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Greek and Latin Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes used in English
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Basic term

Meaning

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Latin
Prefix
Suffix

chrom, chromo

color

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Examples

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achromatic (3)

(adj.) - without, not + color + ic = refracting light without producing its basic colors; possessing no color, that is being or involving black, gray, or white. Achromatically is the adverb form and achromatism is the noun form.

bichrome (4)

(adj.) - two + color = two-colored.

chromatic (4)

(adj.) - from the word = relating to color(s); highly colored. Chromatically is the adverb form and chromaticism is the noun form.

chromatic aberration (4)

(noun) - from the word + stray away = an abnormality caused by the differences in refraction of the colored rays of the spectrum.

chrome (4)

(noun) - from the word =something plated with chrome; chromium or an alloy of it.

chromatogram (5)

(noun) - color + letter = the pattern made on an adsorbent medium by the components separated by chromatography or a time-based graphic record of such.

chromatography (4)

(noun) - color + writing = a chemical process which separates a mixture of chemicals, often on a strip of a paper for a test. Chromatographic is the adjective form and chromatographically is the adverb form.

dichromate (4)

(noun) - two + color = an orange-reddish chromium salt containing the anion Cr2O7 also called bichromate.

gas chromatography (4)

(noun) - chaos + color + writing = see chromatography; the chemical mixture is vaporized and injected into a stream of gas moving through a column where it is separated into its component compounds. Gas chromatographic is the adjective form.

hypochromic anemia (5)

(noun) - beneath + color + anemia = a disease marked by a low level of hemoglobin and usually microcytic red blood cells.

Kodachrome (tm) (3)

(a trademark) - Koda(k) + color = a brand name film.

monochrome (2)

(adj.) - one + color = relating to or made by a single color or producing images in a single color or in varying tones of a single color.

monochrome (3)

(noun) - one + color = a drawing, painting, or photograph of a single color. Monochromic is the adjective form.

orthochromatic (5)

(adj.) - straight + color + ic = relating to or producing values of light and dark in a photograph corresponding to the tones in found in nature; sensitive to all colors except red.

panchromatic (3)

(adj.) - all + color + ic = sensitive to light of all visible spectrum colors.

photochromic (4)

(adj.) - light + color + ic = relating to or capable of changing color on exposure to light. Photochromism is the noun form.

polychrome (4)

(adj.) - many + color = relating to or decorated in several colors. Polychromy is the noun form.

potassium dichromate (5)

(noun) - potassium two + color = a soluble salt with large, orange-reddish crystals, K2Cr2O7, used in dyeing, photography, and as an oxidizing agent.

quantum chromodynamics (5)

(noun) - how much + color + power = a theory of fundamental particle physics which assumes that quarks are marked by differences in color and are held together by an exchange of gluons.

radiochromatogram (5)

(noun) - (from) ray + color + letter =a color graphic revealing one or more radioactive substances.

sodium dichromate (5)

(noun) - sodium + two + color = a reddish crystalline salt, Na2Cr2O7, used in tanning leather, cleaning metals, and as an oxidizing agent.