Medical Vocabulary - C

Question 1

capill-

Answer 1

of or pertaining to hair; CAPILLUS

Question 2

capit-

Answer 2

pertaining to the head (as a whole); CAPITATION

Question 3

carcin(o)-

Answer 3

cancer; CARCINOMA

Question 4

cardi(o)-

Answer 4

of or pertaining to the heart; CARDIOLOGY

Question 5

carp(o)-

Answer 5

of or pertaining to the wrist; CARPOPEDAL

Question 6

cata-

Answer 6

down, under; CATARACT

Question 7

-cele

Answer 7

pouching, hernia; HYDROCELE

Question 8

-centesis

Answer 8

surgical puncture for aspiration; AMNIOCENTESIS

Question 9

cephal(o)-

Answer 9

of or pertaining to the head (as a whole); CEPHALAGY

Question 10

cerat(o)-

Answer 10

of or pertaining to the cornu; a horn; CERATOID

Question 11

cerebell(o)-

Answer 11

of or pertaining to the cerebellum; CEREBELLUM

Question 12

cerebr(o)-

Answer 12

of or pertaining to the brain; CEREBROLOGY

Question 13

cervic-

Answer 13

of or pertaining to the neck, the cervix; CERVICODORSAL

Question 14

chem(o)-

Answer 14

chemistry, drug; CHEMOTHERAPY

Question 15

chir(o)-

cheir(o)-

Answer 15

of or pertaining to the hand; CHIROPRACTOR

Question 16

chlor(o)-

Answer 16

denoting a green color; CHLOROPHYLL

Question 17

chol(e)-

Answer 17

of or pertaining to the bile; CHOLAEMIA

Question 18

cholecyst(o)-

Answer 18

of or pertaining to the gall bladder; CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Question 19

chondr(i)o-

Answer 19

cartilage, gristle, granule, granular; CHONDROCALCINOSIS

Question 20

chrom(ato)-

Answer 20

color; HEMACHROMATOSIS

Question 21

-cidal, -cide

Answer 21

killing, destroy; BACTERIOCIDAL

Question 22

cili-

Answer 22

of or pertaining to the cilia, the eyelashes; eyelids; CILIARY

Question 23

circum-

Answer 23

denoting something as ‘around’ another;CIRCUMCISION

Question 24

cis-

Answer 24

on this side

Question 25

clast

Answer 25

break; OSTEOCLAST

Question 26

co-

Answer 26

with, together, in association

Question 27

col-, colo-, colono-

Answer 27

colon; COLONOSCOPY

Question 28

colp(o)-

Answer 28

of or pertaining to the vagina; COLPOSCOPY

Question 29

com-

Answer 29

with, together

Question 30

contra

Answer 30

against; CONTRAINDICATE

Question 31

cor-

Answer 31

with, together

Question 32

cor-, core-, coro-

Answer 32

of or pertaining to the eye’s pupil; CORECTOMY

Question 33

cordi-

Answer 33

of or pertaining to the heart; COMMOTIO CORDIS

Question 34

cornu-

Answer 34

applied to processes and parts of the body describing them likened or similar to horns

Question 35

cost(o)-

Answer 35

of or pertaining to the ribs; COSTOCHONDRAL

Question 36

cox-

Answer 36

of or pertaining to the hip, haunch, or hip-joint; COXOPODITE

Question 37

crani(o)-

Answer 37

belonging or relating to the cranium; CRANIOLOGY

Question 38

-crine

Answer 38

to secrete; ENDOCRINE

Question 39

cry(o)-

Answer 39

cold; CRYOABLATION

Question 40

cutane-

Answer 40

skin; SUBCUTANEOUS

Question 41

cyan(o)-

Answer 41

denotes a blue color; CYANOSPIA

Question 42

cycl-

Answer 42

circle, cycle

Question 43

cyph(o)-

Answer 43

denotes something as bent; CYPHOSIS

Question 44

cyst(o)-

cyst(i)-

Answer 44

of or pertaining to the urinary bladder; cyst; CYSTOTOMY

Question 45

cyt(o)-

Answer 45

cell; CYTOKINE

Question 46

-cyte

Answer 46

cell; LEUKOCYTE