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Medical Roots C-D
Word Parts
Meaning | Word Part |
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calculus | lith |
calyx | cali, calic |
cancer | carcin/o |
carbon dioxide | -capnia |
carcinoma | carcin/o |
cartilage | chondr/o |
cavity | ventricul/o |
cecum | cec/o |
cell | -cyte, cyt/o |
cerebellum | cerebell/o |
cerebral cortex | cortic/o |
cerebrum | cerebr/o |
cervix | cervic/o |
chain (twisted) | strept/o |
cheek | bucc/o |
chemical | chem/o |
chest | thorac/o, steth/o |
child | ped/o |
choroid | chori/o, choroid/o |
ciliary body | cycl/o |
ciliary muscle | cycl/o |
clitoris | clitor/o, clitorid/o |
clot | thromb/o |
coccyx | coccy, coccyg/o |
cochlea | cochle/o |
cold | cry/o |
colon | col/o, colon/o |
color | chrom/o, chromat/o |
colorless | leuk/o |
common bile duct | choledoch/o |
condition of | -ia, -ia/sis, -ism, -o/sis, -sis, -y |
constriction | stenosis |
contraction (sudden) | spasm |
cornea | corne/o, kerat/o |
correct | ortho- |
cramp | spasm |
crushing | -tripsy |
cutting | -tomy |
cutting instrument | -tome |
dark | melan/o |
darkness | nyct/o |
data | -gram |
death of tissue | necrosis |
decreased, decrease in | hypo-, -penia |
deficiency of | oligo-, -penia |
destruction | lysis |
destroying | -lytic |
development | -plasia |
diaphragm | phren/o |
different | hetero- |
difficult | dys- |
dilatation, dilation | ectasia, ectasis |
dim | ambly- |
discharge | -rhea |
disease | path/o, -pathy |
dissolving | lysis |
double | dipl/o- |
down | de- |
dropping, downward displacement | ptosis |
drug | pharmac/o |
dry | xero- |
duct | vas/o |
duodenum | duoden/o |