Medical Terminology Suffixes, Prefixes, and Combining Forms "C"
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| cac/o- | bad; poor
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| calcane/o- | calcaneus (heel bone)
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| calc/i- | calcium
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| calcific/o- | hard from calcium
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| calci/o- | calcium
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| calc/o- | calcium
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| calcul/o- | stone
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| calic/o- | calix
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| cali/o- | calix
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| calor/o- | heat
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| cancell/o- | lattice structure
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| cancer/o- | cancer
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| candid/o- | Candida (a yeast)
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| can/o- | resembling a dog
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| capill/o- | hairlike structure; capillary
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| capn/o- | carbon dioxide
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| capsul/o- | capsule (enveloping structure)
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| carb/o- | carbon atoms
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| carbox/y- | carbon monoxide
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| carcin/o- | cancer
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| card/i- | heart
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| cardi/o- | heart
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| cari/o- | caries (tooth decay)
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| carot/o- | stupor; sleep
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| carp/o- | wrist
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| cartilagin/o- | cartilage
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| cata- | down
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| catabol/o- | breaking down
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| catheter/o- | catheter
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| caud/o- | tail (tail bone)
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| caus/o- | burning
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| cavit/o- | hollow space
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| cav/o- | hollow space
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| cec/o- | cecum (1st part of large intestine)
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| -cele | hernia
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| celi/o- | abdomen
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| cellul/o- | cell
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| -centesis | procedure to puncture
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| centr/o- | center; dominant part
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| cephal/o- | head
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| -cephalus | head
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| -ceps | head
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| -cere | waxy substance
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| cerebell/o- | cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
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| cerebr/o- | cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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| cervic/o- | neck; cervix
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| cheil/o- | lip
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| chem/o- | chemical; drug
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| chez/o- | to pass feces
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| chir/o- | hand
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| chlor/o- | chloride
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| cholangi/o- | bile duct
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| chol/e- | bile; gall
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| cholecyst/o- | gallbladder
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| choledoch/o- | common bile duct
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| cholesterol/o- | cholesterol
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| chol/o- | bile; gall
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| chondr/o- | cartilage
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| chori/o- | chorion (fetal membrane)
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| chorion/o- | chorion (fetal membrane)
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| choroid/o- | choroid (middle layer around the eye)
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| chrom/o- | color
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| chron/o- | time
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| cid/o- | killing
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| cili/o- | hairlike structure
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| cin/e- | movement
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| cingul/o- | structure that surrounds
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| circa- | about
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| circulat/o- | movement in a circular route
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| circul/o- | circle
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| circum- | around
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| cirrh/o- | yellow
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| cis/o- | to cut
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| -clast | cell that breaks down substances
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| claudicat/o- | limping pain
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| claustr/o- | enclosed space
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| clavicul/o- | clavicle (collar bone)
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| clav/o- | clavicle (collar bone)
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| -cle | small thing
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| cleid/o- | clavicle (collar bone)
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| clinic/o- | medicine
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| clon/o- | identical group derived from one; rapid contracting and relaxing
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| -clonus | condition of rapid contracting and relaxing
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| -cnemius | leg
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| coagul/o- | clotting
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| coarct/o- | pressed together
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| cocc/o- | spherical bacterium
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| -coccus | spherical bacterium
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| coccyg/o- | coccyx (tail bone)
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| cochle/o- | cochlea (of the inner ear)
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| cognit/o- | thinking
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| coit/o- | sexual intercourse
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| coll/a- | fibers that hold together
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| -collis | condition of the neck
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| col/o- | colon
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| colon/o- | colon
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| colp/o- | vagina
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| comat/o- | unconsciousness
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| comminut/o- | break into small pieces
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| communicat/o- | impart; transmit
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| communic/o- | impart; transmit
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| compens/o- | counterbalance; compensate
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| compress/o- | press together
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| compromis/o- | exposed to danger
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| compuls/o- | drive or compel
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| con- | with
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| concept/o- | to conceive or form
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| concuss/o- | violent shaking or jarring
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| conduct/o- | carrying; conveying
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| conform/o- | having the same scale or angle
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| congenit/o- | present at birth (congenital)
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| congest/o- | accumulation of fluid
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| coni/o- | dust
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| conjug/o- | joined together
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| conjuntiv/o- | conjunctiva
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| con/o- | cone
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| constip/o- | compacted feces
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| constrict/o- | drawn together; narrowed
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| construct/o- | to build
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| contin/o- | hold together
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| contra- | against
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| contract/o- | pull together
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| contus/o- | bruising
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| converg/o- | coming together
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| convuls/o- | seizure
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| copr/o- | feces; stool
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| corne/o- | cornea (of the eye)
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| cor/o- | pupil (of the eye)
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| coron/o- | structure that encircles like a crown
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| corpor/o- | body
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| cortic/o- | cortex (outer region)
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| cosmet/o- | attractive; adorned
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| cost/o- | rib
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| crani/o- | cranium (skull)
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| -crasia | a mixing
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| -crine | thing that secretes
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| crin/o- | secrete
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| -crit | separation of
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| cry/o- | cold
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| crypt/o- | hidden
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| cubit/o- | elbow
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| culd/o- | cul-de-sac
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| cusp/o- | projection; point
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| cutane/o- | skin
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| cut/i- | skin
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| cyan/o- | blue
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| cycl/o- | ciliary body of the eye; circle; cycle
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| cyst/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cyst
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| -cyte | cell
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| cyt/o- | cell
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