Stems Feb. 16th
February 10, 2010
Baro (pressure) barometer, barograph, barogram, barometry
Stems for Feb. 9th
February 3, 2010
Oss (bone)—-ossify, ossuary, ossicle, osseous, ossiferais,ossein, ossification you may use other words with the stem oss if you desire.
Stems Feb. 2, 2010
January 27, 2010
Vas (vessel) vasoconstrictor, cardiovascular, vase, vesicle, vascular, vasectomy
Stems for January 19th and 26th
January 13, 2010
Stems for January 19th
lingu (toungue) bilingual, linguist, lingua franca, linguini, language
sis (condition) arteriosclerosis, osmosis, mitosis, meiosis, catharsis, symbiosis
Stems for January 26th
ovi (egg) oviducts, oviparous, ovipositers, ovoviviparous, ovisac, oviform, ovary, oval
pter (wing) pterodactyl, helicopter, pterosaur, archaeopteryx, chiropteran
hist (tissue) histopathology, histolysis, histology, histogenesis
Stems for January 5th and 12th
January 1, 2010
Stems for January 5th
caust (burn) caustic, holocaust, cauterize, caustucuty
mania (madness) kelptomania , egomania, pyromania, dipsomania, megalomania
Stems for January 12th
Antho (flower) anthology, anthozoan, anthocyania, anthpohilous, anther
Algia (pain) neurelgia, analgasic, arthralgia, hemialgoia
Somn (sleep) insomia, somiferous, somnolent, somnabulate, somniloguy
Stems for December 8th and the 15th
December 2, 2009
Stems for December 8th
Opia (sight) myopia, hyperopia, hemeralopia, synopsis, diplopia, biopsy
lum(an element) radium, sodium, uranium, germanium, iridium, einsteinium
Stems for December 15th
Saur (lizard) dinosaur, pterosaur, tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus, saurian, plesiosaur
pithee (ape) pithecanthropus, Australopithecus, dryopithecus, oreopithecus
cephalo (head) cephalic, cephalopod, cephalothrax, microcephalic, encephalitis
STEMS for November 24th and December 1st
November 18, 2009
Stems for November 24th
1. Phyla (kind) phylum, phylogeny, phyla, phylogenesis
2. blasto (embryo) blastocyst, blastogenesis, erythroblast
December 1st
3. Dactylo (finger) pterodactyl, dactylic, dactylology
4. Phos (light) phosphorus, phosphene, phosphoroscope, phosphoresce
5.LIte (mineral or fossil) anthracite, perlite, cryolite, stalactit, halite, coprolite
Stems for November 10th and 17th
November 4, 2009

November 10th
1. ventri (belly) ventiloquist, ventral, ventricle, dorsoventral, ventriculus
2. Dors (back) doral, dorsoventral, dorsum, dorsal fin
November 17th
3. Macro (large) macrobiotic, macrocephalic, macrocosm, macron, macroscopic
4. Brachio (arm) brachipod, brachiation, brachiate, brachium
5. Branchio (gills) branchipod, branchiate, branchia
Stems for October 27th and November 3rd
October 21, 2009

- Stems for October 27th
- Sect (cut) dissect, intersection, vivisection, bisect, section, sectarian, sector
- Zygo (yoke) zygote, zygospores, zygodactyls, zygomorphic, zygoid, zygoptera
Stems for November 3rd
- .Zym (fermant) Enzyme, zymology, zymugy, zymogenesis, zymoscope, zymogen
- Gastro (stomach) gastronomy, gastroscope, gastropod, gastroenteritis, hypogastric
- Arthro (joint) arthritis, arthropod, arthralgia, arthroscope, athroscopic
Stems for October 13th and 20th
October 5, 2009
Stems for October 13th
Som (body) somatic, chromosome, lysosome, somatoplasm, phychosomatic, somatology
Spor (seed) endospore, spopphyte, sporangia, Sporozoa, sporogenesis, macrospore
Stems for October 20th
Trich (hair) monotrichous, trichina,trichocysts, thrichinosis, trichosis
Troph (norishment) autotroph, eutophication, atrophy, dydtrophy, tropism
Tox (poison) toxin, toxoid, nontoxic, antitoxin, detoxification, toxicity, phytotoxins


