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Medical Roots I-L
Word Parts
Meaning | Word Part |
---|---|
islets (pancreatic) | insul/o |
ileum | ile/o |
ilium | ili/o |
immature cell | blast |
immunity | immun/o |
in | endo-, intra- |
in front of | pre-, pro- |
incision of | -tomy |
incomplete | atel/o- |
increased | hyper- |
inflammation | -itis |
ingest | phag/o |
instrument for incising (cutting) | -tome |
instrument for measuring | -meter |
instrument for recording data | -graph |
instrument for viewing or examining | -scope |
intestine | enter/o |
iris | ir, irid/o, irit/o |
iron | ferr/i, ferr/o, sider/o |
irregular | poikilo- |
jaw | gnath/o |
jejunum | jejun/o |
joint | arthr/o |
keratin | kerat/o |
kidney | nephr/o, ren/o |
labor | toc/o |
labyrinth | labyrinth/o |
lack of | a-, an- |
lacrimal apparatus | dacry/o, lacrim/o |
lacrimal sac | dacryocyst/o |
larynx | laryng/o |
left | sinistr/o |
lens | lent/i, phac/o, phak/o |
leukocyte | leuk/o, leukocyt/o |
level of carbon dioxide | -capnia |
level of oxygen | -oxia |
light | phot/o |
like | -form, -oid |
lip | cheil/o, labi/o |
lipid | lip/o |
liver | hepat/o |
localized dilation | -cele |
loosening | lysis |
loss | de- |
lumbar region, lower back | lumb/o |
lung, lungs | pneum/o, pneumon/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o |
lymph, lymphatic system | lymph/o |
lymphocyte | lymph/o, lymphocyt/o |
lymph node | lymphaden/o |
lymphatic vessel | lymphangi/o |
lysing | -lytic |