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Understanding Scientific Terms/Colors

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Understanding Scientific Terminology
Greek and Latin Roots of Scientific Terms.
Lessons: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Index

Lesson 5 - Colors

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Many words incorporate Greek and Latin words for colors. For example, the word for a red blood cell is erythrocyte. Erythro is a Greek root meaning red. Here are some more color roots that you may encounter.

latin greek
black nigr/o melan/o
grey galuc/o
white alb/a leuc/o
red rub/o erythr/o

rhodo

(rosy)

green chlor/o
blue cyan/o
yellow xanth/o
color chrom/o
-some: body


How would you write the words with these meanings?

EXERCISE • Colors • Write the word
  1. A colored body
  2. A blue-ish bacteria
SOLUTION • Understanding Scientific Terms/Colors • Write the word
  1. chromosome
  2. cyanobacteria