Medical terminology often involves describing parts of the body and other items through the use of color. Several color-related prefixes and combining forms are used in healthcare professions. For example, something that is melanocytic is black while an area that is cyanotic would have a blue hue. Many of these colorful prefixes and combining terms are a bit difficult to remember until you begin associating them with medical terms with which you may already be familiar. For example, someone…
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