More Roots/ Prefixes/ Suffixes C Flashcards by Rhi Bowen

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Cac/o

A

Bad/ill/abnormal

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Calcane/o

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Calcaenus (heel bone)

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Calc/i/o

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Calcium/lime/heel

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Calic-

Calyc-

A

Calyx (a cup shaped organ or cavity)

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Calor/i

A

Heat

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Canth/o

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Canthus (corner of the eye)

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Capit/o

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Head

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-capnia

A

Condition of carbon dioxide

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Caps-

A

Container

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Carb/o

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Carbon/bicarbonate

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Cari/o

A

Rot or decay of teeth

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Carp/o

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Carpal (wrist bones)

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Cary/o

A

Nucleus

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Cat/a

A

Down/negative/against

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Caud/o

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Tail/towards the tail/the lower part of the body

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Caus-

Caut-

A

Burn/corrosive

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Cav-

A

Hollow

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Celi/o

Cel/o

A

Hollow/abdomen

“/celum

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Cement/o

A

Cementum of a new tooth

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Cen/o

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New/empty/common

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Cerat/o

Kerat/o

A

Horny/epidermis/cornea

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Cer/o

Cerumin/o

A

Wax

“/cerumen

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-chalasis

A

Slackening/loosening

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-chezia

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Condition of defaecation, especially of foreign substances

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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