Word Parts-C Flashcards
cadaver/o
dead body, corpse
calcane/o
calcaneus, heel bone
calc/i
calcium, lime, the heel
calci-, calc/o
calcium
calcul/o
stone, little stone
cali/o, calic/o
cup, calyx
call/i, callos/o
hard, hardened and thickened
calor/i
heat
canalicul/o
little canal or duct
canth/o
corner of the eye
capill/o
hair
capit/o
head
capn/o
carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance
capsul/o
little box
carb/o
carbon
carbuncl/o
carbuncle
carcin/o
cancerous
cardi/o, card/o
heart
cari/o
rottenness, decay
carot/o
stupor, sleep
carp/o
wrist bones
cartilag/o
cartilage, gristle
caruncul/o
bit of flesh
cat-, cata-, cath-
down, lower, under
catabol/o
a breaking down
cathart/o
cleansing, purging
cathet/o
insert, send down
caud/o
lower part of body, tail
caus/o, caust/o
burning, burn
cauter/o, caut/o
heat, burn
cav/i, cav/o
hollow, cave
cavern/o
containing hollow spaces
cec/o
cecum
-cele
hernia, tumor, swelling
celi/o, cel/o
abdomen, belly
cement/o
cementum, a rough stone
cent-
hundred
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
cephal/o
head
cera-
wax
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum, brain
cerumin/o
cerumen, earwax
cervic/o
neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
cheil/o
lip or lips
cheir/o
hand
chem/i, chem/o, chemic/o
drug, chemical
chir/o
hand
chlor/o
green
chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
chol/e
bile, gall
cholangi/o
bile duct
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
cholesterol/o
cholesterol
chondr/i, chondr/o
cartilage
chord/o
spinal cord, cord
chori/o, chorion/o
chorion, membrane
choroid/o
choroid layer of eye
chrom/o, chromat/o
color
chron/o
time
chym/o
to pour, juice
cib/o
meal
cicatric/o
scar
-cidal
pertaining to killing
-cide
causing death
cili/o
eyelashes, microscopic hair-like projections
cine-
relationship to movement
circ/i
ring or circle
circulat/o
circulate, go around in a circle
circum-
around, about
circumcis/o
cutting around
circumscrib/o
confined, limited in space
cirrh/o
orange-yellow, tawny
cis/o
cut
-clasis, -clast
break down
claudicat/o
limping
claustr/o
barrier
clav/i
key
clavicul/o, cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
clitor/o
clitoris
-clonus
violent action
clus/o
shut or close
-clysis
irrigation, washing
co-
together, with
coagul/o, coagulat/o
clotting, coagulation
coarct/o, coarctat/o
press together, narrow
cocc/i, cocc/o, -coccus
spherical bacteria
coccyg/o
coccyx, tailbone
cochle/o
spiral, snail, snail shell
coher/o, cohes/o
cling, stick together
coit/o
a coming together
col/o
colon, large intestine
coll/a
glue
colon/o
colon, large intestine
colp/o
vagina
column/o
pillar
com-
together, with
comat/o
deep sleep
comminut/o
break into pieces
communic/o
share, to make common
compatibil/o
sympathize with
con-
together, 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
coni/o
dust
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva, joined together, connected
consci/o
aware, awareness
consolid/o
become firm or solid
constipat/o
pressed together, crowded together
constrict/o
draw tightly together
contact/o
touched, infected
contagi/o
infection, unclean, touching of something
contaminat/o
render unclean by contact, pollute
contine/o, continent/o
keep in, contain, hold back, restrain
contra-
against, counter, opposite
contracept/o
prevention of conception
contus/o
bruise
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
cor/o
pupil
cord/o
cord, spinal cord
cordi/o
heart
core/o
pupil
cori/o
skin, leather
corne/o
cornea
coron/o
coronary, crown
corp/u, corpor/o
body
corpuscul/o
little body
cort-
covering
cortic/o
cortex, outer region
cost/o
rib
cox/o
hip, hip joint
crani/o
skull
-crasia
a mixture or blending
creatin/o
creatinine
crepit/o, crepitat/o
crackling, rattling
crin/o, -crine
secrete
cris/o, critic/o
turning point
-crit
to separate
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden
cubit/o
elbow
culd/o
cul-de-sac, blind pouch
cult/o
cultivate
-cusis
hearing
cusp/i
point, pointed flap
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
cycl/o
ciliary body of eye, cycle
-cyesis
pregnancy
cyst-, -cyst
bladder, bag
cyst/o
urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
-cytic
pertaining to a cell
-cytosis
condition of cells