Index of letter C
| cac(o)- | Unpleasant, bad, or incorrect. |
| -cade | A procession or show. |
| calc(i)- | Lime or calcium. |
| calli- | Beautiful. |
| carb(o)- | Carbon. |
| carboxy- | The carboxyl group. |
| carcino- | Cancer. |
| -cardial | See -cardium |
| cardi(o)- | The heart. |
| -cardium | Tissue related to the heart. |
| -carp | A fruit or fruiting body. |
| caryo- | See karyo- |
| cat(a)- | Movement downwards; figuratively, wrong or inferior. |
| -cele | A tumour, swelling, or hernia. |
| celo- | See coelo- |
| -cene | A division of geological time. |
| -centesis | A puncture or perforation of a body cavity. |
| centi- | One hundredth; a multiple of a hundred. |
| centr(i)- | A centre. |
| -centric | Having a specified centre. |
| centro- | See centri- |
| -cephalic | The head. |
| cephal(o)- | The head. |
| -cephalous | See -cephalic |
| cerato- | See kerato- |
| cerebr(o)- | The brain. |
| cervic(o)- | The cervix; the neck. |
| cet(o)- | A whale. |
| -chaete | A bristle or seta. |
| chaet(o)- | Hair. |
| chalc(o)- | Copper. |
| cheil(o)- | A lip. |
| cheiro- | See chiro- |
| chel(i)- | A claw. |
| chem(o)- | Chemistry; chemical compounds; chemical reactions. |
| -chete | SEE -chaete |
| chili- | A thousand. |
| chilo- | SEE cheilo- |
| chiro- | A hand. |
| chlor(o)- | The colour green. |
| choan(o)- | A funnel. |
| chol(e)- | Bile or gall. |
| chondr(o)- | A cartilage; a grain. |
| chori(o)- | The chorion or choroid. |
| Christo- | Christ. |
| -chroic | Having colour of a given type. |
| chromato- | See chromo- |
| -chrome | Colour. |
| chrom(o)- | Colour; chromium. |
| -chronic | Time. |
| chron(o)- | Time. |
| -chrony | See -chronic |
| chrys(o)- | Gold; gold-coloured. |
| -cide | A person or substance that kills; an act of killing. |
| cine- | The cinema; film. |
| -cion | SEE -ion |
| circum- | Around or about. |
| cirr(o)- | A tuft, curl, or tendril. |
| cis- | On this side of; on the side nearer the speaker. |
| clad(o)- | A branch or branching. |
| -clase | Minerals showing characteristic cleavage. |
| -cle | See -cule |
| -clinic | Oblique, reclining, at an angle. |
| clino- | Inclined; monoclinic. |
| co- | See com- |
| cocci- | A small spherical body. |
| -coccus | A spherical bacterium. |
| -coel | A body cavity. |
| coel(o)- | A cavity. |
| col- | See com- |
| col(o)- | The colon. |
| -colous | Living in or preferring a given environment. |
| colpo- | The vagina. |
| com- | Joint; mutual. |
| contra- | Against, contrary. |
| copro- | Dung or faeces. |
| cor- | See com- |
| -core | A musical genre. |
| cosmo- | The world; the universe. |
| cost(o)- | A rib or ribs. |
| counter- | Opposition, retaliation, or rivalry. |
| -cracy | Government, rule, or influence. |
| crani(o)- | The cranium. |
| cross- | Movement or position across something; transverse; interaction; cross-shaped; marked with a cross. |
| cryo- | Involving or producing cold. |
| crypt(o)- | Concealed or secret. |
| cryso- | See chryso- |
| crystall(o)- | A crystal or crystals. |
| cten(o)- | A comb. |
| -cule | Forming nouns. |
| -culture | Cultivation or husbandry. |
| -culus | See -cule |
| cupr(o)- | Copper. |
| -cy | An abstract state, condition, or quality; a rank or status. |
| cyan(o)- | 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. |
| cyst(o)- | The urinary bladder. |
| -cyte | A cell. |
| cyto- | A cell. |
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