Roots, Suffixes, & Prefixes (C)

Front 1

capill-

Back 1

of or pertaining to hari

Front 2

capit-

Back 2

pertaining to the head (as a whole)

Front 3

carcin(o)-

Back 3

cancer

Front 4

cardi(o)-

Back 4

of or pertaining to the heart

Front 5

carp(o)-

Back 5

of or pertaining to the wrist

Front 6

cata-

Back 6

down, under

Front 7

-cele

Back 7

pouching, hernia

Front 8

-centesis

Back 8

surgical puncture for aspiration

Front 9

cephal(o)-

Back 9

of or pertaining to the head (as a whole)

Front 10

cerat(o)-

Back 10

of or pertaining to the cornu; a horn

Front 11

cerebell(o)-

Back 11

of or pertaining to the cerebellum

Front 12

cerebr(o)-

Back 12

of or pertaining to the brain

Front 13

cervic-

Back 13

of or pertaining to the neck, the cervix

Front 14

chem(o)-

Back 14

chemistry, drug

Front 15

chir(o)-, cheir(o)-

Back 15

of or pertaining to the hand

Front 16

chlor(o)-

Back 16

denoting a green color

Front 17

chol(e)-

Back 17

of or pertaining to bile

Front 18

cholecyst(o)-

Back 18

of or pertaining to the gallbladder

Front 19

chondr(i)o-

Back 19

cartilage, gristle, granular

Front 20

chrom(ato)-

Back 20

color

Front 21

-cidal, -cide

Back 21

killing, destroying

Front 22

cili-

Back 22

of or pertaining to the cilia, the eyelashes; eyelids

Front 23

circum-

Back 23

denoting something as "around" another

Front 24

cis-

Back 24

on the side

Front 25

clast

Back 25

break

Front 26

co-

Back 26

with, together, in association

Front 27

col-, colo-, colono-

Back 27

colon

Front 28

colp(o)-

Back 28

of or pertaining to the vagina

Front 29

com-

Back 29

with, another

Front 30

contra

Back 30

against

Front 31

cor-

Back 31

with, together

Front 32

cor-, core-, coro-

Back 32

of or pertaining to the eyes pupil

Front 33

cordi-

Back 33

of or pertaining to the heart (uncommon as a prefix)

Front 34

cornu-

Back 34

applied to processes and parts of the body describing them likened or similar to horns

Front 35

coron(o)-

Back 35

crown

Front 36

cost(o)-

Back 36

of or pertaining to the ribs

Front 37

cox-

Back 37

relating to the hip, haunch, or hip-joint

Front 38

crani(o)-

Back 38

belonging or relating to the cranium

Front 39

-crine

Back 39

to secrete

Front 40

cry(o)-

Back 40

cold

Front 41

cutane-

Back 41

skin

Front 42

cyan(o)-

Back 42

denotes a blue color

Front 43

cycl-

Back 43

circle, cycle

Front 44

cyst(o)-, cyst(i)-

Back 44

of or pertaining to the urinary bladder

Front 45

cyt(o)-

Back 45

cell

Front 46

-cyte

Back 46

cell