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COLOURS Flashcards

1
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Cyan / o
IE: cyanosis

A

Blue

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Purpur / i
IE: purpuric

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Purple

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Xanth / o
IE: xanthophyll

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Yellow

Xanthophyll - O2-containing carotenoid pigments, gives plants, animals, egg yolks those yellow-orange hues

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Lute / o
IE: luteoma

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Yellow
Lutein - yellow carotenoid pigment in plants & animals

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Jaund / o
IE: jaundice

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Yellow

Jaundice: high level of bilirubin - yellow- orange bile, causing skin & sclera to turn that colour

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Flav / o
IE: flavonoid

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Yellow

Flavonoid - phytonutrients in plants that gives them their yellow colour

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Cirrh / o
IE: cirrhosis

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Orange - Yellow

Cirrhosis - late stage liver scarring (colour of diseased liver)

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Leuk / o
IE: leukemia

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White

Leukemia- blood cancer - elevated leukocytes - white blood cells

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Chlor / o
IE: chloroplast

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Green

Chloroplast - site of photosynthesis in cells

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Fusc / o
IE: fuscin

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Dark brown

Fuscin - brown pigment in the outermost layer of retina

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Tephr / o
IE: tephromalacia

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Gray / Ashen

Tephromalacia - softening of the gray matter of the brain / spinal cord

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Poli / o
IE: poliomyelitis

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Gray

Poliomyelitis - inflammation of the spinal cord
Polio - gray
Melios - marrow
Itis- disease
“Gray matter”

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Glauc / o
IE: glaucoma

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Gray / Bluish - Green

Glaucoma - high eye pressure leading to blindness, referring to bluish-green haze in pupil

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Alb / o , Albin / o
IE: albinism

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White

Albinism - disorder with little or no production of melanin

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Melan / o
IE: melanoma

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Black

Melanoma - skin cancer affecting the melanin
Mela - black
Oma - tumor

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Rubr / o / i
IE: rubrospinal tract

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Red

Rubrospinal tract - descending pathway originating in the red nucleus & descends to the spinal cord

17
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Rose / o
IE: roseolovirus

A

Rosy

Roseolovirus - virus causing roseola
Rose-coloured rash caused by the human herpes virus

18
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Rhodo / o
IE: rhodotorula

A

Red, Rose

Rhodotorula - genus of yeast of pink to red colour

19
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Erythr / o
IE: erythrosine

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Red

Erythrosine - red #3 food dye

20
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Eosin / o
IE: eosinophilic

A

Red, Rosy, Dawn

Eosinophilic - staining of certain tissues/cells res

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