Dictionary

Word parts

Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.

-capniaA word ending that means carbon dioxide in the blood.

-celeA word ending that means a hernia, swelling or bulge.

-centesisA word ending that means a puncture with a needle to draw out fluid.

-cideA word ending that means killing, or something that kills.

-crineA word ending that means to secrete, or release a substance.

-cyteA word ending that means cell.

calc/oA word root that means calcium.

carcin/oA word part that means cancer.

cardi/oA word part that means heart.

carp/oA word part that means wrist.

cephal/oA word part that means head.

cerebr/oA word part that means the cerebrum, the largest part of the brain, or the brain in general.

cervic/oA word part that means neck, or the cervix, the narrow lower end of the uterus.

chlor/oA word part that means green; in chemistry words it stands for chlorine.

chol/eA word root that means bile or gall.

cholecyst/oA word part that means the gallbladder.

choledoch/oA word root that means the common bile duct.

chondr/oA word root that means cartilage.

chrom/oA word root that means color.

circum-A word beginning that means around.

col/oA word root that means colon, the large intestine.

colp/oA word part that means vagina.

con-A word beginning that means with or together.

contra-A word beginning that means against or opposite.

cor/oA word root that means the pupil of the eye.

cortic/oA word root that means cortex, the outer layer of an organ.

cost/oA word part that means rib.

crani/oA word part that means the skull.

cry/oA word root that means cold.

cutane/oA word root that means skin; derm/o and dermat/o mean the same.

cyan/oA word root that means blue.

cyst/oA word root that means bladder, most often the urinary bladder, or a sac.

cyt/oA word part that means cell.