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Understanding Scientific Terms/Colors
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Lesson 5 - Colors
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.
latingreekblacknigr/omelan/ogreygaluc/owhitealb/aleuc/oredrub/oerythr/o
rhodo
(rosy)greenchlor/obluecyan/oyellowxanth/ocolorchrom/o
root
-some: body
How would you write the words with these meanings?Write the word # A colored body
A blue-ish bacteria # chromosome
cyanobacteria