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karyo
nucleus
kineso, kinesio, -kinesis
movement
kypho
humped back
-labile
unstable; perishable
labio-
lip
lacrimo
tear duct
lacto-
milk
lacuna
an unfilled space, cavity, interval, gap, or depression
-lalia, lalo
speech; babble
lamino
lamina; layer
-lapse
to fall; sag
latero
side
-lemma
sheath; covering
-lepsy, -leptic
seizure; to seize as in to take hold of
letho-
death
leuko-
white
levo-
left
lexo-, -lexia
work; phrase
linguo
tongue
lipo
fat
-lipsis
omit; fail
litho
stone; calculus
-lithotomy
removal of a stone
lobo
lobe
-logist
a specialist
-logo
study
lordo
curve; sway back
-lucent
to shine
lumbo-
lower back
-lysis, -lystic
break down; destroy; reduce
macro
large
mal
bad
-mania
obsession; obsessive preoccupation
medio
middle
medico
to heal; healing
mega
large
-megaly
enlargement
melano
black
meningo
meninx, meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
mento
mind; chin
mes, mesio, meso, mesial
of, in, near, or toward the midline
meta
beyond; change
-meter
measure
methodo
procedure; technique
-metry
process of measuring
micro
small
-mimesis, -mimetic
imitation; simulation; copy
-mission
to send
-mnesia
memory
mono
single
morpho
shape; form
morto, -mortem
death
-motor
movement
multi
many