iatrogénique — iatrogenic

ichor — ichor

ichthyose — ichthyosis

ictère — icterus / jaundice

ictère cholestatique — cholestatic jaundice

ictère nucléaire — kernicterus

ictérique — icteric

ictus — ictus

idéalisation — idealization

idéation — ideation

idéation lente — mental lethargy

idée — idea

idée fixe — fixed idea / monomania

identification — identification

identité — identity

identité sexuelle — gender identity

idéomoteur — ideomotor

idiopathie — idiopathy

idiopathique — idiopathic

idiosyncrasie — idiosyncrasy

idiosyncrasique — idiosyncratic

idiot-savant — idiot-savant

idioventriculaire-idioventricular — ignifugé

iléal — ileal

iléaque — ileac

iléite — ileitis

iléite régionale — regional ileitis / Crohn's disease

iléo-caecal — ileocaecal (GB) / ileocecal (US)

iléocolite — ileocolitis

iléocolostomie — ileocolostomy

iléocystoplastie — ileocystoplasty

iléon — ileum

iléorectal — ileorectal

iléorectostomie — ileorectostomy / ileoproctostomy

iléosigmoïdostomie — ileosigmoidostomy

iléostomie — ileostomy

iléus — ileus / intestinal obstruction / twisted bowel

iléus paralytique — adynamic ileus

iliaque — iliac

iliococcygien — iliococcygeal

iliocostal — iliocostal

iliofémoral — iliofemoral

ilion — ilium

illusion — illusion / hallucination / delusion

illusion des amputés — phantom limb

îlot — islet

îlots de Langerhans — islets of Langerhans / islands of Langerhans

îlots pancréatiques — pancreatic islets

image — picture / image

image de soi-même — self-image

image pondérée en T1 — T1-weighted image

imagerie — imaging / imagery

imagerie en sang blanc — bright-blood imaging

imagerie en sang noir — dark-blood imaging

imagerie en temps réel — real-time imaging

imagerie médicale — medical imaging

imagerie multi-coupes — multi-slice imaging

imagerie par résonance magnétique (IRM) — magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

