Color prefixes Flashcards
alb-
white
chlor/o-
green
chrom/o-
color
cirrh/o-
orange-yellow
cyan/o-
blue
erythr/o-
red
leuk/o-
white
lutein/o-
saffron yellow
melan/o-
black
poli/o-
gray
rhod/o-
red
rubi/o-
reddish, redness
xanth/o-
yellowish
acro-
extremeties, top of extreme point
aero-
air
aniso-
unequal
brady-
slow
de-
take away, remove
emia-
blood, condition of
end/o-
within, inner
hemi-
one side, half
hemo-
blood
hetero-
different
homo-
same; resembling each other
hydro-
water
iso-
equal, same
lip-
fat
mal-
bad, poor
megalo-
large; enlarged
meno-
menses; menstruation
noct-
night
pan-
all, every
para-
beside, beyond, accessory to
per-
through
peri-
around
poly-
many, much
post-
following, after
pre-
before
pro-
preceding, coming before
pyo-
pus
re-
put back
super-
above, beyond
supra-
above, beyond
syn-
going together, united
tachy-
fast
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
ante-
before, in front
circum-
around
contra-
opposition, against
de-
down, away from
ecto-/exo-
outside
endo-
within
epi-
upon, over
extra-
outside
infra- (sub)
below, under
intra-
inside
ipsi- (iso)
same, equal
ir-
into, toward
meso-
middle, pertaining to mesentary
meta- (supra)
after, beyond, over, change or transformation, following in a series
para-
near, beside
peri-
around, surrounding
retro-
behind, backward
sub-
under, near
trans-
across, through