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Index to letter C

caco-

Unpleasant, bad, or incorrect.

-cade

A procession or show.

calci-

Lime or calcium.

calli-

Beautiful.

carbo-

Carbon.

carboxy-

The carboxyl group.

carcino-

Cancer.

cardio-

The heart.

-cardium

Tissue related to the heart.

-carp

A fruit or fruiting body.

cata-

Movement downwards; figuratively, wrong or inferior.

-cele

A tumour, swelling, or hernia.

-cene

A division of geological time.

-centesis

A puncture or perforation of a body cavity.

centi-

One hundredth; a multiple of a hundred.

centri-

A centre.

-centric

Having a specified centre.

-cephalic

The head.

cephalo-

The head.

cerebro-

The brain.

cervico-

The cervix; the neck.

ceto-

A whale.

-chaete

A bristle or seta.

chaeto-

Hair.

chalco-

Copper.

cheilo-

A lip.

cheli-

A claw.

chemo-

Chemistry; chemical compounds; chemical reactions.

chili-

A thousand.

chiro-

A hand.

chloro-

The colour green.

choano-

A funnel.

chole-

Bile or gall.

chondro-

A cartilage; a grain.

chorio-

The chorion or choroid.

Christo-

Christ.

-chroic

Having colour of a given type.

-chrome

Colour.

chromo-

Colour; chromium.

chrono-

Time.

chryso-

Gold; gold-coloured.

-cide

A person or substance that kills; an act of killing.

cine-

The cinema; film.

circum-

Around or about.

cirro-

A tuft, curl, or tendril.

cis-

On this side of; on the side nearer the speaker.

clado-

A branch or branching.

-clase

Minerals showing characteristic cleavage.

-clinic

Oblique, reclining, at an angle.

clino-

Inclined; monoclinic.

cocci-

A small spherical body.

-coccus

A spherical bacterium.

-coel

A body cavity.

coelo-

A cavity.

colo-

The colon.

-colous

Living in or preferring a given environment.

colpo-

The vagina.

com-

Joint; mutual.

contra-

Against, contrary.

copro-

Dung or faeces.

-core

A musical genre.

cosmo-

The world; the universe.

costo-

A rib or ribs.

counter-

Opposition, retaliation, or rivalry.

-cracy

Government, rule, or influence.

cranio-

The cranium.

cross-

Movement or position across something; transverse; interaction; cross-shaped; marked with a cross.

cryo-

Involving or producing cold.

crypto-

Concealed or secret.

crystallo-

A crystal or crystals.

cteno-

A comb.

-cule

Forming nouns.

-culture

Cultivation or husbandry.

cupro-

Copper.

-cy

An abstract state, condition, or quality; a rank or status.

cyano-

The colour blue, especially dark blue; cyanide or a derivative.

cyber-

Computer-mediated electronic communications.

cyclo-

A circle, circular movement, or regular repetition.

cyno-

A dog.

cysto-

The urinary bladder.

-cyte

A cell.

cyto-

A cell.

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