Medical Terminology Letter L
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 |
