Medical Term (I-M) Flashcards
kyph/o
humpback
labi/o
lip
lacrim/o
tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct
lact/o
milk
lamin/o
lamina
lampr/o
clear
lapar/o
abdominal wall; abdomen
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
later/o
side
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
-lepsy
seizure
lept/o
thin, slender
-leptic
to seize, take hold of
leuk/o
white
lex/o
word: phrase
-lexia
word; phrase
ligament/o
ligament
ligat/o
binding, tying
lingu/o
tongue
lip/o
fat; lipid
-listhesis
condition of stones
lith/o
stone, calculus
lob/o
lobe
-logy
study (process of)
lord/o
curve; swayback
lumb/o
lower back; loin
lumin/o
light
lute/o
yellow
lux/o
to slide
lymph/o
lymph
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
-lysis
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
-lytic
to reduce, destroy, separate; breakdown
macro-
large
mal-
bad
-malacia
softening
malleol/o
malleolus
mamm/o
breast
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
mast/o
breast
mastoid/o
mastoid process (behind the ear)
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
meat/o
meatus (opening)
mediastin/o
mediastinum
medull/o
medulla (inner section); middle; soft, marrow
mega-
large
-megaly
enlargement
melan/o
black
mel/o
limb, limbs
men/o
menses; menstruation
mening/o, meningi/o
meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord & brain)
ment/o
mind; chin
meso-
middle
meta-
change; beyond
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
-meter
measure
metr/o, metri/o
uterus (womb); measure
-metry
process of measuring
micro-
small
-mimetric
mimic; copy
-mission
to send
morph/o
shape; form
mort/o
death
-ial
pertaining to
-ian
specialist
-iatrics
field of medicine, healing
-iatrist
specialist
-iatry
field of medicine
-ible
capable of, able to
icter/o
jaundice
-iferous
bearing, carrying, producing
-ific
making, producing
-iform
shaped or formed like, resembling
-igo
attack, diseased condition
-ile
capable of
illusi/o
deception
im-
not
impact/o
pushed against, wedged against, packed
impress/o
pressing into
impuls/o
pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on
incis/o
cutting into
incubat/o
incubation, hatching
indurat/o
hardened
infarct/o
filled in, stuffed
infer/o
below, beneath
infest/o
attack, assail, molest
inflammat/o
flame within, set on fire
infundibul/o
funnel
ingest/o
carry or pour in
inhal/o, inhalat/o
breath in
inject/o
to force or throw in
innominat/o
unnamed, nameless
inocul/o
implant, introduce
insipid/o
tasteless
inspir/o, inspirat/o
breathe in
insul/o
island
intact/o
untouched, whole
intermitt/o
not continuous
intern/o
within, inner
interstiti/o
the space between things
intestin/o
intestine
intim/o
innermost
intoxic/o
put poison in
intrins/o
contained within
intro-
within, into, inside
introit/o
entrance or passage
intussuscept/o
take up or receive within
involut/o
rolled up, curled inward
-is
noun ending
ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
iris, colored part of eye
iso-
equal
-isy
noun ending
-ive
performs, tends toward
-ize
to make, to treat
kata-, kath-
down
labi/o
lip
labyrinth/o
maze, labyrinth, the inner ear
lacer/o, lacerat/o
torn, mangled
lactat/o
secrete milk
laps/o
slip, fall, slide
lat/i, lat/o
broad
lav/o, lavat/o
wash, bathe
lax/o, laxat/o
loosen, relax
lent/i
the lens of the eye
lenticul/o
shaped like a lens, pertaining to a lens
lepto-
small, soft
letharg/o
drowsiness, oblivion
lev/o, levat/o
raise, lift up
libid/o, libidin/o
sexual drive, desire, passion
-lithiasis
presence of stones
loc/o
place
loch/i
childbirth, confinement
longev/o
long-lived, long life
lun/o, lunat/o
moon
lunul/o
crescent
lup/i, lup/o
wolf
-lyst
agent that causes lysis or loosening
macul/o
spot
magn/o
great, large
major/o
larger
malign/o
bad, evil
malle/o
malleus, hammer
man/i
madness, rage
man/i, man/o
hand
manipul/o
use of hands
manubri/o
handle
masset/o
chew
mastic/o, masticat/o
chew
matern/o
maternal, of a mother
matur/o
ripe
maxim/o
largest, greatest
medic/o
medicine, physician, healing
medicat/o
medication, healing
mei/o
less, meiosis
mellit/o
honey, honeyed
membran/o
membrane, thin skin
menisc/o
meniscus, crescent
mens/o
menstruate, menstruation, menses
mentru/o, menstruat/o
occurring monthly
metabol/o
change
-metrist
one who measures
mictur/o, micturit/o
urinate
mid-
middle
midsagitt/o
from front to back. at the middle
milli-
one-thousandth
mineral/o
mineral
minim/o
smallest, least
minor/o
smaller
mio-
smaller
mit/o
a thread
mitr/o
a miter; having two points on top