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 |
