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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 |