COLOURS Flashcards
Cyan / o
IE: cyanosis
Blue
Purpur / i
IE: purpuric
Purple
Xanth / o
IE: xanthophyll
Yellow
Xanthophyll - O2-containing carotenoid pigments, gives plants, animals, egg yolks those yellow-orange hues
Lute / o
IE: luteoma
Yellow
Lutein - yellow carotenoid pigment in plants & animals
Jaund / o
IE: jaundice
Yellow
Jaundice: high level of bilirubin - yellow- orange bile, causing skin & sclera to turn that colour
Flav / o
IE: flavonoid
Yellow
Flavonoid - phytonutrients in plants that gives them their yellow colour
Cirrh / o
IE: cirrhosis
Orange - Yellow
Cirrhosis - late stage liver scarring (colour of diseased liver)
Leuk / o
IE: leukemia
White
Leukemia- blood cancer - elevated leukocytes - white blood cells
Chlor / o
IE: chloroplast
Green
Chloroplast - site of photosynthesis in cells
Fusc / o
IE: fuscin
Dark brown
Fuscin - brown pigment in the outermost layer of retina
Tephr / o
IE: tephromalacia
Gray / Ashen
Tephromalacia - softening of the gray matter of the brain / spinal cord
Poli / o
IE: poliomyelitis
Gray
Poliomyelitis - inflammation of the spinal cord
Polio - gray
Melios - marrow
Itis- disease
“Gray matter”
Glauc / o
IE: glaucoma
Gray / Bluish - Green
Glaucoma - high eye pressure leading to blindness, referring to bluish-green haze in pupil
Alb / o , Albin / o
IE: albinism
White
Albinism - disorder with little or no production of melanin
Melan / o
IE: melanoma
Black
Melanoma - skin cancer affecting the melanin
Mela - black
Oma - tumor