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Med. Term. Suhailah9
Medical Terminology Prefixes, Suffixes, Combing Forms "I"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ia | condition; state; thing |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -ian | pertaining to |
| -ias | condition |
| -iasis | state of; process of |
| -iatic | pertaining to a state or process |
| iatr/o- | physician; medical treatment |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ice | state; quality |
| -ician | skilled professional or expert |
| -ics | knowledge; practice |
| icter/o- | jaundice |
| ict/o- | seizure |
| -id | resembling; source or origin |
| -ide | chemically modified structure |
| idi/o- | unknown; individual |
| -ie | a thing |
| -il | a thing |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| ile/o- | ileum (3rd part of small intestine) |
| ili/o- | ilium (hip bone) |
| illus/o- | false perception |
| im- | not |
| -immune | immune response |
| immun/o- | immune response |
| impact/o- | wedged in |
| implant/o- | placed within |
| in- | in; within; not |
| -in | a substance |
| incarcer/o- | to imprison |
| incis/o- | to cut into |
| incud/o- | incus (anvil-shaped bone) |
| induct/o- | a leading in |
| -ine | thing pertaining to |
| infarct/o- | area of dead tissue |
| infect/o- | disease within |
| infer/o- | below |
| inflammat/o- | redness and warmth |
| infra- | below; beneath |
| -ing | doing |
| inguin/o- | groin |
| inhibit/o- | block; hold back |
| inject/o- | insert; put in |
| insemin/o- | plant a seed |
| insert/o- | to put in; introduce |
| inspect/o- | looking at |
| insulin/o- | insulin |
| insul/o- | island |
| integument/o- | skin |
| integu/o- | to cover |
| inter- | between |
| intern/o- | inside |
| interstiti/o- | spaces within tissue |
| intestin/o- | intestine |
| intra- | within |
| intrins/o- | on the inside |
| intussuscep/o- | to receive within |
| invas/o- | to go into |
| involut/o- | enlarged organ returns to normal size |
| iodin/o- | iodine |
| iodo/o- | iodine |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ious | pertaining to |
| irid/o- | iris (colored part of the eye) |
| ir/o- | iris |
| ischi/o- | ischium (hip bone) |
| isch/o- | keep back; block |
| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -istic | pertaining to |
| -istry | process related to the specialty of |
| -isy | condition of inflammation or infection |
| -ite | thing that pertains to |
| -itian | a skilled professional or expert |
| -itic | pertaining to |
| -ition | condition of having |
| -itis | inflammation of; infection of |
| -ity | state; condition |
| -ium | a chemical element; a structure |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -ix | a thing |
| -ization | process of making, creating, or inserting |
| -ize | affecting in a particular way |
| -izer | thing that affects in a particular way |