Prefixes, Combining Forms, and Suffixes for Medical Terms I-L

Question 1

Suffix

-ia

Latin + Greek

Answer 1

state or condition

Question 2

Suffix

-iac

Greek

Answer 2

pertaining to

Question 3

Suffix

-ial

Latin

Answer 3

pertaining to

Question 4

Suffix

-iasis

Greek

Answer 4

condition or abnormal condition

Question 5

Combing Form/Root

iatr/o

Greek

Answer 5

relationship to treatment or doctor

Question 6

Suffix

-ible

Latin

Answer 6

capable of being

Question 7

Suffix

-ic

Latin + Greek

Answer 7

pertaining to

Question 8

Combing Form/Root

ichthy/o

Greek

Answer 8

dry or scaly

Question 9

Combing Form/Root

icter/o

Latin + Greek

Answer 9

jaundice

Question 10

Prefix

ictero-

Latin + Greek

Answer 10

jaundice

Question 11

Combing Form/Root

idi/o

Greek

Answer 11

particular to an individual

Question 12

Prefix

idio-

Greek

Answer 12

particular to an individual

Question 13

Suffix

-iferous

Latin

Answer 13

bearing, carrying, or producing

Question 14

Suffix

-ific

Latin

Answer 14

producing

Question 15

Suffix

-iform

Latin

Answer 15

resembling or shaped like

Question 16

Suffix

-igo

Latin

Answer 16

diseased condition

Question 17

Suffix

-ile

Latin

Answer 17

capable of being or pertaining to

Question 18

Combing Form/Root

ile/o

Latin

Answer 18

ileum

Question 19

Combing Form/Root

ili/o

Latin

Answer 19

part of the pelvis

ilium

Question 20

Combing Form/Root

illusi/o

Latin

Answer 20

deception

Question 21

Combing Form/Root

immun/o

Latin

Answer 21

protected, safe, or immune

Question 22

Combing Form/Root

impact/o

Latin

Answer 22

pushed against

Question 23

Combing Form/Root

impress/o

Latin

Answer 23

pressing into

Question 24

Combing Form/Root

impuls/o

Latin

Answer 24

pressure or urging on

Question 25

# Prefix in- | Latin

Answer 25

in, into, not, without

Question 26

# Suffix -in | Latin

Answer 26

substance | usually with specialized function

Question 27

# Combing Form/Root incis/o | Latin

Answer 27

cutting into

Question 28

# Combing Form/Root incubat/o | Latin

Answer 28

hatching or incubation

Question 29

# Combing Form/Root indurat/o | Latin

Answer 29

hardened

Question 30

# Combing Form/Root infract/o | Latin

Answer 30

filled in or stuffed

Question 31

# Combing Form/Root infect/o | Latin

Answer 31

tainted or infected

Question 32

# Combing Form/Root infer/o | Latin

Answer 32

below or beneath

Question 33

# Combing Form/Root infest/o | Latin

Answer 33

attack

Question 34

# Combing Form/Root infammat/o | Latin

Answer 34

flame within or set of fire

Question 35

# Prefix infra- | Latin

Answer 35

beneath, below, or inferior to

Question 36

# Combing Form/Root infundibul/o | Latin

Answer 36

funnel

Question 37

# Combing Form/Root ingest/o | Latin

Answer 37

to carry or pour in

Question 38

# Combing Form/Root inguni/o | Latin

Answer 38

groin

Question 39

# Combing Forms/Roots ihal/o or inhalat/o | Latin

Answer 39

to breathe in

Question 40

# Combing Form/Root inject/o | Latin

Answer 40

to force or throw in

Question 41

# Combing Form/Root innominat/o | Latin

Answer 41

nameless

Question 42

# Combing Form/Root inocul/o | Latin

Answer 42

to introduce or implant

Question 43

# Combing Form/Root insipid/o | Latin

Answer 43

tasteless

Question 44

# Combing Forms/Roots inspir/o or inspirat/o | Latin

Answer 44

to breathe in

Question 45

# Combing Form/Root insul/o | Latin

Answer 45

island

Question 46

# Combing Form/Root intact/o | Latin

Answer 46

whole

Question 47

# Prefix inter- | Latin

Answer 47

