1
Q
cartilage/o
A
cartilage or gristle
2
Q
caruncul/o
A
bit of flesh
3
Q
cat-, cata-, or cath-
A
down, lower, under, or downward
4
Q
catabol/o
A
breaking down
5
Q
cathart/o
A
cleansing or purging
6
Q
cathet/o
A
insert or send down
7
Q
caud/o
A
toward the tail
8
Q
caus/o, caust/o, cauter/o, caust/o
A
burning
9
Q
cav/I or cav/o
A
hollow
10
Q
cavern/o
A
containing hollow space
11
Q
cec/o
A
blind gut, or cecum
12
Q
-cele
A
hernia, cyst, cavity, or tumor
13
Q
celi/o
A
abdomen
14
Q
cement/o
A
cementum
15
Q
cent-
A
hundred
16
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
17
Q
cephal-
A
head
18
Q
cephal/o
A
head
19
Q
-ceps
A
head
20
Q
cera-
A
wax
21
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
22
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum, or largest part of brain
23
Q
cerumin/o
A
cerumen or earwax
24
Q
cervic/o
A
neck or necklike
25
chalas/o
relaxation or loosening
26
-chalasis
relaxation or loosening
27
chalaz/o
hailstone, small lump
28
cheil/o
lip
29
chem/I, chem/o, chemic/o
drug or chemical
30
chol/e
bile or gall
31
cholangi/o
bile duct
32
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
33
choledoch/o
common bile duct
34
cholesterol/o
cholesterol
35
chondr/o or chondri/o
cartilage
36
chord/o
cord or spinal cord
37
chori/o
choroid, or membrane
38
choroid/o
choroid layer of the eye
39
chrom/o or chromat/o
color
40
chym/o
juice
41
cib/o
meal
42
-cidal
death
43
-cide
killing or destroying
44
cili/o
microscopic hairlike projections or eyelashes
45
cine/o
movement
46
circi/o
ring or circle
47
circulat/o
to go around in a circle
48
circum-
around
49
circumscribe/o
confined or limited in space
50
cirrh/o
tawny, orange-yellow
51
cis/o
cut
52
-clasis or -clast
break
53
clav/i
key
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