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Medical Roots C-D
Word Parts
| Meaning | Word Part |
|---|---|
| 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 |