTEMS FOR BIOLOGY 101, LISTED BY TEST                                        page 4

David B. Fankhauser, Professor of Biology and Chemistry

rvsd 17 September 1994, 15 Sept95, 3 Dec 95, 23 Sept. 96, 6 Oct 97, 11Sept00, 10 Oct03, 20 Sept 04, 6 Sep 07

            The meaning of words may, at the very least, be approximated if you know their etymological origins. This is especially true for scientific terms. This principle will be emphasized during this course, and some of them will appear on every test. The value of knowing wordstems is not limited to science, but is applicable to every aspect of language, and we are confident that your knowledge of them will be a valuable tool for you in understanding language for the rest of your life.

           The following wordstems have been presented in Biology 101 over the previous years. You should learn each grouping prior to the indicated test, being certain to add any new wordstems which were given in class but are not be on the list. If they are presented in class, they are eligible for use on any subsequent tests. Wordstems are cumulative for the quarter.


For first test:
 New for second test:
 New for third test:
 New for final:

                      astro-

                       auto-

                       bi-

                       bio-

                       bryo-

                       chol-

                       -cide

                       -clature

                       corpus

                       crypto-

                       dia-

                       entomo-

                       etymo-

                       galapagos

                       geo-

                       helio-

                       hetero-

                       homo-

                       humor

                       lith-

                       logos

                       -logy

                       lys-

                       melan-

                       meter

                       mnem-

                       muta-

                       nomen-

                       -nomy

                       paleo-

                       patho-

                       -phil

                       phlegm-

                       -phobe

                       phys-

                       planet

                       sangui-

                       sapiens

                       scala

                       -scope

                       -sis

                       stratum

                       taxo-

                       techn-

                       tele-

                       -tion

                            a-

                            acet-

                            -al

                            -ane

                            aqueous

                            arithm-

                            cata-

                            chloro-

                            co-

                            -cule

                            deuter-

                            dextr-

                            dys-

                            -ene

                            form-

                            fruct-

                            -gen

                            gluc-

                            [H+]

                            halo-

                            -hedron

                            hept-

                            hex-

                            hydro-

                            iso-

                            levo-

                            lig-

                            metric

                            N:P:K

                            oct-

                            -oid

                            -ol

                            -one

                            orbit

                            -ose

                            oxy-

                            p

                            pent-

                            sept-

                            sinistr-

                            sym-

                            syn-

                            tetra-

                            -tom

                            -tope

                            troph-

                            valence

                            -yl

                            aden-

                            albu-

                            amphi-

                            amyl-

                            ana-

                            -ase

                            -ate

                            athero-

                            -bol-

                            CA

                            cardio-

                            cis

                            colla-

                            cyto-

                            di-

                            enzyme

                            galaxy

                            glyc-

                            -fica-

                            -in

                            -ine

                            lact-

                            lecth-

                            lip-

                            -mer

                            mono-

                            mul-

                            pept-

                            plasm-

                            poly-

                            sacchar-

                            scler-

                            semi-

                            sperm

                            ster-

                            thio-

                            trans

                            -zyme

                           acro-

                           aero-

                           ana-

                           anima

                           -bol-

                           CA

                           cancer

                           carcin-

                           cata-

                           cell

                           chondri-

                           chromo-

                           cilium

                           de-

                           -elle

                           -erg

                           eu-

                           flag-

                           kin-

                           hyper-

                           matrix

                           mito-

                           nucl-

                           -oma

                           osmo-

                           per-

                           phago-

                           photo-

                           -port

                           pyr-

                           reticulo-

                           -some

                           sperm

                           spir-

                           -tonic

                           tox-

                           troph-

                           -tropy

                           vesicle

                           vita