Medical Terminology Letter L
TERM | MEANING |
-labile | unstable, perishable |
lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal duct |
lact/o | milk |
lal/o, -lalia | speech, babble |
lamin/o | lamina |
lampr/o | clear |
lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
laryng/o | larynx |
later/o | side |
laxat/o | to slacken, relax, loosen |
lecith/o | yolk, ovum |
-legia | reading |
lei/o | smooth |
-lemma | confining membrane |
lepid/o | flakes, scales |
lepr/o | leprosy |
-lepsy | seizure |
lept/o | slender, thin, delicate |
letharg/o | drowsiness |
leuk/o | white |
levo- | left |
-lexia | speech, word |
lien/o | spleen |
ligament/o | ligament |
ligat/o | binding, tying |
lim/o | hunger |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat |
-lipsis | omit, fail |
-listhesis | slipping |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
lob/o | lobe |
logad/o | whites of the eyes |
-logist | specialist |
log/o, -log, -ligue | word, speech, thought |
-logy | study of |
loph/o | ridge |
lord/o | curvature, bending |
lox/o | oblique, slanting |
-lucent | light-admitting |
luc/i | light |
lucid/o | clear |
lumb/o | loin |
lumin/o | light |
lute/o | yellow |
luxat/o | dislocate |
lymph/o | lymph |
ly/o | dissolve, loosen |
-lysis | dissolution, breakdown |