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Medical Word Parts - Letter: l
Term | Definition |
labi/o | lips, labia |
-labile | unstable, subject to change |
labyrinth/o | inner ear |
lacrim/o | tears |
lact/o | milk |
lacti- | milk |
lal/o | speech |
lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch that forms the roof of the spinal canal) |
lampr/o | clear |
lapar/o | abdominal wall |
laryng/o | larynx |
later/o | side |
lecith/o | yolk, ovum |
-legia | reading |
lei/o | smooth |
leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
-lemma | sheath, confining membrane |
lepid/o | flakes, scales |
-lepsis | seizure |
-lepsy | seizure |
lept- | thin, slight, slender |
leuk/o | white |
leukocyt/o | white blood cell |
levo- | left |
-lexia | reading, word |
lien/o | spleen |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat, lipid |
-lipsis | omit, fail |
-listhesis | slipping |
lith/o | stone, calcification |
-lithiasis | presence of stones |
-lithotomy | incision for stone removal |
lob/o | lobe |
loc- | place |
-log | speech, words, thought |
log- | speech, words |
logad/o | whites of the eyes |
-logist | specialist |
logo- | words, speech |
-logy | study of |
loph/o | ridge, crested part |
lord/o | curve, swayback |
lox/o | oblique, slanting |
luc/i | light |
-lucent | light admitting |
lumb/o | lower back |
lumin/o | lumen (channel within a tube) |
lymph/o | lymph |
lymphaden/o | lymph node |
lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
-lysis | loosening, separating |
lyso- | dissolution, loosen |