Terms I-M

Question 1

-ia

Answer 1

state or condition
(myopia)

Question 2

-iatrics, -iatry

Answer 2

medical practice specialty
(pediatrics)

Question 3

-ician

Answer 3

person associated with specialty
(pediatrician)

Question 4

-ics

Answer 4

art/science of
(optics)

Question 5

-ion

Answer 5

action
(incision)

Question 6

-ist

Answer 6

one who practices
(dentist)

Question 7

-ive

Answer 7

relating to
(sedative)

Question 8

idio-

Answer 8

self
(idiopathic)

Question 9

ileo-

Answer 9

small intestine
(ilieum)

Question 10

ili-, ilio-

Answer 10

pelvic bone
(ilium)

Question 11

in-, im-

Answer 11

in, inside, not
(incontinent)

Question 12

infra-

Answer 12

beneath
(infraorbital)

Question 13

inter-

Answer 13

among, between
(intercostal)

Question 14

intra-

Answer 14

within, inside
(intracellular)

Question 15

-ism

Answer 15

condition, state
(rheumatism)

Question 16

iso-

Answer 16

equal, like
(isotonic)

Question 17

-itis

Answer 17

inflammation
(neuritis)

Question 18

juxta-

Answer 18

near, beside
(juxtaposition)

Question 19

karyo-

Answer 19

body
(karyotype)

Question 20

kerat-

Answer 20

horn
(keratin)

Question 21

kine-, -kinin

Answer 21

to move
(kinematics)

Question 22

liga-

Answer 22

to bind together
(ligament)

Question 23

lip-, lipo-

Answer 23

fat
(liposuction)

Question 24

-lith, lith-

Answer 24

stone
(otolith)

Question 25

-logy

Answer 25

the study of
(zoology)

Question 26

lyso-, -lysis, -lyze

Answer 26

dissolve, separate
(lysozyme)

Question 27

lacri-

Answer 27

tears
(lacrimal)

Question 28

lact-, -lactin

Answer 28

milk
(lactation)

Question 29

laparo-

Answer 29

loin, flank, abdomen
(laparoscopy)

Question 30

-lemma

Answer 30

husk
(plasmalemma)

Question 31

leuc-, leuk-

Answer 31

white
(leukocyte)

Question 32

macro-

Answer 32

large, great
(macrophage)

Question 33

mal-

Answer 33

bad, abnormal
(malnutrition)

Question 34

-malacia

Answer 34

softening
(osteomalacia)

Question 35

mamm-

Answer 35

breast
(mammography)

Question 36

mast-

Answer 36

breast
(mastectomy)

Question 37

medul-

Answer 37

inside, part of
(medullary)

Question 38

mega-, -megaly

Answer 38

great, large
(megakaryocyte)

Question 39

meningo-

Answer 39

membrane
(meningitis)

Question 40

meso-

Answer 40

middle
(mesoderm)

Question 41

meta-

Answer 41

after, beyond
(metacarpals)

Question 42

metro-

Answer 42

uterus
(endometrium)

Question 43

micro-

Answer 43

small
(microscope)

Question 44

mono-

Answer 44

single
(monocyte)

Question 45

morpho-

Answer 45

form, shape
(morphology)

Question 46

myel-, myelo-

Answer 46

marrow, spinal cord
(myelitis)

Question 47

myo-

Answer 47

muscle
(myocardium)