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Medical Terminology C's prefixes and suffixes
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| calc-, calculus- | stone |
| carcin-, carcino- | cancer, malignancy (cigarettes are carcinogens) |
| cardi-, cardio-, cardia- | pertaining to the heart |
| carp-, carpo- | wrist (carpal tunnel symdrom) |
| -cele | swelling, tumor, carity, or hernia |
| cent-, centi- | one hundred |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to rremove fluid (amniocentesis) |
| cephal-, cephalo- | head, pertaining to the head |
| cerebro- | brain |
| cerv-, cervic- | neck, neck of uterus |
| cheil-, cheilo- | lip |
| chem-, chemo- | drug, chemical |
| chir-, chiro- | hand (chiropractor) |
| chlor-, chloro- | green (chlorophyll) |
| chondi-, chondr-, chondri- | cartilage |
| -cide | causing death (suicide) |
| circum- | around (circumference of the earth) |
| -cise | cut (circumcise: cut around) |
| -clysis | washing or irrigation |
| -coccus | round |
| coele- | chamber, enlarged space |
| col-, colo- | colon, bowel, large intestine |
| colp-, colpo- | vagina (colposcopy) |
| con-, co- | with, together (connect) |
| contra- | against, counter (contradict) |
| costa-, costo- | rib (intercostal muscles: between the ribs) |
| crani-, cranio- | pertaining to the skull (craniotomy:cutting into the skull) |
| -crine | secrete (endocrine system:secretes within) |
| cryo- | cold |
| crypt- | hidden |
| cut | skin (cutacle) |
| cyan-, cyano- | blue (cyanotic:condition of being blue) |
| cyst-, cysto, cysti- | bladder, bag, sac (cystoscopy: looking into the bladder with a scope) |
| -cyte, cyt-, cyto- | cell (cytoblast: new cell) |
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