L Flashcards
-labile
unstable, perishable
labi/o
lip
lacrim/o
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
lact/o
milk
lal/o
speech, babble
-lalia
speech, babble
lamin/o
lamina
lampr/o
clear
lapar/o
abdominal wall, abdomen
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
laryng/o
larynx
later/o
side
lecith/o
yolk. ovum
lei/o
smooth
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
-lemma
sheath, covering
lepid/o
plakes, scales
lepr/o
leprosy
-lepsy
seizure
lept/o
thin, slender
-leptic
to seize, take hold of
leth/o
death
leuk/o
white
levo-
left
lex/o
word, phrase
lien/o
spleen
ligament/o
ligament
ligat/o
binding tying
lim/o
hunger
lingu/o
tongue
lip/o
fat, lipid
-lipsis
omit, fail
-listhesis
condition of stones
lith/o
stone, calculus
-lithotomy
incision (for removal) of a stone
lob/o
lobe
logad/o
whites of eyes
-logist
specialist
log/o
study
-logy
study (process of)
loph/o
ridge
lord/o
curve, swayback
lox/o
oblique, slanting
-lucent
to shine
lumb/o
lower back, loin
lumin/o
light
lute/o
yellow
lux/o
to slide
lymph/o
lymph
ly/o
to dissolve, loosen
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening
-lytic
to reduce, destroy, separate, breakdown