Colors
Erythr/o
one
uni or mon/o
root
New
This means inflammation
-itis
This means blue
Cyan/o
di, bi, dipl/o
Prefix
very large
macro
This means the study of something
This means black or dark.
Melan/o
four
tetra, quadr/i
The word part added to the end of a root to modify the meaning
Suffix
different, other
hetero
This means a specialist in the field
-ist or -ian
This means white
half
semi, hemi
A word that contains more than one root
false
-ia, -ory, -oid all mean
'pertaining to', 'like', 'condition of', 'resembling'
This means yellow
Xanth/o
many, much
poly, multi
An abbreviation formed from the first letter of each word in a phrase.
Acronym
normal
eu
'ics' in the term geriatrics, refers to this
The field of medicine referring to elderly people.