imagerie planaire — planar imaging

imagination — imagination

imago — imago

imiter — mimic

immangeable — inedible

immature — immature

immaturité — immaturity

immédiat — immediate

immersion — immersion

imminent — impending

immobile — still / motionless

rester immobile — stay still

immobilité — immobility

immobilisation — standstill / immobilization

immobiliser — immobilize

immun — immune

immunisation — immunization

immuniser — immunize

immunisé contre — immune to

immunitaire — immune

déficience immunitaire — immunodeficiency

système immunitaire — immune system

immunité — immunity

immunochimie — immunochemistry

immunodéficience — immunodeficiency

immunodépresseur — immunosuppressive / immunosuppressant

immunodéprimé — immunocompromised / immunosuppressed

immunodosage — immunoassay

immunoélectrophorèse — immunoelectrophoresis

immunofluorescence — immunofluorescence

immunogène — immunogenic

immunogénicité — immunogenicity

immunoglobuline — immunoglobulin

immunologie — immunology

immunologique — immunological

immunostimulant — immunostimulant

immunosuppresseur — immunosuppressant

immunothérapie — immunotherapy

immunotoxine — immunotoxin

immunotransfusion — immunotransfusion

impair — odd

impalpable — impalpable

impassible — unaffected

impédance — impedance

impénétrable — impervious

imperfection — fault

imperforation — imperforation

imperforation de l'anus — proctatresia

imperforé — imperforate

imperméable — impervious / waterproof

impétigo — impetigo

impétigo contagieux — scrumpox

impitoyable — ruthless

implant — implant

implant mammaire — breast implant

implantation — implantation

implanté — embedded

objet implanté — embedded object

implantologie — implantology

implication — involvement

impliquer — involve

imploser — implode

implosion — implosion

imprécis — inaccurate

imprégner — impregnate

imprévisible — unforeseeable / unpredictable

improbable — unlikely

impuberté — impuberty

impuissance — impotence / helplessness / powerlessness

impuissant — impotent / helpless / powerless

impulsif — impulsive

impulsion — impulse

impulsivité — impulsivity / impulsiveness

inaccessible — inaccessible

inactif — dormant

inactiver — inactivate

inactivité — quiescence

inadaptation — maladjustment

inanimé — inanimate / lifeless

inanition — starvation / inanition

inarticulé — inarticulate

inattendu — unexpected

incapacité — inability / disability

incarcéré — incarcerated

incarcération — incarceration

incarné — ingrown / ingrowing

incendie — fire

incendie criminel — arson

incertain — dubious

inceste — incest

incidence — incidence

incident — event / incident

plein d'incidents — eventful

sans incidents — uneventful

incinération — cremation

incinérer — cremate

inciser — cut / lance

inciser un abcès — lance an abscess

incision — incision / cut /cutdown

pratiquer une incision — cut

incisive — incisor

incisive centrale — central incisor

incisive latérale — lateral incisor

inciter — urge

inclinable — tilting

inclinaison — slope

inclinaison de la tête — head tilt

incliner — tilt / slant

incliner la tête — nod

inclure — enrol / include

inclus — impacted

dent incluse — unerupted tooth / impacted tooth

inclusion — inclusion / imbedding / enrollment / impaction

inclusion intracellulaire — inclusion body

incompatibilité — incompatibility

incompatible — incompatible

incompréhension — misunderstanding

inconnu — unknown

inconscient — unconscious / subconscious

incontinence — incontinence

incontinence fécale — bowel incontinence / encopresis

inconvénient — drawback

incoordination — incoordination

incrustation — incrustation / inlay

incubateur — incubator

incubation — incubation

période d'incubation — incubation period

incuber — incubate

incurable — incurable

incurie — malpractice

indemne — unharmed / unscathed

indemnité — allowance

indemnités pour maladie — sick pay

index — forefinger / index(pl. indexes / indices) (GB) / first finger (US)

index cardiaque — cardiac index

index de thyroxine libre (ITL) — free thyroxin index (FTI)

indicateur — indicator

indication — indication / clue / reading

indice (pl. indices / indexes) — index / rating / clue

indice céphalique — cranial index / cephalic index

indice d'Apgar — Apgar score

indice de masse corporelle (IMC) — body mass index (BMI)

indice de protection solaire — sun protection factor (SPF)

indifférence — indifference

indigène — indigenous

indigestion — indigestion

indiscret — nosy

indispensable — essentiel

indisposé — ailing / unwell / out of sorts / poorly

indolent — indolent

indolore — painless

induction — induction

induire — induce

induration — induration / callosity / callus

inefficace — ineffective / inefficient

inégal — unequal / uneven

inertie — inertia

inexpliqué — unexplained

infanticide — infanticide

infantile — infantile / childish

infantilisme — infantilism

infarci — infarcted

infarcissement — infarction

infarctus — infarct / infarction

infarctus cérébral — cerebral infarction

infarctus du myocarde — myocardial infarction (MI)

infect — foul

infecté — infected / tainted / septic

infecter — infect

infectieux — infectious

maladies infectieuses — infectious diseases

vaginite infectieuse — infectious vaginitis

infection — infection

infection bactérienne — sepsis

infection du pied diabétique — diabetic foot infection

infection invasive fongique — invasive fungal infection

infection nosocomiale — nosocomial infection

infection secondaire à une morsure — bite-wound infection

infection surajoutée — cross-infection

infection urinaire — urinary tract infection (UTI)

infection urinaire basse — lower urinary tract infection

primo-infection par le VIH — primary HIV infection

inférieur — inferior / lower

infériorité — inferiority

complexe d'infériorité — inferiority complex

infestation — infestation

infibulation — infibulation

infiltrat — infiltrate

infiltration — infiltration

infiltration d'urine — urecchysis

infiltré — infiltrated

infirme (n.) — cripple

infirme (adj.) — disabled / crippled / lame

infirmerie — infirmary

infirmier — male nurse / orderly

cadre infirmier — ward sister

infirmière — (female) nurse

infirmière à domicile — district nurse (GB) / visiting nurse (US)

infirmière de bloc — circulating nurse

infirmière de garde — duty nurse

infirmière diplômée — registered nurse

infirmière diplômée d'Etat (IDE) — State Registred Nurse (SRN)

infirmière du travail — occupational health nurse

infirmière en chef — head nurse / matron / sister (GB)

infirmière hospitalière — staff nurse

infirmière référente — resource nurse

infirmité — infirmity

inflammation — inflammation

inflammation diffuse — diffuse inflammation

inflammatoire — inflammatory

inflation — inflation

influx — impulse

influx nerveux — nerve impulse

informer (s') — enquire (GB) / inquire (US)

infraclinique — subclinical

infrarouge — infrared

infundibulum — infundibulum

infuser — infuse

infusion — infusion

ingérer — ingest

ingesta — ingesta

ingestion — ingestion

inguinal — inguinal

sous-inguinal — infrainguinal

inhalateur — inhaler

inhalateur doseur — metered-dose inhaler

inhalation — inhalation

inhalation de colle — glue-sniffing

inhaler — inhale

inhérent — inherent

inhiber — inhibit

inhibiteur (adj.) — inhibitory

inhibiteur (n.) — inhibitor

inhibiteurs de l'anhydrase carbonique — carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

