Medical Terminology L Flashcards
(49 cards)
1
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-labile
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unstable, perishable
2
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lacrim/o
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tear, lacrimal duct
3
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lact/o
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milk
4
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lal/o, -lalia
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speech, babble
5
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lamin/o
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lamina
6
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lampr/o
A
clear
7
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
8
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laryng/o
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larynx
9
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later/o
A
side
10
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laxat/o
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to slacken, relax, loosen
11
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lecith/o
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yolk, ovum
12
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-legia
A
reading
13
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lei/o
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smooth
14
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-lemma
A
confining membrane
15
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lepid/o
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flakes, scales
16
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lepr/o
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leprosy
17
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-lepsy
A
seizure
18
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lept/o
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slender, thin, delicate
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letharg/o
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drowsiness
20
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leuk/o
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white
21
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levo-
A
left
22
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-lexia
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speech, word
23
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lien/o
A
spleen
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ligament/o
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ligament
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ligat/o
binding, tying
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lim/o
hunger
27
lingu/o
tongue
28
lip/o
fat
29
-lipsis
omit, fail
30
-listhesis
slipping
31
lith/o
stone, calculus
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lob/o
lobe
33
logad/o
whites of the eyes
34
log/o, -log, -ligue
word, speech, thought
35
-logist
specialist
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-logy
study of
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loph/o
ridge
38
lord/o
curvature, bending
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lox/o
oblique, slanting
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-lucent
light-admitting
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luc/i
light
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lucid/o
clear
43
lumb/o
loin
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lumin/o
light
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lute/o
yellow
46
luxat/o
dislocate
47
ly/o
dissolve, loosen
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lymph/o
lymph
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-lysis
dissolution, breakdown
