Prefixes, Combining Forms, and Suffixes for Medical Terms C

Question 1

Prefix

cac-

Greek

Answer 1

bad, disease, or weak

Question 2

Combining Form/Root

cac/o

Greek

Answer 2

bad, diseased, or weak

Question 3

Combining Form/Root

cadaver/o

Latin

Answer 3

dead body

Question 4

Combining Forms/Roots

calc/i or calc/o

Latin

Answer 4

calcium or the heel

Question 5

Combining Form/Root

calcane/o

Latin

Answer 5

heel bone

calcaneus

Question 6

Combining Form/Root

calcul/o

Latin

Answer 6

stone

Question 7

Combining Forms/Roots

cali/o or calic/o

Latin

Answer 7

cup

Question 8

Combining Forms/Roots

callos/o or call/i

Latin

Answer 8

hard

Question 9

Combining Form/Root

calor/i

Latin

Answer 9

heat

Question 10

Combining Form/Root

canalicul/o

Latin

Answer 10

little duct

Question 11

Combining Form/Root

canth/o

Greek

Answer 11

corner of the eye

Question 12

Combining Form/Root

capill/o

Latin

Answer 12

hairlike

Question 13

Combining Form/Root

capit/o

Laitn

Answer 13

head

Question 14

Combining Form/Root

capn/o

Greek

Answer 14

carbon dioxide

Question 15

Suffix

-capnia

Greek

Answer 15

carbon dioxide

Question 16

Combining Form/Root

capsul/o

Latin

Answer 16

little box

Question 17

Combining Form/Root

carb/o

Latin

Answer 17

carbon

Question 18

Combining Form/Root

carcin/o

Greek

Answer 18

cancerous

Question 19

Combining Form/Root

cardi/o

Greek

Answer 19

heart

Question 20

Combining Form/Root

cari/o

Latin

Answer 20

decay

Question 21

Combining Form/Root

carot/o

Greek

Answer 21

sleep or stupor

Question 22

Combining Form/Root

carp/o

Latin + Greek

Answer 22

carpus or joint of front limbs between the radius or ulna and metacarpals

Question 23

Combining Form/Root

cartilag/o

Latin

Answer 23

cartilage or gristle

Question 24

Combining Form/Root

caruncul/o

Latin

Answer 24

bit of flesh

Question 25

# Prefixes cat-, cats-, or cath- | Greek

Answer 25

down, lower, under, or downward

Question 26

# Combining Form/Root catabol/o | Greek

Answer 26

breaking down

Question 27

# Combining Form/Root cathart/o | Greek

Answer 27

cleansing or purging

Question 28

# Combining Form/Root cathet/o | Greek

Answer 28

insert or send down

Question 29

# Combining Form/Root caud/o | Latin

Answer 29

toward the tail

Question 30

# Combining Forms/Roots caus/o, caust/o, cauter/o, or caut/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 30

burning

Question 31

# Combining Forms/Roots cav/i or cav/o | Latin

Answer 31

hollow

Question 32

# Combining Form/Root cavern/o | Latin

Answer 32

containing hollow spaces

Question 33

# Combining Form/Root cec/o | Latin

Answer 33

blind gut or cecum

Question 34

# Suffix -cele | Latin

Answer 34

hernia, cyst, cavity, or tumor

Question 35

# Combining Form/Root celi/o | Greek

Answer 35

abdomen

Question 36

# Combining Form/Root cement/o | Latin

Answer 36

cementum

Question 37

# Prefix cent- | Latin

Answer 37

hundred

Question 38

# Suffix -centesis | Greek

Answer 38

Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

Question 39

# Prefix cephal- | Greek

Answer 39

head

Question 40

# Combining Form/Root cephal/o | Greek

Answer 40

head

Question 41

# Suffix -ceps | Latin

Answer 41

head

Question 42

# Prefix cera- | Latin

Answer 42

wax

Question 43

# Combining Form/Root cerebell/o | Latin

Answer 43

cerebellum

Question 44

# Combining Form/Root cerebr/o | Latin

Answer 44

cerebrum or largest part of the brain

Question 45

# Combining Form/Root cerumin/o | Latin

Answer 45

cerumen or earwax

Question 46

# Combining Form/Root cervic/o | Latin

Answer 46

neck or necklike

Question 47

# Combining Form/Root chalas/o | Greek

Answer 47

relaxation or loosening

Question 48

# Suffix -chalasis | Greek

Answer 48

relaxation or loosening

Question 49

# Combining Form/Root chalaz/o | Greek

Answer 49

hailstone, small lump

Question 50

# Combining Form/Root cheil/o | Greek

Answer 50

lip

Question 51

# Combining Forms/Roots chem/i, chemo/ or chemic/o | Greek

Answer 51

drug or chemical

Question 52

# Combining Form/Root chol/e | Greek

Answer 52

bile or gall

Question 53

# Combining Form/Root cholangi/o | Greek

Answer 53

bile duct

Question 54

