Color terms

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albus (Prefix or Suffix)
white
- Medical Term:
- albino (genetic condition causing lack of color)
chloro (Prefix or Suffix)
green
- Medical Term:
- chlorosis (green look condition brought about by lack
- of red blood cells)
chrom (Prefix or Suffix)
color
- Medical Term:
- chromatism (abnormal pigmentation)
cirrhos (Prefix or Suffix)
yellow
- Medical Term:
- cirrhosis (yellow condition)
cyano (Prefix or Suffix)
blue
- Medical Term:
- cyanosis (condition of blue skin)
erythr (Prefix)
red
- Medical Term:
- erythema (flush)
leuko (Prefix)
white
- Medical Term
- leukocycte (white blood cell)
melano (Prefix)
black
- Medical Term:
- melanoma (a malignant dark tumor)
polio (Prefix)
gray
- Medical Term:
- poliomyelitis, polio (inflammation of the gray matter of
- the brain and at the spinal cord)
purpura (Prefix)
purple; porphyria)
- Medical Term:
- purpurinuria (pigment compounds in the urine)
rhodo (Prefix)
rose
- Medical Term:
- rhodococcus (microscopic rose-colored bacteria)
rubeo (Prefix)
red
- Medical Term:
- rubella (German measles)
xantho (Prefix)
yellow
- Medical Term:
- xanthodont (yellow teeth)

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Color terms

Description

Chp 9 looks at terms that denote color

Updated

2011-07-13T13:24:15Z

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