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