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Medical Dictionary Terms Beginning with I
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Iatr- (prefix)
Iatr (prefix)-: Prefix relating to a physician or medicine. From the Greek word &iatros& meaning physician (healer). As in iatrogenic, generated by physicians, due to their activity.more detail info...
Iatrapistic
Iatrapistic: A lack of faith in doctors. Entirely from the Greek: &iatr-& indicating a relationship to a physician or medicine + &a& meaning lack + &pisteuo& meaning I trust in.more detail info...
Iatrogenic
Iatrogenic: Due to the activity of a physician or therapy. From the Greek &iatros& meaning physician + &gennao& meaning I produce. Iatrogenic is defined by Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary as: &induced inadvertently by amore detail info...
Iatromelia
Iatromelia: Ineffective or negligent medical treatment. From &iatro-& meaning a relationship to a physician or medicine + the Greek &meleos& meaning fruitless or vain.more detail info...
Iatromisia
Iatromisia: An intense dislike of doctors. From &iatro-& indicating a relationship to a physician or medicine + the Greek &miseo& meaning I hate.more detail info...
IBD (inflammatory bowel disease)
IBD (inflammatory bowel disease): A group of chronic illnesses that cause inflammation of the bowel -- the small or large intestine. The most common types of inflammatory bowel disease are ulcerative colitis and CrohnÆs disease. The portion of the intmore detail info...
Ichthyosis simplex
Ichthyosis simplex: A genetic skin disease, also called ichthyosis vulgaris, that is inherited as an autosomal (nonsex-linked) trait and is characterized by scaly (fishlike) areas of skin. The first scaly skin problems usually appear after 3 months ofmore detail info...
Ichthyosis vulgaris
Ichthyosis vulgaris: A genetic skin disease that is inherited as an autosomal (nonsex-linked) trait and is characterized by scaly (fishlike) areas of skin. The first scaly skin problems usually appear after 3 months of age. The palms and soles are oftmore detail info...
Ichthyosis, spasticity, oligophrenia syndrome
Ichthyosis, spasticity, oligophrenia syndrome: Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease characterized by a triad of clinical findings consisting of ichthyosis (thickened fish-like skin), spastic paraplegia (spastmore detail info...
Ichthyosis-keratitis-deafness syndrome
Ichthyosis-keratitis-deafness syndrome: An inherited disorder in which affected persons have localized areas of disfiguring reddish thickened skin (ichthyosis), gradual destruction of the cornea (keratitis) of the eye sometimes leading to blimore detail info...
ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection)
ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection): A laboratory procedure in which a single sperm is injected directly into a single egg cell to try to achieve fertilization.more detail info...
Icterus
Icterus: Jaundice.more detail info...
ICU
ICU: Intensive Care Unit.more detail info...
ICU psychosis
ICU psychosis: A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience anxiety, become paranoid, hear voices, see things that are not there, become severely disoriented in time and place, become vermore detail info...
Idiocy, amaurotic familial
Idiocy, amaurotic familial: An outdated term for Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) which is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) as ôan autosomal recessive, progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which in the classic infantilemore detail info...
Idiopathic
Idiopathic: The cause is unknown.more detail info...
Idiopathic sclerosing cholangitis
PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis): A chronic disorder of the liver in which the ducts carrying bile from the liver to the intestine and, often, the ducts carrying bile within the liver, become inflamed, thickened and scared (sclerotic), and obstructmore detail info...
IgE
IgE: Immunoglobulin E. The E stands for erythema or redness. See Immunoglobulin E.more detail info...
IL-2
IL-2: Abbreviation for interleukin-2.more detail info...
Ileitis, Crohn's
Ileitis, Crohn's: Inflammation of the ileum (the furtherest part of the small intestine) due to Crohn's disease. Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which can affect other parmore detail info...
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