Word Roots, Prefixes and/or Suffixes CH 8
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AngelaMonson on September 28, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 lamell- | Small plate Rings of bone matrix in compact bone |
| lamina | Layer or sheet Part of the epithelial basement membrane |
| lat- | Wide A broad muscle of the back |
| laten- | Hidden Latent period of a muscle twitch |
| later- | Side Directional tern |
| leuko- | White White blood cell |
| leva- | Raise, elevate Muscle that elevates upper lip |
| lingua- | Tongue Adjacent to the tongue |
| lip-, lipo- | Fat, lipid A cell that has taken up fat in its cytoplasm |
| lith- | Stone Gallstones |
| luci- | Clear Clear layer of the epidermis |
| lumen- | Light Center of a hollow structure |
| lut- | Yellow Corpus luteum |
| lymph | Water Circulation, return of clear fluid to the bloodstream |
| macro- | Large Large molecule |
| macula | Spot Yellow spot on the retina |
| magn- | Large Foramen magnum |
| mal- | Bad, abnormal Malfunction |
| mamm- | Breast Mammary gland |
| mast- | Breast Removal of a mammary gland |
| mater | Mother Membranes that envelop the brain |
| meat- | Passage External acoustic meatus, the ear canal |
| medi- | Middle Medial |
| medull- | Marrow Medulla |
| mega- | Large Large precursor of cell of platelets |
| meio- | Less Nuclear division that halves the chromosome number |
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