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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

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