Medical Terminology Simplified

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Cephalad, 37
Cephalagia, 477
Cephalodynia, 477
Cephalometer, 478
Cerclage, 375
Cerebellum, 421, 421f
Cerebral, 421
Cerebral aneurysm, 181
Cerebral palsy, 432
Cerebrospinal, 419, 424
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), 422, 424, 429,
436, 436f
Cerebrotomy, 421
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA), 426
Cerebrum, 419, 426, 432
Cervical, 346, 463, 482
Cervical nerves, 422
Cervical nodes, 181, 184
Cervical vertebra(ae), 482
Cervicitis, 332, 345
Cervix, 345
Cervix uteri, 332, 345, 463
Cesarean section (CS, C-section), 352
Chemabrasion, 92
Chemical peel, 92
Chest plate, 480
Chest radiograph, 52f
Childbirth, 333
Chiropractic medicine, 454
Chiropractor, 454
Chlamydia, 351, 371
Cholangiography, 249
Cholangiole, 244
Cholecyst, 248, 250
Cholecystalgia, 251
Cholecystectomy, 244, 251
Cholecystitis, 248, 250, 251
Cholecystodynia, 251
Cholecystolith, 248
Cholecystolithiasis, 250, 251
Choledoch, 249
Choledochitis, 249
Choledocholith, 249
Choledocholithiasis, 249, 252f
Choledochoplasty, 249, 252
Choledochorrhaphy, 249
Choledochotomy, 244, 249
Cholelith, 244, 248, 250, 252f
Cholelithiasis, 244, 252f
Cholemesis, 247
Chondritis, 118, 469
Chondrocyte, 469
Chondrogenesis, 469
Chondroma, 118, 469
Chondropathy, 118
Chondroplasty, 118
Chondrotomy, 456
Chordae tendineae, 171
Choroid, 508, 512
Choroiditis, 512
Choroidopathy, 508, 512
Chromaffin cell tumor, 431
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), 129, 130f
Ciliary body, 512
Ciliated epithelium, 112
Circulation, 161
Circulatory system. SeeCardiovascular system

Circumcision, 377
Circumscribed, 95
Cirrhosis, 256
Clitoris, 345
Close, 515
Closed angle glaucoma, 526
Closed fracture, 479
Clot(s), 425, 426
Clubfoot, 490, 490f
Clumping, 182
Coccygeal nerve, 422
Coccyx, 484
Cochlea, 520
Cochlear implant, 534
Colectomy, 233, 238
Colitis, 238, 258
Collecting tubule, 297
Colles fracture, 479
Colon, 233, 235f, 238, 242
Colonoscope, 242
Colonoscopy, 233, 241, 242, 242f, 261
Color blindness, 525
Colorrhaphy, 238
Colors, combining forms denoting, 78–85
Coloscopy, 241
Colostomy, 225, 238, 239f
Colotomy, 238
Colpalgia, 341
Colpitis, 340–341
Colpocele, 332
Colpocervical, 345
Colpocystocele, 343
Colpodynia, 341
Colpohysterectomy, 343
Colpopexy, 341
Colpoptosis, 341
Colporrhagia, 342
Colporrhaphy, 341
Colposcope, 332, 346, 372
Colposcopy, 262, 332, 346, 372, 373f
Colpospasm, 341
Combining form(s), body structure, 56
cardiovascular system, 157–158, 173, 188
creation of, 5–7
denoting colors, 83
digestive system, 222, 243, 244, 254
ears, 518
eyes, 508–509
female reproductive system, 332–333
integumentary system, 64–65
lymphatic system, 182
muscles, 455–457
respiratory tract, 147
skeletal, 463–465
urinary system, 320
Combining vowel, 222
Comedo, 73, 84
Comminuted fracture, 479
Common bile duct, 244, 245, 247
Compact bone, 467
Complicated fracture, 479
Compound fracture, 479
Compound nevus, medical record, 95–96
Computed tomography (CT) scan, 52f, 53f,
136, 260, 308
Congestive heart failure (CHF), 192
Conjunctiva, 508, 514
Conjunctivitis, 508, 514

Connective tissue, 456
Continence, 303
Continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP), 124
Contraceptives, 379
Contraction, 177
Contracture, 487
Contusion, 86
Convergent strabismus, 528f, 529
Convulsion, 434
Copulatory organ, 354
Coreometer, 508
Cornea, 508, 511, 513
hard, 73
Corneal transplant, 508, 533
Corneitis, 508
Coronal, 42, 43
Coronary, 157
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), 199,
199f
Coronary artery disease (CAD), 178, 178f
Corticosteroids, 92, 139
Cortisol, 429
Coryza, 134
Costalgia, 479
Costochondritis, 464
Cowper glands, 354, 358
Cranial cavity, 44, 45
Craniotomy, 438, 463
Cranium, 463, 476
Creatinine clearance, 307
Crepitation, 487
Crib death, 135
Crohn disease, 238, 258
Crooked, 464
Cross-eye, 528, 528f
Cross-sectional, 43
Croup, 133, 134
Crusting, 95
Cryosurgery, 91
Cryotherapy, 66
Cryptorchidism, 355, 369
C-section, 352
CT scan. seeComputed tomography (CT)
scan
Culture & sensitivity, 51
Curet, 340
Cushing syndrome, 411, 412f, 429
Cusp, 171
Cutaneous, 34, 64, 253
Cutaneous laser, 92
Cyanoderma, 78, 80
Cyanosis, 80, 110
Cyst, 85, 302, 488
Cystic, 247
Cystic duct, 246
Cystic fibrosis, 134
Cystitis, 290, 294
evaluation, 316
medical records, 315–316
terminology, 315
Cystocele, 280, 291, 291f
Cystolith, 290
Cystolithiasis, 290
Cystolithotomy, 290
Cystorrhaphy, 290
Cystoscope, 292
Cystoscopy, 280, 292, 292f

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