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Medical Terminology
C's
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calc/o | calcium |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide (CO2) |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -cardia | heart condition |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bone) |
| cata- | down |
| caud/o | tail |
| cauter/o | heat, burn |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| cephal/o | head |
| -ception | conceiving |
| cerbell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| chalic/o | limestone |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chem/o | chemical; drug |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholescyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| chondro/o | cartilage |
| chori/o | chorion |
| chrom/o | color |
| chromat/o | color |
| -cide | killing |
| cinemat/o | things that move |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh/o | yelow |
| -cision | a cutting |
| -clasia | to break; surgical fracture |
| -clasis | to break; surgical fracture |
| -clast | to break; surgical fracture |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| -cleisis | closure |
| clon/o | clonus (turmoil) |
| -clysis | irrigation, washing |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| condyl/o | condyle |
| coni/o | dust |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| -continence | to hold back |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cor/o | pupil |
| corp/o | body |
| corpor/o | body |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| crin/o | secrete |
| -crine | secrete |
| cruci/o | cross |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| -cusia | hearing |
| -cusis | hearing |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye; circular, cycle |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
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