Medical Terminology Letter C

 

 

TERM MEANING
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
carcin/o cancer
cardi/o heart
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 (10⁻²)
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
-coma deep sleep
com-, con- with, together
coni/o dust
conjunctiv/o conjunctiva
consci/o awareness, aware
constrict/o narrowing, binding
contra- against, opposite
contus/o to bruise
corne/o cornea
cor/o pupil
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