# Combining Form/Root cholecyst/o | Greek

Answer 54

gallbadder

Question 55

# Combining Form/Root choledoch/o | Greek

Answer 55

common bile duct

Question 56

# Combining Form/Root cholesterol/o | Greek

Answer 56

cholesterol

Question 57

# Combining Forms/Roots chondr/o or chondri/o | Greek

Answer 57

cartilage

Question 58

# Combining Form/Root chord/o | Greek

Answer 58

cord or spinal cord

Question 59

# Combining Form/Root chori/o | Greek

Answer 59

chorion or membrane

Question 60

# Combining Form/Root choroid/o | Greek

Answer 60

choroid layer of the eye

Question 61

# Combining Forms/Roots chrom/o or chromat/o | Greek

Answer 61

color

Question 62

# Combining Form/Root chym/o | Greek

Answer 62

juice

Question 63

# Combining Form/Root cib/o | Latin

Answer 63

meal

Question 64

# Suffix -cidal | Latin

Answer 64

death

Question 65

# Suffix -cide | Latin

Answer 65

killing or destroying

Question 66

# Combining Form/Root cili/o | Latin

Answer 66

microscopic hairlike projections or eyelashes

Question 67

# Combining Form/Root cine/o | Greek

Answer 67

movement

Question 68

# Combining Form/Root circi/o | Latin

Answer 68

ring or circle

Question 69

# Combining Form/Root circulat/o | Latin

Answer 69

to go around in a circle

Question 70

# Prefix circum- | Latin

Answer 70

around

Question 71

# Combining Form/Root circumscrib/o | Latin

Answer 71

confined or limited in space

Question 72

# Combining Form/Root cirrh/o | Greek

Answer 72

tawny, orange yellow

Question 73

# Combining Form/Root cis/o | Latin

Answer 73

cut

Question 74

# Suffixes -clasis or -clast | Greek

Answer 74

break

Question 75

# Combining Form/Root calv/i | Latin

Answer 75

key

Question 76

# Combining Form/Root clavicul/o | Latin

Answer 76

collarbone, clavicle

Question 77

# Combining Form/Root clitor/o | Greek

Answer 77

female erectile tissue

Question 78

# Combining Form/Root clon/o | Greek

Answer 78

violent action

Question 79

# Suffix -clysis | Greek

Answer 79

irrigation

Question 80

# Preffix co- | Latin

Answer 80

together, with

Question 81

# Combining Forms/Roots coagul/o or coagulat/o | Latin

Answer 81

clump or congeal

Question 82

# Combining Forms/Roots cocc/i or cocc/o | Latin

Answer 82

round

Question 83

# Suffix -coccus | Latin

Answer 83

round bacterium

Question 84

# Combining Form/Root coccyg/o | Greek

Answer 84

tailbone

Question 85

# Combining Form/Root cochle/o | Latin

Answer 85

snail-like or spiral

Question 86

# Suffix -coel | Greek

Answer 86

hollow

Question 87

# Combining Forms/Roots coher/o or cohes/o | Latin

Answer 87

to stick together

Question 88

# Combining Form/Root coit/o | Latin

Answer 88

coming together

Question 89

# Combining Forms/Roots col/o or colon/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 89

colon | part of the large intestine

Question 90

# Combining Form/Root coll/a | Greek

Answer 90

glue

Question 91

# Combining Form/Root coll/i | Latin

Answer 91

neck

Question 92

# Combining Form/Root colp/o | Greek

Answer 92

vagina

Question 93

# Combining Form/Root column/o | Latin

Answer 93

pillar

Question 94

# Prefix com- | Latin

Answer 94

together

Question 95

# Combining Form/Root comat/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 95

deep sleep

Question 96

# Combining Form/Root comminut/o | Latin

Answer 96

to break into peices

Question 97

# Combining Form/Root communic/o | Latin

Answer 97

to share

Question 98

# Combining Form/Root compatibil/o | Latin

Answer 98

to sympathize with

Question 99

# Prefix con- | Latin

Answer 99

together or with

Question 100

# Combining Form/Root concav/o | Latin

Answer 100

hollow

Question 101

# Combining Form/Root concetr/o | Latin

Answer 101

to remove excess water or condense

Question 102

# Combining Form/Root concept/o | Latin

Answer 102

to receive or become pregnant

Question 103

# Combining Form/Root conch/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 103

shell

Question 104

# Combining Form/Root concuss/o | Latin

Answer 104

shaken together violently

Question 105

# Combining Form/Root condyl/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 105

knuckle or knob

Question 106

# Combining Form/Root confus/o | Latin

Answer 106

