milk
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lactation
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lapar(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the abdomen wall, flank
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laparotomy
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laryng(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the larynx, the lower throat cavity where the voice box is
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larynx
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latero‐
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lateral
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lateral pectoral nerve
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‐lepsis, ‐lepsy
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attack, seizure
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epilepsy, narcolepsy
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lept(o)‐
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light, slender
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leptomeningeal
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leuc(o)‐, leuk(o)‐
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denoting a white colour
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leukocyte
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lingu(a)‐, lingu(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the tongue
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linguistics
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lip(o)‐
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fat
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liposuction
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lith(o)‐
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stone, calculus
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lithotripsy
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‐logist
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denotes someone who studies a certain field
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oncologist, pathologist
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log(o)‐
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speech
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logopaedics
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‐logy
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denotes the academic study or practice of a certain field
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haematology, urology
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lymph(o)‐
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lymph
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lymphoedema
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lys(o)‐, ‐lytic
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dissolution
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lysosome
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‐lysis
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destruction, separation
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paralysis
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macr(o)‐
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large, long
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macrophage
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‐malacia
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softening
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osteomalacia
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mammill(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the nipple
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mammillitis
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mamm(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the breast
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mammogram
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manu‐
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of or pertaining to the hand
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manufacture
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mast(o)‐
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of or pertaining to the breast
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mastectomy
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meg(a)‐, megal(o)‐, ‐megaly
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enlargement, million
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splenomegaly, megameter
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melan(o)‐
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black colour
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melanin
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mening(o)‐
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membrane
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meningitis
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meta‐
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after, behind
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metacarpus
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‐meter
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instrument used to measure or count
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sphygmomanometer
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metr(o)‐
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pertaining to conditions of the uterus
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metrorrhagia
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‐metry
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process of measuring
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optometry
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micro‐
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denoting something as small, or relating to smallness
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microscope
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milli‐
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thousandth
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millilitre
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mon(o)‐
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single
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infectious mononucleosis
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morph(o)‐
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form, shape
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morphology
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muscul(o)‐
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muscle
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musculoskeletal system
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my(o)‐
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of or relating to muscle
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myoblast
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myc(o)‐
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fungus
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onychomycosis
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myel(o)‐
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of or relating to bone marrow or spinal cord
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myeloblast
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myri‐
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ten thousand
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myriad
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myring(o)‐
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eardrum
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myringotomy
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narc(o)‐
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numb, sleep
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narcolepsy
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nas(o)‐
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