Medical Prefixes and Roots: Anatomy, Biology, and Pathology

cale-

warm

capi-

hair

carbo-

coal

carcin-

cancer

-cardi-

heart

-carpo-

wrist

cathar-

pure,purge

cauda

tail

cell

close room

cent-

hundred

cephal-

head

cereb-

brain

cervi-

neck

chol-

bile, gall

-chondr-

cartilage

-chrin

seperate

chrono-

time

-chym-

juice, infusion

-cide

to kill

cilia-

little hairs

circum-

around

-cise-

to cut

class-

clan, in common

-clast-

to break

claust-

to close, shut

-clin-

to lean

clon-

trig, motion

-clud-

closing

co-

with

coagu-

curdle, gel

-coel-

cavity

collo-

glue

con-

with

conjunct-

join together

contra-

against

corona-

a ring

corpus-

body

cortex

tree bark

-cost-

ribs