inhibition — inhibition / blocking

injecté — injected

des yeux injectés de sang — blood shot eyes

injecter — inject

injection — injection / shot / jab

injure — insult

inlay — inlay

inné — innate / inborn

innervation — innervation

innocuité — innocuity

innominé — innominate

inobservance — noncompliance

inoculation — inoculation

inoculum — inoculum

inoffensif — harmless / innocuous

inopérable — inoperable

inorganique — inorganic

inotrope — inotropic

inquiet — worried / concerned

inquiétant — worrying / ominous

inquiéter — worry / concern

inquiétude — concern / worry

inscrire — enroll / register

inscription — enrollment / registration

insecte — insect

insecticide — insecticide

insalubre — unwholesome

insécurité — insecurity

insémination — insemination

insémination artificielle (IA) — artificial insemination (AI)

insémination intra-utérine (IIU) — intratubal insemination (ITI)

inséminer — inseminate

insensible — numb

insensible à — insensitive to

insertion — insertion

insidieux — insidious

insignifiant — trivial

insipide — insipid

insister — stress

in situ — in situ

insolation — sunstroke / insolation

insomnie — insomnia / sleeplessness

insouciant — careless

insoutenable — excruciating

inspection — inspection

inspiration — inspiration

inspiratoire — inspiratory

inspirer — breathe in

instabilité — instability

instable — unstable / unsteady / labile

installation — facilities

instillation — instillation

instinct — instinct

institut — institute

institutionnel — institutional

instrument — instrument

instrumentiste — scrub nurse

insuffisance — insufficiency / incompetence / failure

insuffisance aortique — aortic incompetence / aortic insufficiency

insuffisance cardiaque — heart failure / cardiac failure / congestive heart failure (CHF)

insuffisance mitrale — mitral insufficiency

insuffisance pondérale — underweight

insuffisance pulmonaire — pulmonary incompetence

insuffisance rénale (IR) — renal failure (RF) / kidney failure

insuffisance rénale aiguë (IRA) — acute renal failure (ARF)

insuffisance rénale chronique (IRC) — chronic renal failure (CRF)

insuffisance rénale terminale — end-stage renal failure (ESRF)

insuffisance respiratoire — respiratory failure

insuffisance surrénale lente — primary adrenocorticol insufficiency

insuffisance vertébro-basilaire — vertebrobasilar insufficiency

insuffisant — insufficient / scanty

insufflation — insufflation / puff

insula — insula

insulinase — insulinase

insuline — insulin

insulinome — insulinoma

insupportable — unbearable

intégration — integration

intelligence — intelligence / intellect

intelligence artificielle (IA) — artificial intelligence (AI)

intelligible — audible / perceptible

intensif — intensive

intensifier — escalate / intensify

intensité — intensity

intention — intention

interaction — interaction

interaction médicamenteuse — drug interaction

intercalé — intercalated

intercostal — intercostal

intercurrent — intercurrent

interféron — interferon

intériorisation — introjection

intermédiaire — intermediate

intermenstruel — intermenstrual

intermittent — intermittent / cyclic

interne (adj.) — internal / inner / medial

interne (n.) — house officer (GB) / intern / resident (US)

interne de dernière année — senior house officer (GB) / registrar (GB)

interne de première année — junior house officer (GB) / houseman (GB)

interniste — internist

intérocepteur — interoceptor

interosseux — interosseous

interpariétal — interparietal

interphase — interphase

interrogatoire (du patient) — history-taking

interroger — question

interrompre — discontinue / interrupt / stop / break / terminate

interrompu — discontinued / interrupted

interruption — interruption

interruption de grossesse — termination of pregnancy

interruption volontaire de grossesse (IVG) — induced abortion (IA)

intersexualité — intersex / intersexuality

interstice — interstice

interstitiel — interstitial

espace interstitiel — lacuna (pl. lacunae)

