Medical Terminology C Flashcards
cac/o
bad, ill
calcane/o
heel
calci/o
calcium
-calculia, calcul/o
to compute
cali/o
calyx
calor/i
heat
campt/o
bent
-capnia, capn/o
carbon dioxide
capsul/o, caps/o
capsule, container
carb/o
carbon
cardi/o
heart
carcin/o
cancer
cari/o
caries
carp/o
wrist
cata-
down, under
-cataphasia
affirmation
cathar/o, cathart/o
cleaning, purging
-cathisia, -kathisia
sitting
caud/o
tail
caus/o, cauter/o
burn, burning
cavit/o, cav/o
hollow, cavity
cec/o
cecum
-cele
hernia, swelling
celi/o
abdomen
-centesis
surgical puncture of a cavity
centi-
one hundredth (10__)
centr/o
center
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum, brain
cervic/o
neck, cervix
-chalasia
relaxation
cheil/o, chil/o
lip
chem/o
chemical, chemistry
-chezia, -chesia
defecation
chir/o, cheir/o
hand
chlor/o
green
chol/e
gall, bile
choledoch/o
common bile duct
chondr/o
cartilage
chori/o
chorion
-chroia
skin coloration
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time, timing
chrys/o
gold
chyl/o
chyle
-cide
killing, agent which kills
cine-
movement
circum-
around
cirrh/o
orange-yellow
-clasis, -clasia
break
cleid/o
clavicle
clin/o
to slope, bend
-clysis
irrigation, washing
coagul/o
coagulation, clotting
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
coccyg/o
coccyx
cochle/o
cochlea
-coimesis
sleeping
col/o
colon
colp/o
vagina
com-, con-
with, together
-coma
deep sleep
coni/o
dust
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
consci/o
awareness, aware
constrict/o
narrowing, binding
contra-
against, opposite
contus/o
to bruise
cor/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
coron/o
heart
corpor/o
body
cortic/o
cortex
cost/o
rib
cox/o
hip
crani/o
skull
-crasia
mixture (good or bad), temperament
cric/o
ring
crin/o
secrete, separate
-crit
separate
critic/o
crisis, dangerous
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden, concealed
crystall/o
crystal, transparent
cubit/o
elbow, forearm
culd/o
cul-de-sac
cune/o
wedge, wedge-shaped
cupr/o
copper
-cusis
hearing
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
cycl/o
ciliary body, circular
-cyesis
pregnancy
cyst/o
bladder, cyst
cyt/o, -cyte
cell