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Medical Terminology Lesson 9: Prefixes & Suffixes related to colour
Term | Definition |
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Albus | White |
Albino | Genetic condition causing lack of colour |
chloro | green |
chlorosis | green look condition brought about by lack of red blood cells |
chrom | colour |
chromatism | abnormal pigmentation |
cirrhos | yellow |
cirrhosis | yellow condition |
cyano | blue |
cyanosis | condition of blue skin |
erythr | red |
erythema | flush |
leuko | white |
leukocyte | white blood cell |
melano | black |
melanoma | a malignant dark tumor |
polio | gray |
poliomyelitis, polio | inflammation of the gray matter of the brain and at the spinal cord |
purpura | purple; porphyria |
purpurinuria | pigment compounds in the urine |
rhodo | rose |
rhodococcus | microscopic rose-coloured bacteria |
rubeo | red |
rubella | German measles |
xantho | yellow |
xanthodont | yellow teeth |