| Question |
Answer |
| carcino- |
crab-like |
| cardio- |
heart |
| carp/o |
wrist |
| cata- |
breakdown or down |
| cataract- |
waterfall or cloudiness |
| catarrh- |
to flow down |
| catheter/o- |
to let down in |
| caud/o- |
tail or toward tail |
| caust/o- |
burn or heat |
| cauter/o- |
to burn or to heat; cauterize |
| cav- |
hollow; cavity |
| cebo- |
meal or food; cebum- pertaining to meal or food |
| cec/o- |
blind pouch; cecopexy- dead end pouch or 1rst part of a colon |
| -cele |
swelling or tumor; laparocele- abdominal swelling |
| celio- |
abdomen or belly; celioma- belly tumor |
| cellul/o- |
chambers; cellulitis- infection of the chamber or body cells |
| cement/o- |
hard; cementum- refers to a hardening of the tooth root covering |
| -centesis |
surgical puncture to drain fluid; thoracocentesis- surgical punture to drain fluid from the chest |
| centi- |
one-hundreth part (100) |
| centr/i- |
center; centrifuge- spins around center |
| cephal/o- |
head; encephalitis- inflamation within the brain |
| -cept- |
receiver; chemoceptor- chemical or drug receiver |
| cereb/o- |
brain; cerebrial- refers to the brain |
| ceru- |
wax; cerumenous- having wax in the ear |
| cervi- |
neck; cervical- refers to the vertebrae in the neck |
| chalaz/io- |
hailstone; Chalazio- tumor that is small and hailstone on the eyelid. |
| chancro- |
ulcer (sore); chancroid- ulcer caused by syphilis |
| cheil/o- |
lip; cheiloma- tumor on the lip |
| chiro- |
hand; chiropractor- one who practices with their hand |
| chlor/o- |
green; chloremia- green pigments in the blood |
| cholangio- |
bile duct; cholangio- inflamation of the bile duct |
| chole- |
bile or gall |
| cholecyst/o- |
gallbladder; cholecystectomy- removing the gallbladder |
| choledocho- |
gallbladder duct (canal)- choledochectomy- duct removed from the liver and gallbladder |
| cholera |
bilary acute diarrhea; cholera- the excessive diarrhea causes dehydration and death |
| chondr/o- |
cartilage; chondroma- tumor made of cartilage |
| chrom/o- |
colored; chromosome- colored body |
| chyme- |
juice; achymia- not enough inestinal juices |
| -cicatrix |
scar; brachiocicatrix- scar on the arm |
| -cid |
to kill; suicidal- to kill oneself |
| cil/i- |
eyelash-like; cilia- eyelash-like structures on the lining of the lungs |
| cine/o- |
movement filming; cineangiocardiography- filming the movement of heart vessel |
| circum- |
around; circumflex- bend around |
| cirrho- |
yellow-orange; cirrhosis- yellow-orange condition caused by infection of the liver |
| -cis |
cut or to cut; incision- cut into something |
| -clast |
breakdown; osteoclast- breakdown of the bone cells |
| calviculo- |
collarbone; infraclavicular- beneath the collarbone |
| cleido- |
clavicle or collarbone |
| clino- |
bent; clinodactylia- bent finger or toe |
| -clysis |
irrigation or injection; hydroclysis- injection of water |
| co- |
two |
| coagul/o- |
clotting or to clot; coagulation |
| -cocuss |
berry; staphylococcus- berry shaped bacteria |
| coccyg/o- |
tailbone; coccygeal- refering to the tail bone |
| cochle/o- |
snail-like; cochlear- pertaining to lower snail-like part of the ear |
| col/o- |
colon (big or large intestine) |
| colpo- |
vagina; colpitis- inflamtion of the vagina |
| com- |
together; communicate |
| camato- |
deep sleep; comatose |
| concuss/i- |
violent shaking; concussion- brain injury caused by violent shaking of the brain |
| condylo- |
knuckle; condyloma- tumors on the knuckle |
| coni/o- |
dust; pneumoconiosis- conditon with dust in the lungs |
| -conis |
cone-shaped; kertoconis- having a cone-shaped cornea |
| conjunctiv/o- |
joined together; conjuctivitis- inflamation that caused the membrane on the eye and the bakc of the eyelid to join together |
| conta- |
against; contraception |
| contusi- |
bruise; contusion |
| convolo- |
to roll together; convolution- pertaining to rolling together |
| cord- |
vocal chords or cord |
| cori/o- |
skin; corium- refering to skin |
| corne/o- |
cornea or horn shape; corneitis |
| cornu- |
horn or honry |
| coron/o- |
crowning; coronary- refering to the crowning hear blood vessel |
| coronal plane- |
crowning or frontal body; coronal |
| corp/o- |
body; corpus |
| cortic/o- |
bark, outer bark, rind, cortex |
| costo- |
rib; costal- refering to a rib |
| crani/o- |
skull |
| -creas |
fleshy or flesh; pancreas- all fleshy organ |
| crenat/o- |
notched; crenation- iregularly notched blood cells |
| -crine |
secrete; endocrine- secretes within the blood |
| -crit |
separate; hematocrit- something that seperates the blood |
| cruc/i- |
cross or cross-like; crucio- causing pain like when Jesus was strapped to the cross |
| cryo- |
cold; cryotherapy |
| crypto- |
hidden; cyptorchidism- hidden testicle |
| cub/o- |
cube or cube-shaped; cuboid- cube or cube like shape |
| cubito- |
elbow; cubital- elbow region |
| culd/o- |
blind pouch |
| -cule; |
little; molecule- little mass |
| currett/o- |
scooping or scraping; curettage- scooping out the uterus, also called an abortion |
| cusis- |
hearing; ancusis- without hearing |
| cusp/i- |
pointed; cuspid- referring to the pointed flaps of heart valves |
| cuti/o, cut-, cuti- |
skin; cuticle |
| cyano |
blue |
| cycl/o- |
circle; cyclic |
| -cyesis |
pegnancy; multicyesis- many preganancies |
| cyst/o- |
bladder or sac; cystitis- inflamation of the bladder or sac |
| cyte- |
cell or chamber; cytology- studying cells |
| -cytosis |
increas in numbers; luecocytosis- WBC count increases |
| dacryo- |
tear; dacrydoctitis- inflamation of the tear duct |
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