More Roots/ Prefixes/ Suffixes C Flashcards
Cac/o
Bad/ill/abnormal
Calcane/o
Calcaenus (heel bone)
Calc/i/o
Calcium/lime/heel
Calic-
Calyc-
Calyx (a cup shaped organ or cavity)
Calor/i
Heat
Canth/o
Canthus (corner of the eye)
Capit/o
Head
-capnia
Condition of carbon dioxide
Caps-
Container
Carb/o
Carbon/bicarbonate
Cari/o
Rot or decay of teeth
Carp/o
Carpal (wrist bones)
Cary/o
Nucleus
Cat/a
Down/negative/against
Caud/o
Tail/towards the tail/the lower part of the body
Caus-
Caut-
Burn/corrosive
Cav-
Hollow
Celi/o
Cel/o
Hollow/abdomen
“/celum
Cement/o
Cementum of a new tooth
Cen/o
New/empty/common
Cerat/o
Kerat/o
Horny/epidermis/cornea
Cer/o
Cerumin/o
Wax
“/cerumen
-chalasis
Slackening/loosening
-chezia
Condition of defaecation, especially of foreign substances
Chrys/o
Gold
Chyl/e/o
Chyle, lymphatic fluid formed by lacteals in the intestine, a product of digestion
Cirs/o
Varicose vein/varix
Cis-
On the near side
-cis-
Cut/kill
Cistern/o
Cistern/enclosed space (sub arachnoid space)
-clasia
Condition of breaking
-clast
Cell that breaks/ instrument that breaks
Clavic/o
Clavicul/o
Cleid/o
Clavicle
-cle
Small
Clin/o
Bend/incline
Clon/o
Clone of cells
-clonus
Violent action
-clysis
Infusion/injection/irrigation
Coccid/i
Type of parasitic protozoa of the order Coccidia
Cocc/i/o
Coccus, a berry shaped bacterium
Coccyg/o
Coccyx
-coel
Coel/o
Hollow/abdomen
Col-
With/together
Coni/o
Dust
Copr/o
Faeces
-cortex-
Outer part/bark
Cox/o
Hip/hip joint
-crine
Crin/o
Secrete
-crit
Seperate/device for measuring cells
Crur/o
Leg
Cubit/o
Elbow
Culd/o
Cul-de-sac/Douglas pouch/recto-uterine pouch
-cule
Small
Cune/i
Wedge (shape)
Cycl/o
Ciliary body/circle
Cyes/i/o
-cyesis
Pregnancy
Cyll/o
Deformity
Cyrt/o
Curved/abnormal curvature
Cyn/o
Dog
-cytosis
Condition of cells, usually an abnormal increase
Cortex
Outermost portion of an organ
Cystocele
The bladder prolapses into the wall of the vagina
Choledocholithiasis
Condition of stones in the gallbladder duct
Cholelithiasis
Condition of stones in the gallbladder