Medical Term (C-E) Flashcards
clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
cleid/o
clavicle
-clysis
irrigation; washing
coagul/o
coagulation (clotting)
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
coccyg/o
coccyx (tail bone)
cochle/o
cochlea (inner part of ear)
col/o
colon (large interstine)
coll/a
glue
colon/o
colon (large intestine)
colp/o
vagina
comat/o
deep sleep
con-
together; with
coni/o
dust
conjuctiv/o
conjuctiva (lines of eyelids)
consci/o
awareness, aware
constrict/o
narrowing, binding
contra-
against; opposite
contus/o
to bruise
cor/o
pupil
core/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
coron/o
heart
corpor/o
body
cortic/o
cortex, outer region
cost/o
rib
cox/o
hip
crani/o
skull
crin/o
secrete
-crine
to secrete; separate
-crit
to separate
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden
cubit/o
elbow, forearm
culd/o
cul-de-sac
-cusis
hearing
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
cycl/o
ciliary body of eye, cycle, circle
-cyesis
pregnancy
cyst/o
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
cyt/o
cell
-cyte
cell
-cytosis
condition of cells; slight increased numbers
dacry/o
tear
dacryocyst/o
tear sac; lacriman sac
dactyl/o
fingers; toes
de-
lack of; down; less; removal of
dem/o
people
dent/i
tooth
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
desic/o
drying
-desis
to bind; tie together
dextr/o
right
dia-
complete; through
diaphor/o
sweat
-dilation
widening; stretching; expanding
dilat/o
to enlarge, expand
dipl/o
double
dips/o
thirst
dis-
apart, to separate
dors/o
back (of body)
-dote
to give
-drome
to run
duct/o
to lead; carry
duoden/o
duodenum
-dynia
pain
dys-
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
-eal
pertaining to
ec-
out; outside
echo-
reflected sound
-ectasia
dilation; dilatation; widening
-ectasis
dilation; dilatation; widening
ecto-
out; outside
-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
-edema
swelling
electr/o
electricity
em-
in
cadaver/o
dead body, corpse
calc/i
calcium, lime, the heel
call/i, callos/o
hard, hardened and thickened
canth/o
corner of the eye
capill/o
hair
capit/o
head
carb/o
carbon
carbuncl/o
carbuncle
card/o
heart
carot/o
stupor, sleep
cartilag/o
cartilage, gristle
caruncul/o
bit of flesh
cat-, cath-
down, lower, under
catabol/o
a breaking down
cathet/o
insert, send down
cavern/o
containing hollow spaces
cement/o
cementum, a rough stone
cent-
hundred
cera-
wax
cheir/o
hand
chond/o
spinal cord, cord
chori/o, chorion/o
chorion, membrane
chym/o
to pour, juice
cicatric/o
scar
cili/o
eyelashes, microscopic hair-like projections
cine-
relationship to movement
circ/i
ring or circle
circulat/o
circulate, go around in a circle
circumcis/o
cutting around
circumscrib/o
confined, limited in space
claudicat/o
limping
claustr/o
barrier
clav/i
key
clitor/o
clitoris
-clonus
violent action
clus/o
shut or close
co-
together, with
coarct/o, coarctat/o
press together, narrow
cocc/i, cocc/o
spherical bacteria
coher/o, cohes/o
cling, stick together
coit/o
a coming together
column/o
pillar
com-
together, with
comminut/o
break into pieces
communic/o
share, to make common
compatibil/o
sympathize with
concav/o
hollow
concentr/o
condense, intensify, remove excess water
concept/o
become pregnant
conch/o
shell
concuss/o
shaken together, violently agitated
condyl/o
knuckle, knob
confus/o
confusion, disorder
consolid/o
become firm or solid
constipat/o
pressed together, crowded together
contract/o
touched, infected
contagi/o
infection, unclean, touching of something
contaminat/o
render unclean by contat, pollute
contine/o, continent/o
keep in, contain, hold back, restrain
contracept/o
prevention of conception
convalesc/o
recover, become strong
convex/o
arched, vaulted
convolut/o
coiled, twisted
convuls/o
pull together
copi/o
plentiful
copulat/o
joining together, linking
cord/o
cord, spinal cord
cordi/o
heart
cori/o
skin, leather
corpuscul/o
little body
cort-
covering
-crasia
a mixture or blending
creatin/o
creatinine
crepit/o, crepitat/o
crackling, rattling
cris/o, critic/o
turning point
cyst-, -cyst
bladder, bag
-cytic
pertaining to
