Dictionary

Word parts

Prefixes, suffixes and roots: learn one and every word built from it becomes readable.

-lithA word ending that means stone or a hard mass.

-logistA word ending that means a specialist who studies or treats something.

-logyA word ending that means the study of something.

-lysisA word ending that means breaking down, loosening or destroying.

lact/oA word part that means milk.

lapar/oA word root that means abdomen or abdominal wall.

laryng/oA word part that means the larynx, the voice box.

lei/oA word root that means smooth.

leuk/oA word part that means white.

lith/oA word root that means stone.

lob/oA word part that means lobe, a rounded section of an organ.

lord/oA word root that means curved or bent forward.

lumb/oA word part that means the lower back, between the ribs and the hips.

lymph/oA word root that means lymph, the clear fluid of the lymphatic system.