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Carcino- Dacryo

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carcino-   crab-like  
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cardio-   heart  
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carp/o   wrist  
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cata-   breakdown or down  
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cataract-   waterfall or cloudiness  
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catarrh-   to flow down  
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catheter/o-   to let down in  
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caud/o-   tail or toward tail  
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caust/o-   burn or heat  
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cauter/o-   to burn or to heat; cauterize  
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cav-   hollow; cavity  
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cebo-   meal or food; cebum- pertaining to meal or food  
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cec/o-   blind pouch; cecopexy- dead end pouch or 1rst part of a colon  
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-cele   swelling or tumor; laparocele- abdominal swelling  
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celio-   abdomen or belly; celioma- belly tumor  
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cellul/o-   chambers; cellulitis- infection of the chamber or body cells  
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cement/o-   hard; cementum- refers to a hardening of the tooth root covering  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to drain fluid; thoracocentesis- surgical punture to drain fluid from the chest  
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centi-   one-hundreth part (100)  
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centr/i-   center; centrifuge- spins around center  
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cephal/o-   head; encephalitis- inflamation within the brain  
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-cept-   receiver; chemoceptor- chemical or drug receiver  
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cereb/o-   brain; cerebrial- refers to the brain  
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ceru-   wax; cerumenous- having wax in the ear  
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cervi-   neck; cervical- refers to the vertebrae in the neck  
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chalaz/io-   hailstone; Chalazio- tumor that is small and hailstone on the eyelid.  
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chancro-   ulcer (sore); chancroid- ulcer caused by syphilis  
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cheil/o-   lip; cheiloma- tumor on the lip  
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chiro-   hand; chiropractor- one who practices with their hand  
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chlor/o-   green; chloremia- green pigments in the blood  
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cholangio-   bile duct; cholangio- inflamation of the bile duct  
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chole-   bile or gall  
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cholecyst/o-   gallbladder; cholecystectomy- removing the gallbladder  
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choledocho-   gallbladder duct (canal)- choledochectomy- duct removed from the liver and gallbladder  
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cholera   bilary acute diarrhea; cholera- the excessive diarrhea causes dehydration and death  
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chondr/o-   cartilage; chondroma- tumor made of cartilage  
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chrom/o-   colored; chromosome- colored body  
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chyme-   juice; achymia- not enough inestinal juices  
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-cicatrix   scar; brachiocicatrix- scar on the arm  
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-cid   to kill; suicidal- to kill oneself  
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cil/i-   eyelash-like; cilia- eyelash-like structures on the lining of the lungs  
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cine/o-   movement filming; cineangiocardiography- filming the movement of heart vessel  
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circum-   around; circumflex- bend around  
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cirrho-   yellow-orange; cirrhosis- yellow-orange condition caused by infection of the liver  
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-cis   cut or to cut; incision- cut into something  
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-clast   breakdown; osteoclast- breakdown of the bone cells  
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calviculo-   collarbone; infraclavicular- beneath the collarbone  
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cleido-   clavicle or collarbone  
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clino-   bent; clinodactylia- bent finger or toe  
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-clysis   irrigation or injection; hydroclysis- injection of water  
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co-   two  
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coagul/o-   clotting or to clot; coagulation  
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-cocuss   berry; staphylococcus- berry shaped bacteria  
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coccyg/o-   tailbone; coccygeal- refering to the tail bone  
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cochle/o-   snail-like; cochlear- pertaining to lower snail-like part of the ear  
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col/o-   colon (big or large intestine)  
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colpo-   vagina; colpitis- inflamtion of the vagina  
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com-   together; communicate  
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camato-   deep sleep; comatose  
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concuss/i-   violent shaking; concussion- brain injury caused by violent shaking of the brain  
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condylo-   knuckle; condyloma- tumors on the knuckle  
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coni/o-   dust; pneumoconiosis- conditon with dust in the lungs  
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-conis   cone-shaped; kertoconis- having a cone-shaped cornea  
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conjunctiv/o-   joined together; conjuctivitis- inflamation that caused the membrane on the eye and the bakc of the eyelid to join together  
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conta-   against; contraception  
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contusi-   bruise; contusion  
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convolo-   to roll together; convolution- pertaining to rolling together  
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cord-   vocal chords or cord  
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cori/o-   skin; corium- refering to skin  
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corne/o-   cornea or horn shape; corneitis  
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cornu-   horn or honry  
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coron/o-   crowning; coronary- refering to the crowning hear blood vessel  
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coronal plane-   crowning or frontal body; coronal  
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corp/o-   body; corpus  
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cortic/o-   bark, outer bark, rind, cortex  
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costo-   rib; costal- refering to a rib  
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crani/o-   skull  
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-creas   fleshy or flesh; pancreas- all fleshy organ  
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crenat/o-   notched; crenation- iregularly notched blood cells  
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-crine   secrete; endocrine- secretes within the blood  
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-crit   separate; hematocrit- something that seperates the blood  
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cruc/i-   cross or cross-like; crucio- causing pain like when Jesus was strapped to the cross  
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cryo-   cold; cryotherapy  
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crypto-   hidden; cyptorchidism- hidden testicle  
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cub/o-   cube or cube-shaped; cuboid- cube or cube like shape  
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cubito-   elbow; cubital- elbow region  
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culd/o-   blind pouch  
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-cule;   little; molecule- little mass  
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currett/o-   scooping or scraping; curettage- scooping out the uterus, also called an abortion  
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cusis-   hearing; ancusis- without hearing  
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cusp/i-   pointed; cuspid- referring to the pointed flaps of heart valves  
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cuti/o, cut-, cuti-   skin; cuticle  
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cyano   blue  
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cycl/o-   circle; cyclic  
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-cyesis   pegnancy; multicyesis- many preganancies  
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cyst/o-   bladder or sac; cystitis- inflamation of the bladder or sac  
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cyte-   cell or chamber; cytology- studying cells  
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-cytosis   increas in numbers; luecocytosis- WBC count increases  
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dacryo-   tear; dacrydoctitis- inflamation of the tear duct  
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