between or amoung

Question 48

# Combing Form/Root intemmit/o | Latin

Answer 48

not continuous

Question 49

# Combing Form/Root intern/o | Latin

Answer 49

within or inner

Question 50

# Combing Form/Root interstiti/o | Latin

Answer 50

space between things

Question 51

# Combing Form/Root intestin/o | Latin

Answer 51

intesine

Question 52

# Combing Form/Root intim/o | Latin

Answer 52

innermost

Question 53

# Combing Form/Root intoxic/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 53

to put posion in

Question 54

# Prefix intra- | Latin

Answer 54

within, into, inside

Question 55

# Combing Form/Root intrins/o | Latin

Answer 55

contained within

Question 56

# Prefix intro- | Latin

Answer 56

within, into, inside

Question 57

# Combing Form/Root introit/o | Latin

Answer 57

enterance or passage

Question 58

# Combing Form/Root intussusecpt/o | Latin

Answer 58

to recieve within

Question 59

# Combing Form/Root involut/o | Latin

Answer 59

curled inward

Question 60

# Suffix -ion | Latin

Answer 60

action, process, state, or condition

Question 61

# Combing Form/Root ion/o | Greek

Answer 61

charged particle

Question 62

# Prefix ipsi- | Latin

Answer 62

same

Question 63

# Combing Forms/Roots ir/i or ir/o | Greek

Answer 63

iris of the eye or rainbow

Question 64

# Combing Form/Root isch/o | Greek

Answer 64

to hold back

Question 65

# Combing Form/Root ischi/o | Greek

Answer 65

part of the pelvis | ischium

Question 66

# Suffix -ism | Greek

Answer 66

condition or disorder

Question 67

# Prefix iso- | Greek

Answer 67

equal

Question 68

# Suffix -itis | Greek

Answer 68

inflammation

Question 69

# Suffix -ium | Greek

Answer 69

structure

Question 70

# Suffix -ive | Latin

Answer 70

performs or tends toward

Question 71

# Combing Form/Root jejun/o | Latin

Answer 71

jejunum

Question 72

# Combing Form/Root jugul/o | Latin

Answer 72

throat

Question 73

# Prefix juxta- | Latin

Answer 73

nearby

Question 74

# Combing Form/Root kal/i | Latin

Answer 74

potassium

Question 75

# Combing Form/Root kary/o | Greek

Answer 75

nucleus

Question 76

# Prefix karyo- | Greek

Answer 76

nucleus

Question 77

# Prefixes kata- or kath- | Greek

Answer 77

down

Question 78

# Combing Form/Root kel/o | Greek

Answer 78

growth or tumor

Question 79

# Prefix kera- | Greek

Answer 79

horn or hardness

Question 80

# Combing Form/Root kerat/o | Greek

Answer 80

hornlike, hard, or cornea

Question 81

# Combing Forms/Roots ket/o or keton/o | German

Answer 81

breakdown product of fat | ketones

Question 82

# Combing Form/Root kinesi/o | Greek

Answer 82

movement

Question 83

# Suffix -kinesis | Greek

Answer 83

motion

Question 84

# Suffix -kinetics | Greek

Answer 84

pertaining to motion

Question 85

# Combing Form/Root koil/o | Greek

Answer 85

hollow or concave

Question 86

# Combing Form/Root kraur/o | Greek

Answer 86

dry

Question 87

# Combing Form/Root kyph/o | Greek

Answer 87

bent or hump

Question 88

# Combing Form/Root labi/o | Latin

Answer 88

lip

Question 89

# Combing Form/Root labyrinth/o | Greek

Answer 89

maze | used to describe the inner ear

Question 90

# Combing Forms/Roots lacer/o or lacerat/o | Latin

Answer 90

torn

Question 91

# Combing Form/Root lacrim/o | Latin

Answer 91

tear or tear duct

Question 92

# Combing Forms/Roots lact/i or lact/o | Latin

Answer 92

milk

Question 93

# Combing Form/Root lactat/o | Latin

Answer 93

to secrete milk

Question 94

# Combing Form/Root lacun/o | Latin

Answer 94

pit

Question 95

