lip/o
Word root Medical Terminology
Fat or lipid.
Example: lipoma (benign fatty tumor)
Sources
- Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Terms built with lip/o
- lipemiaExcess fat (lipid) in a blood sample, which can cause erroneous test results.
- lipidA fat or fat-like substance that does not dissolve in water, such as triglycerides and cholesterol.
Related terms
- lipidA fat or fat-like substance that does not dissolve in water, such as triglycerides and cholesterol.
- lacrim/oTears or the tear glands.
- lact/oMilk.
- laryng/oLarynx (voice box).
- leuk/oWhite.
- lith/oStone or calculus.
- lord/oCurve or swayback.
- lymph/oLymph, the fluid of the lymphatic system.
- mamm/o, mast/oBreast.