disorder or confusion

Question 107

# Combining Form/Root conjunctiv/o | Latin

Answer 107

pink mucous membrane of the eye or connected

Question 108

# Combining Form/Root consci/o | Latin

Answer 108

aware

Question 109

# Combining Form/Root consolid/o | Latin

Answer 109

to become solid

Question 110

# Combining Form/Root constipat/o | Latin

Answer 110

pressed together

Question 111

# Combining Form/Root constrict/o | Latin

Answer 111

to draw tightly together to narrow

Question 112

# Combining Form/Root contact/o | Latin

Answer 112

touched

Question 113

# Combining Form/Root contagi/o | Latin

Answer 113

touching of something or infection

Question 114

# Combining Form/Root contaminat/o | Latin

Answer 114

to pollute

Question 115

# Combining Forms/Roots contine/o or continent/o | Latin

Answer 115

to keep in or restrain

Question 116

# Prefix contra- | Latin

Answer 116

against or oppisite

Question 117

# Combining Form/Root contracept/o | Latin

Answer 117

prevention of fertilization of egg with sperm

Question 118

# Combining Form/Root contus/o | Latin

Answer 118

bruise

Question 119

# Combining Form/Root convalesc/o | Latin

Answer 119

to become strong

Question 120

# Combining Form/Root convex/o | Latin

Answer 120

arched

Question 121

# Combining Form/Root convuls/o | Latin

Answer 121

to pull together

Question 122

# Combining Form/Root copi/o | Latin

Answer 122

plentiful

Question 123

# Combining Form/Root copulat/o | Latin

Answer 123

joining together

Question 124

# Combining Form/Root cord/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 124

spinal cord

Question 125

# Combining Form/Root cordi/o | Latin

Answer 125

heart

Question 126

# Combining Forms/Roots cor/o or core/o | Greek

Answer 126

pupil

Question 127

# Prefix core- | Greek

Answer 127

pupil

Question 128

# Combining Form/Root cori/o | Latin

Answer 128

skin or leather

Question 129

# Combining Form/Root corne/o | Latin

Answer 129

transparent anterior portion of the sclera | cornea

Question 130

# Combining Form/Root coron/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 130

crown

Question 131

# Combining Forms/Roots corp/u or corpor/o | Latin

Answer 131

body

Question 132

# Combining Form/Root corpuscul/o | Latin

Answer 132

little body

Question 133

# Prefix cort- | Latin

Answer 133

covering

Question 134

# Combining Form/Root cortic/o | Latin

Answer 134

outer region or cortex

Question 135

# Combining Form/Root cost/o | Latin

Answer 135

rib

Question 136

# Combining Form/Root cox/o | Latin

Answer 136

hip or hip joint

Question 137

# Combining Form/Root crani/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 137

skull

Question 138

# Suffix -crasia | Latin + Greek

Answer 138

mixture

Question 139

# Combining Forms/Roots crepit/o or crepitat/o | Latin

Answer 139

crackling

Question 140

# Combining Form/Root crin/o | Greek

Answer 140

to secrete or separate

Question 141

# Suffix -crine | Greek

Answer 141

to secrete or separate

Question 142

# Combining Forms/Roots cris/o or critic/o | Latin

Answer 142

turning point

Question 143

# Suffix -crit | Greek

Answer 143

separate

Question 144

# Prefix cruci- | Latin

Answer 144

cross

Question 145

# Combining Form/Root cry/o | Greek

Answer 145

cold

Question 146

# Combining Form/Root crypt/o | Greek

Answer 146

hidden

Question 147

# Combining Form/Root cuboid/o | Latin

Answer 147

elbow

Question 148

# Combining Form/Root cuboid/o | Greek

Answer 148

cubelike

Question 149

# Combining Form/Root cusp/i | Latin

Answer 149

pointed or pointed flap

Question 150

# Prefix cut- | Latin

Answer 150

skin

Question 151

# Combining Form/Root cutane/o | Latin

Answer 151

skin

Question 152

# Combining Form/Root cyan/o | Greek

Answer 152

blue

Question 153

# Combining Form/Root cycl/o | Greek

Answer 153

ciliary body of the eye or cycle

Question 154

# Suffix and Prefix -cyst, cyst- | Greek

Answer 154

bag or bladder

Question 155

# Combining Form/Root cyst/o | Greek

Answer 155

urinary bladder

Question 156

# Combining Form/Root cyt/o | Greek

Answer 156

cell

Question 157

# Suffix -cyte or -cytic | Greek

Answer 157

cell

Question 158

# Suffix -cytosis | Latin

Answer 158

condition of cells