Medical terms starting with I

43 entries

• -iaCondition.
• -iasisCondition or formation of, often abnormal.
• -iatry, -iatristMedical treatment (-iatry) or the specialist who provides it (-iatrist).
• -ismCondition or state.
• -itisInflammation.
• -iumStructure or tissue.
• IADLInstrumental activities of daily living: tasks needed to live independently, such as shopping, cooking and managing…
• IBDInflammatory bowel disease: Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis.
• IBSIrritable bowel syndrome: a disorder of the large intestine that causes abdominal pain and changes in bowel movements.
• ICD-10-CMInternational Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification: the code set for diagnoses.
• ICUIntensive care unit.
• IDIntradermal: injected into the dermis, just under the epidermis, as in the tuberculin skin test.
• idio-One's own, individual, or unknown in origin.
• ile/oIleum, the last part of the small intestine.
• IMIntramuscular: given into a muscle.
• immunizationDeveloping protection against a disease, usually through vaccination.
• implied consentConsent presumed from the situation, as in an emergency when the patient cannot agree.
• INIntranasal. Error-prone: misread as IM or IV. Write NAS or intranasal.
• in-, im-Not; in some words, in or into.
• incisionA clean surgical cut in the skin.
• incubation periodThe time between entry of a pathogen into the body and the first symptoms.
• indicationThe reason a drug is prescribed.
• infectionInvasion and multiplication of harmful microorganisms in the body, causing disease.
• inferiorBelow or lower than another part; also called caudal.
• inflammationThe body's protective response to injury or infection, marked by heat, redness, pain and swelling.
• informed consentA patient's voluntary agreement to a treatment after being told its purpose, risks, benefits and alternatives.
• infra-Below or beneath.
• INRInternational normalized ratio: a standardized way of reporting the prothrombin time.
• inspectionVisual examination of the body.
• insulinA pancreatic hormone that helps cells take in glucose, lowering blood glucose.
• integrated delivery systemA network of providers and agencies that work together to care for people in a community.
• intentional tortA wrongful act the person knew, or should have known, was wrong, such as assault, battery or false imprisonment.
• inter-Between.
• intra-Within or inside.
• ipsilateralOn the same side of the body.
• IPVIntimate partner violence: abuse by a current or former partner.
• IRBInstitutional review board: a committee that reviews research to protect human participants.
• irid/oIris, the colored part of the eye.
• iso-Equal or the same.
• isoelectric lineThe flat baseline on an EKG when no electrical activity is recorded.
• IUInternational unit. On the Joint Commission Do Not Use list: misread as IV or the number 10. TJC says write…
• IVIntravenous: given into a vein.
• IVPIntravenous push (a drug injected directly into a vein); in imaging, an intravenous pyelogram of the urinary tract.