medical terminology - colors, suffixes and prefixes
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Albanian | English |
|---|---|
| chlor |  green |
| chromo | color |
| cyan | blue |
| erythr | red |
| leuk | white |
| melan | black |
| xanth flav | yellow. |
| dia- | prefix - through/complete |
| dys- | prefix - painful/abnormal/difficult/labored |
| hyper- | prefix - above, excessive |
| hypo- | prefix - below, incomplete, deficient |
| meta- | prefix - after, beyond, change |
| neo- | prefix- new |
| pro- | prefix - before |
| -al -ic -ous (ai dysfunction-al) (ai epidem-ic) (ai unconci-ous) | suffixes (3) - pertaining to |
| -cyte | suffix - cell |
| -gen (ai patho-gen) | suffix - substance or agent that produces or causes |
| --genesis | suffix - origin or cause |
| -genic (ai psychogenic) | suffix - producing, originating, causing |
| -logist | suffix- one who studies/treats - specialist, physician |
| -oid (ai android) | suffix- resembling |
| -oma | suffix- tumor or swelling |
| -osis (ai acid-osis) (ai leukocyt-osis) | suffix - abnormal condition. means increase when used with blood cell word roots. |
| -plasia (ai hyperplasia) | suffix - condition of formation, development, growth |
| -plasm | suffix - growth, substance, formation |
| -sarcoma | suffix - malignant tumor |
| -sis (ai cathar-sis) | suffix - state of |
| - stasis (ai homeo-stasis) | suffix - control, stop, standing |
| tephr poli (a me-tephr for gray and ashen which pa's mother was when she found out he had polio.) | gray (ashen) |
| fusc (my black thumb turned my fusc-ia dark brown) | dark brown |
| glauc | gray, bluish green |
| cirrh | yellow orange |
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