# Combing Form/Root lamin/o | Latin

Answer 95

one part of the dorsal portion of the vertebra | lamina

Question 96

# Combing Form/Root lapar/o | Greek

Answer 96

abdomen or flank

Question 97

# Combing Form/Root laps/o | Latin

Answer 97

to slip or fall downward

Question 98

# Combing Form/Root laryng/o | Greek

Answer 98

voice box

Question 99

# Combing Forms/Roots lat/i or lat/o | Latin

Answer 99

broad

Question 100

# Combing Form/Root later/o | Latin

Answer 100

side

Question 101

# Combing Forms/Roots lax/o or laxat/o | Latin

Answer 101

to loosen or relax

Question 102

# Combing Form/Root leiomy/o | Greek

Answer 102

smooth muscle

Question 103

# Combing Form/Root lemm/o | Greek

Answer 103

peel

Question 104

# Combing Form/Root lent/i | Latin

Answer 104

lens of the eye

Question 105

# Combing Form/Root lenticul/o | Latin

Answer 105

shaped like a lens

Question 106

# Suffix -lespy | Latin + Greek

Answer 106

seizure

Question 107

# Combing Form/Root lept/o | Greek

Answer 107

thin

Question 108

# Combing Form/Root letherg/o | Latin

Answer 108

drowsiness or indifference

Question 109

# Prefix leuco- | Greek

Answer 109

white

Question 110

# Combing Form/Root leuk/o | Greek

Answer 110

white

Question 111

# Combing Forms/Roots lev/o or levat/o | Latin

Answer 111

to lift up

Question 112

# Combing Forms/Roots libid/o or libidin/o | Latin

Answer 112

sex drive

Question 113

# Combing Form/Root ligiment/o | Latin

Answer 113

fibrous tissue connecting bone to bone | ligament

Question 114

# Combing Form/Root ligat/o | Latin

Answer 114

binding of tying off

Question 115

# Combing Form/Root lingu/o | Latin

Answer 115

tongue

Question 116

# Combing Form/Root lip/o | Greek

Answer 116

fat

Question 117

# Suffixes -lite or -lith | Latin + Greek

Answer 117

stone or calculus

Question 118

# Combing Form/Root lith/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 118

stone or calculus

Question 119

# Suffix -lithiasis | Latin + Greek

Answer 119

presence of stones

Question 120

# Combing Forms/Roots lob/i or lob/o | Latin + Greek

Answer 120

lobe or wall-defined part of an organ

Question 121

# Combing Form/Root loc/o | Latin

Answer 121

place

Question 122

# Combing Form/Root loch/i | Latin + Greek

Answer 122

confinment or birthing process

Question 123

# Suffix -logists | Greek

Answer 123

specialist

Question 124

# Suffix -logy | Greek

Answer 124

study of

Question 125

# Combing Form/Root longev/o | Latin

Answer 125

long-lived

Question 126

# Combing Form/Root lord/o | Greek

Answer 126

bent backward

Question 127

# Combing Form/Root lumb/o | Latin

Answer 127

lower back, or loin

Question 128

# Combing Form/Root lumin/o | Latin

Answer 128

light

Question 129

# Combing Form/Root lun/o | Latin

Answer 129

moon

Question 130

# Combing Form/Root lunul/o | Latin

Answer 130

cresent

Question 131

# Combing Forms/Roots lup/i or lup/o | Latin

Answer 131

wolf

Question 132

# Combing Form/Root lute/o | Latin

Answer 132

yellow

Question 133

# Combing Form/Root lymph/o | Latin

Answer 133

lymphatic tissue

Question 134

# Combing Form/Root lymphaden/o | Latin

Answer 134

lymph gland

Question 135

# Combing Form/Root lymphangi/o | Latin

Answer 135

lymph vessel

Question 136

# Suffix -lysis | Latin + Greek

Answer 136

breakdown, destruction, or separation

Question 137

# Suffix -lyst | Latin + Greek

Answer 137

agent that breaks down

Question 138

# Unclear but in Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots lytic | Latin + Greek

Answer 138

to reduce or destroy