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Color prefixes
color prefixes
Term | Definition |
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Albus | white |
albino | genetic condition causing lack of color |
Chloro | green |
Chlorosis | green look condition brought about by lack of blood cells |
chrom | color |
Chromatism | abnormal pigmentation |
Cirrhos | yellow |
Cirrhos | yellow condition |
Cyano | blue |
Cyanosis | condition of blue skin |
Erythr | red |
Erythema | flushed |
Leuko | white |
Leukocyrte | 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-colored bacterium |
Rubeo | red |
Rubella | German measles |
Xantho | yellow |
Xanthodont | yellow teeth |