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Ia
- -ia (Greek > Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; state of, condition of, quality of; act of)
- -ial (Latin: a suffix that forms English adjectives from Latin adjectives ending with -is or-ius with meanings that include "pertaining to" or "relating to", or "characterized by")
- -iasis (Greek > Latin: suffix; a morbid condition)
- -iasis (Greek > Latin: suffix; a process)
- iatro-, -iatria (physician; heal, cure, treat; medical healing): aniatros to iatrogenesis, part 1 of 2.
- iatro-, -iatria (physician; heal, cure, treat; medical healing): iatrogenic to zoiatrist, part 2 of 2.
Ib
Ic
- -ic (Greek: a suffix; pertaining to; of the nature of, like; in chemistry, it denotes a higher valence of the element than is expressed by -ous)
- -ica (Greek > Latin: a suffix; forms collective nouns meaning "a collection of something [as information] concerning or relating to" the subject indicated by the combining form)
- -ica (Greek > Latin: a suffix; used in forming singular nouns meaning " disability or that which refers to the thing, state, or condition" identified by the combining root)
- -ice (Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; meaning, quality of, state of)
- ichno-, ichn- (Greek: track, trace, footprint; pertaining to fossil footprints)
- ichor- (Greek: fluid [distinct from blood] that flows through the veins of the gods; by extension, "watery part of blood or milk," used in the sense of "thin, serous or sanious fluid, especially from a wound or sore")
- ichthyo-, ichthy-, -ichth- (fish) words: ichthyarchy to ichthytaxidermy
- -ician (Greek: a suffix; meaning, specialist in, practitioner of)
- icono-, icon- (Greek: image, likeness; sacred or holy image)
- icosa-, icos-, icosi-, eicosa- (Greek: the number twenty; used as a prefix)
- -ics, -tics [-ac after i] (Greek: a suffix that forms nouns and is usually used to form names of arts and sciences)
- ictero-, icter- (Greek: jaundice)
- icud- (Latin: anvil)
Id
- -id (Latin: a suffix; meaning, state, condition; having, being, pertaining to, tending to, inclinded to)
- -ida (Latin: a suffix used to form names of zoological groups, classes, and orders)
- -idae, -ida, -id (Greek: a suffix used to form the names of families in zoology and biology; descended from, related to)
- ideo- (Greek: idea, form, appearance; class, species, model; general principle)
- idi- (Greek: peculiar, personal)
- idio-, idi- (peculiar, personal, private) words: idiobiology to idioneural, part 1 of 2.
- idio-, idi- (peculiar, personal, private) words: iidiopathic to idioxanthic, part 2 of 2.
- -idium, -idion (Greek: a suffix meaning smaller or lesser; little)
- ido-, id- (Greek: image, figure)
- idol (Latin: image, likeness, specter, apparition)
Ig
Il
- -il (Latin: a suffix; little)
- -ile, -il (Latin: suffix; ability to, capable of, suitable for; pertaining to, like, belonging to, tending to)
- ileo-, ile- (Greek > Latin: ile, ileum, or ilium [singular], ilia [plural], groin, flank, lower part of the body, gut, bowels, abdomen, loins; from Greek eileos, verbal of eilein, to roll or twist up tightly; used earlier interchangeably with ilium, but later referred to the entire intestine], last division of the small intestine)
- ili- (Latin: flank, hip)
- ilio-, ili- (Greek > Latin: [ile, ileum, or ilium [singular], ilia [plural], groin, flank, lower part of the body, gut, bowels, abdomen, loins, from Greek eileos, verbal of eilein to roil or twist up tightly; previously used interchangeably with ileum, but later used with os, bone [os ilium] to denote the bone of the soft parts], hip bone)
- -ility (Latin: a suffix; meaning, ability, ability to)
- -illus, -illa, -illum- (Latin: suffix; little)
Im
In
- in- (ig-, il-, im-, ir-)
- in- (il-, ir-, im- (Latin: in, into, within, inside, on, toward; used as a prefix)
- incarcerat-, incarcera- (Latin: from in- plus carcer; prison, jail; an enclosed place)
- incend-, incens- (Latin: fire; to burn, to set fire to, to kindle [from in- and candere, to shine, be white; to glow with heat])
- increto- (Latin: internal secretion, especially by the endocrine glands)
- indigen- (Latin: belonging to a country)
- -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: absinthine to axine, part 1 of 7.
- -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: belluine to cypseline, part 2 of 7.
- -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: dacelonine to glassine, part 3 of 7.
- -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: herpestine to lyncine, part 4 of 7.
- -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: macropine to ovine, part 5 of 7.
- -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: paludine to rupicaprine, part 6 of 7.
- -ine [suffix] (similar to, resembling, like, characterized by, of the nature of) words: sabelline to zibeline, part 7 of 7.
- -ine, -in (Latin: a suffix meaning, [of, pertaining to, characterized by]; [forms abstract nouns]; [forms feminine nouns]; [forms chemical words])
- infra-, infero-, infer- (Latin: under, below, beneath; used as a prefix)
- infundibulo-, infundibul-, infundibuli- (Latin: funnel; literally, "the [little] thing into which something is poured"; a funnel-shaped organ of the body)
- inguino-, inguin- (Latin: groin)
- ino-, in- (Greek: force, strength; seat of strength; muscle, sinew; fibrous vessel in a muscle)
- insecto-, insect-, insecti- (Latin: a bug; literally, "cut into," from insectum, with a notched or divided body; literally, "that which is cut up, segmented" [as the bodies of the first invertebrates to which the term was applied or appeared to be])
- insulino-, insulin-, insula-, insulo-, insul-, isle (Latin: island; derived from Latin insul[a], "island" [used here in reference to the islands [islets] of Langerhans, irregular structures in the pancreas that produce the protein hormone insulin which is secreted into the blood where it regulates sugar metabolism])
- integ- (Latin: whole, complete)
- intellect-, intellig- (Latin: know, learn)
- inter- (Latin: between [also: among, mutually, together]; used as a prefix)
- intero- (Latin: on the inside, internal; used as a prefix)
- intra- (Latin: within, inside, on the inside; used as a prefix)
- intro- (Latin: within, inside, into, inward; used as a prefix)
Io
Ip
Ir
Is
- ischio-, ischi- (Greek: hip, hip-joint, hip-bone; haunch)
- ischo-, isch- (Greek: check, stop, suppress; suppression)
- -ise (Latin: a suffix; do, make, cause)
- -isk, -iscus (Greek: a suffix; little, small)
- -ism, -ismus (Greek: a suffix; belief in, practice of, condition of)
- iso-, is- (equal, same) words: geoisotherm to isohyetal, part 1 of 2.
- iso-, is- (equal, same) words: isoimmunization to isozooid, part 2 of 2.
- -ist (Greek > Latin: a suffix; one who believes in; one who is engaged in)
- isthmo-, isthm- (Greek: narrow passage or ridge; narrow passage or strip [especially of bodily tissue] connecting two larger entities)
It
- -ite (Greek: a suffix; one connected with, inhabitant of [also used to indicate chemicals, minerals, etc.])
- ithyo-, ithy- (Greek: straight)
- itiner-, it-, -it (Latin: go, walk, way; travel, journey)
- -itious (Latin: a suffix; tending to, characterized by)
- -itis (Greek: a suffix; inflammation, burning sensation; by extension, disease associated with inflammation)
- -itude (Latin: a suffix; qulity of, state of)
- -ity, -(ety)
Iu
Iv
Iz
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