intertrigo — intertrigo

intervalle — interval / space / gap

intervalle de confiance — confidence interval

intervalle de noircissement — contrast range

intervalle libre — lucid interval

intervalle lucide — lucid interval

intervalle Q-T — Q-T interval

intervenant de rue — outreach worker

intervention — procedure

intervention chirurgicale — surgical procedure

intervention mal conduite — mishandled operation

interventionnel — interventional

interventriculaire — interventricular

intervertébral — intervertebral

intestin — intestine / bowel / gut / enteron

gros intestin — large intestine

intestin antérieur (de l'embryon) — foregut

intestin grêle — small intestine

intestin postérieur (de l'embryon) — hindgut

intestinal — intestinal / enteric / enteral

transit intestinal — bowel motility / bowel habit

intima — intima

intimité — privacy

intolérance — intolerance

intolérance au gluten — gluten intolerance

intoxication — intoxication / poisoning

intoxication alimentaire — food poisoning

intoxication d'origine alimentaire — food-borne infection

intoxication par le mercure — mercury poisoning

intoxication par le monoxyde de carbone — carbon monoxide poisoning

intoxiqué — intoxicated / addicted

intra-articulaire — intra-articular

intracapsulaire — intracapsular

intracellulaire — intercellular / intracellular

intracornéen — intracorneal

intracrânien — intracranial

intradermique — intradermal

intradural — intradural

intramedullaire — intramedullary

intramusculaire — intramuscular

intranasal — intranasal

intra-oculaire — intra-ocular

intrathécal — intrathecal

intrathoracique — intrathoracic

intratubaire — intratubal

intra-utérin — intra-uterine

intravasculaire — intravascular

intraveineux — intravenous

voie intraveineuse — intravenous route / i.v. route

intraventriculaire — intraventricular

intrinsèque — intrinsic / inherent

introjection — introjection

intromission — intromission

introspection — introspection

introversion — introversion

introverti — introvert

intubation — intubation

intubation trachéale — tracheal intubation

intubé — intubated

intumescence — intumescence

intumescent — intumescent

intussusception — intussusception

inuline — inulin

inutile — useless

invagination — invagination

invalidant — disabling / incapacitating

invalide — invalid / disabled / crippled

invalidité — disability

invasif — invasive

non invasif — noninvasive

invasion — invasion

inverse — reverse / inverse

inversion — inversion / reversal

inversion viscérale — situs inversus

invertébré — invertebrate

inverti — invert

investigation — investigation

in vitro — in vitro

in vivo — in vivo

involontaire — involuntary / unwilling

involucre — involucrum

involutif — involutional

involution — involution

iode — iodine

iodé — iodized

iodisme — iodism

iodure — iodide

ion — ion

ionisation — ionization

ioniser — ionize

ionogramme — blood electrolyte / serum electrolyte

ionométrie — ionometry

iontophorèse — iontophoresis

ipsilatéral — ipsilateral

iridectomie — iridectomy

iridocèle — iridocele

iridocyclite — iridocyclitis

iridodyalise — iridodyalisis

iridoplastie — iridoplasty

iridoplégie — iridoplegia

iridoptose — iridoptosis

iridotomie — iridotomy

iris — iris

iritis — iritis

irradiation — irradiation / radiation

irradiation corporelle totale — total body irradiation (TBI)

irradiation douloureuse — referred pain

irradier — irradiate / radiate

irréductible — irreducible

irréfléchi — thoughless

irrégulier — irregular / unequal / uneven / unsteady / patchy

irrespirable — unbreathable

irrigation — irrigation

irritabilité — irritability

irritable — irritable

irritant — irritant

irritation — irritation

ischémie — ischaemia (GB) / ischemia (US)

ischémie du myocarde — myocardial ischaemia (GB) / myocardial ischemia (US)

ischémique — ischaemic (GB) / ischemic (US)

ischiatique — ischial

ischio-fémoral — ischiofemoral

ischio-jambier — hamstring

ischio-rectal — ischiorectal

ischion — ischium / hip-bone

isoagglutination — isoagglutination

isoallergie — isoallergy

isoanticorps — isoantibody

isoantigène — isoantigen

isochrone — isochronous

isocorie — isocoria

isocortex — isocortex

isoenzyme — isoenzyme

isogamie — isogamy

isogreffe — isograft

iso-immunisation — isoimmunization

isolant — insulator

isolé — insulated / isolated

isolement — isolation

isoler — insulate / isolate

isoler un gène — isolate a gene

isomère — isomer

isomérique — isomeric

isomérisme — isomerism

isométrique — isometric

isomorphe — isomorphic

isomorphisme — isomorphism

isosthénurie — isosthenuria

isotherme — isotherm

isotonie — isotonia

isotonique — isotonic

isotope — isotope

issue — outcome / aftermath

isthme — isthmus

isthme pharyngé — pharyngeal isthmus

ivre — drunk / inebriated

ivresse — drunkenness / inebriation

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