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Med. Term. Suhailah3
Medical Terminology Suffixes, Prefixes, and Combining Forms "C"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cac/o- | bad; poor |
| calcane/o- | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| calc/i- | calcium |
| calcific/o- | hard from calcium |
| calci/o- | calcium |
| calc/o- | calcium |
| calcul/o- | stone |
| calic/o- | calix |
| cali/o- | calix |
| calor/o- | heat |
| cancell/o- | lattice structure |
| cancer/o- | cancer |
| candid/o- | Candida (a yeast) |
| can/o- | resembling a dog |
| capill/o- | hairlike structure; capillary |
| capn/o- | carbon dioxide |
| capsul/o- | capsule (enveloping structure) |
| carb/o- | carbon atoms |
| carbox/y- | carbon monoxide |
| carcin/o- | cancer |
| card/i- | heart |
| cardi/o- | heart |
| cari/o- | caries (tooth decay) |
| carot/o- | stupor; sleep |
| carp/o- | wrist |
| cartilagin/o- | cartilage |
| cata- | down |
| catabol/o- | breaking down |
| catheter/o- | catheter |
| caud/o- | tail (tail bone) |
| caus/o- | burning |
| cavit/o- | hollow space |
| cav/o- | hollow space |
| cec/o- | cecum (1st part of large intestine) |
| -cele | hernia |
| celi/o- | abdomen |
| cellul/o- | cell |
| -centesis | procedure to puncture |
| centr/o- | center; dominant part |
| cephal/o- | head |
| -cephalus | head |
| -ceps | head |
| -cere | waxy substance |
| cerebell/o- | cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) |
| cerebr/o- | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cervic/o- | neck; cervix |
| cheil/o- | lip |
| chem/o- | chemical; drug |
| chez/o- | to pass feces |
| chir/o- | hand |
| chlor/o- | chloride |
| cholangi/o- | bile duct |
| chol/e- | bile; gall |
| cholecyst/o- | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o- | common bile duct |
| cholesterol/o- | cholesterol |
| chol/o- | bile; gall |
| chondr/o- | cartilage |
| chori/o- | chorion (fetal membrane) |
| chorion/o- | chorion (fetal membrane) |
| choroid/o- | choroid (middle layer around the eye) |
| chrom/o- | color |
| chron/o- | time |
| cid/o- | killing |
| cili/o- | hairlike structure |
| cin/e- | movement |
| cingul/o- | structure that surrounds |
| circa- | about |
| circulat/o- | movement in a circular route |
| circul/o- | circle |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh/o- | yellow |
| cis/o- | to cut |
| -clast | cell that breaks down substances |
| claudicat/o- | limping pain |
| claustr/o- | enclosed space |
| clavicul/o- | clavicle (collar bone) |
| clav/o- | clavicle (collar bone) |
| -cle | small thing |
| cleid/o- | clavicle (collar bone) |
| clinic/o- | medicine |
| clon/o- | identical group derived from one; rapid contracting and relaxing |
| -clonus | condition of rapid contracting and relaxing |
| -cnemius | leg |
| coagul/o- | clotting |
| coarct/o- | pressed together |
| cocc/o- | spherical bacterium |
| -coccus | spherical bacterium |
| coccyg/o- | coccyx (tail bone) |
| cochle/o- | cochlea (of the inner ear) |
| cognit/o- | thinking |
| coit/o- | sexual intercourse |
| coll/a- | fibers that hold together |
| -collis | condition of the neck |
| col/o- | colon |
| colon/o- | colon |
| colp/o- | vagina |
| comat/o- | unconsciousness |
| comminut/o- | break into small pieces |
| communicat/o- | impart; transmit |
| communic/o- | impart; transmit |
| compens/o- | counterbalance; compensate |
| compress/o- | press together |
| compromis/o- | exposed to danger |
| compuls/o- | drive or compel |
| con- | with |
| concept/o- | to conceive or form |
| concuss/o- | violent shaking or jarring |
| conduct/o- | carrying; conveying |
| conform/o- | having the same scale or angle |
| congenit/o- | present at birth (congenital) |
| congest/o- | accumulation of fluid |
| coni/o- | dust |
| conjug/o- | joined together |
| conjuntiv/o- | conjunctiva |
| con/o- | cone |
| constip/o- | compacted feces |
| constrict/o- | drawn together; narrowed |
| construct/o- | to build |
| contin/o- | hold together |
| contra- | against |
| contract/o- | pull together |
| contus/o- | bruising |
| converg/o- | coming together |
| convuls/o- | seizure |
| copr/o- | feces; stool |
| corne/o- | cornea (of the eye) |
| cor/o- | pupil (of the eye) |
| coron/o- | structure that encircles like a crown |
| corpor/o- | body |
| cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
| cosmet/o- | attractive; adorned |
| cost/o- | rib |
| crani/o- | cranium (skull) |
| -crasia | a mixing |
| -crine | thing that secretes |
| crin/o- | secrete |
| -crit | separation of |
| cry/o- | cold |
| crypt/o- | hidden |
| cubit/o- | elbow |
| culd/o- | cul-de-sac |
| cusp/o- | projection; point |
| cutane/o- | skin |
| cut/i- | skin |
| cyan/o- | blue |
| cycl/o- | ciliary body of the eye; circle; cycle |
| cyst/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cyst |
| -cyte | cell |
| cyt/o- | cell |
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