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What is the prefix for the color red?
What is the prefix for the color red?
- erythr/o (correct)
- glauc/o
- albus
- melan/o
Which prefix corresponds to the color white?
Which prefix corresponds to the color white?
- cyan/o
- rub/r
- albus (correct)
- violaceus
What prefix represents the color brown?
What prefix represents the color brown?
fulvus
What is the prefix for the color blue?
What is the prefix for the color blue?
Which of the following is the prefix for black?
Which of the following is the prefix for black?
What is the prefix for gray?
What is the prefix for gray?
What prefix denotes the color purple?
What prefix denotes the color purple?
Which of the following prefixes correspond to the color yellow?
Which of the following prefixes correspond to the color yellow?
What does the prefix eosin refer to?
What does the prefix eosin refer to?
What is the prefix for the color green?
What is the prefix for the color green?
What prefix is used for the color scarlet?
What prefix is used for the color scarlet?
What is the prefix for violet?
What is the prefix for violet?
What does the prefix citreum refer to?
What does the prefix citreum refer to?
What is the prefix for the color pink?
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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