L Flashcards
1
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-labile
A
unstable, perishable
2
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labi/o
A
lip
3
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lacrim/o
A
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
4
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lact/o
A
milk
5
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lal/o
A
speech, babble
6
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-lalia
A
speech, babble
7
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
8
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lampr/o
A
clear
9
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lapar/o
A
abdominal wall, abdomen
10
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-lapse
A
to slide, fall, sag
11
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laryng/o
A
larynx
12
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later/o
A
side
13
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lecith/o
A
yolk. ovum
14
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lei/o
A
smooth
15
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leiomy/o
A
smooth (visceral) muscle
16
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-lemma
A
sheath, covering
17
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lepid/o
A
plakes, scales
18
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lepr/o
A
leprosy
19
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-lepsy
A
seizure
20
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lept/o
A
thin, slender
21
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-leptic
A
to seize, take hold of
22
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leth/o
A
death
23
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leuk/o
A
white
24
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levo-
A
left
25
lex/o
word, phrase
26
lien/o
spleen
27
ligament/o
ligament
28
ligat/o
binding tying
29
lim/o
hunger
30
lingu/o
tongue
31
lip/o
fat, lipid
32
-lipsis
omit, fail
33
-listhesis
condition of stones
34
lith/o
stone, calculus
35
-lithotomy
incision (for removal) of a stone
36
lob/o
lobe
37
logad/o
whites of eyes
38
-logist
specialist
39
log/o
study
40
-logy
study (process of)
41
loph/o
ridge
42
lord/o
curve, swayback
43
lox/o
oblique, slanting
44
-lucent
to shine
45
lumb/o
lower back, loin
46
lumin/o
light
47
lute/o
yellow
48
lux/o
to slide
49
lymph/o
lymph
50
ly/o
to dissolve, loosen
51
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
52
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
53
-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening
54
-lytic
to reduce, destroy, separate, breakdown
