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What is the prefix for the color red?
Which prefix corresponds to the color white?
What prefix represents the color brown?
fulvus
What is the prefix for the color blue?
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Which of the following is the prefix for black?
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What is the prefix for gray?
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What prefix denotes the color purple?
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Which of the following prefixes correspond to the color yellow?
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What does the prefix eosin refer to?
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What is the prefix for the color green?
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What prefix is used for the color scarlet?
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What is the prefix for violet?
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What does the prefix citreum refer to?
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What is the prefix for the color pink?
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Study Notes
Color Prefixes in Medical Terminology
- Red can be referenced using multiple terms: erythr/o, ruber/o, rhod/o, and eosin (meaning rose red).
- The prefix for white is represented by albus, leuc/o, and leuk/o.
- Brown is denoted by the term fulvus.
- Blue is indicated with the prefixes cyan/o and livid/o.
- Black color is described using melan/o and nigra.
- Gray is associated with the prefixes glauc/o, cinerous, and polio.
- The word for purple is represented by purpur/o and porphyr/o.
- Yellow color can be referred using cirrh/o, flavus, xanth/o, and luteo.
- Eosin specifically refers to a rose color, often described as reddish, pinkish, or purplish.
- Green is identified with the prefixes chlor/o and viridis.
- Scarlet is represented using coccideus and crimson.
- Violet color is indicated by the term violaceus.
- Lemon color is described with citreum.
- Pink is represented by rosaceus.
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