List of technical and popular medical terms: English (l)

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• labile , unstable (pop)
• laboured breathing (pop) , dyspnoea
• laceration , tear (pop)
• lack of white blood cells (pop) , granulocytopenia
• lack of sense of smell (pop) , anosmia
• lack of sperm (pop) , azoospermia
• lack of periods (pop) , amenorrhoea
• lack of muscle tone (pop) , atony
• lack of coordination (pop) , ataxia
• lack of movement (pop) , akinesia
• lack of uric acid in the blood (pop) , hypouricaemia
• lacrimal , tear-related (pop)
• lactation , milk production (pop)
• large abnormal red blood cell (pop) , megaloblastic
• laryngitis , sore throat (pop)
• lassitude , wearniness (pop)
• late (pop) , tardive
• latent period , inactive period (pop)
• lateral , towards the side (pop)
• laxative (pop) , laxative
• laxative , laxative (pop)
• laying down (pop) , supine
• leaded fluid (pop) , exudate
• lense-related (pop) , lenticular
• lenticular , lense-related (pop)
• lesion , injury (pop)
• lethal , lethal (pop)
• lethal (pop) , lethal
• lethargy (pop) , lethargy
• lethargy , lethargy (pop)
• leukaemia (pop) , leukaemia
• leukaemia , leukaemia (pop)
• leukocytic , white blood cell-related (pop)
• leukocytosis , increased white blood cell count (pop)
• leukopenia , reduced white blood cell count (pop)
• leukoplakia , white patch on a mucous membrane (pop)
• leukorrhoea , vaginal discharge (pop)
• libido (pop) , libido
• libido , libido (pop)
• lice (pop) , pediculosis
• lichenification , skin hardening and thickening (pop)
• ligament (pop) , ligament
• ligament , ligament (pop)
• limbic , edge-related (pop)
• limping (pop) , claudication
• linear , linear (pop)
• linear (pop) , linear
• lines (pop) , rhagade
• lining of heart and blood vessels (pop) , endothelium
• linkage (pop) , conjugation
• lipid , fat (pop)
• lipodystrophy , fat metabolism disturbance (pop)
• lipophilic , with an affinity for fat (pop)
• lipoprotein , any complex of fat and protein (pop)
• liposome , fatty or oily globule (pop)
• liquifilm , thin liquid layer of coating (pop)
• liquor , liquor (pop)
• liquor (pop) , liquor
• listening with a stethoscope (pop) , auscultation
• livedo , mottling (pop)
• liver disease (pop) , cirrhosis
• liver cell-related (pop) , hepatocellular
• liver-related (pop) , hepatic
• liver and bile duct-related (pop) , hepatobiliary
• liver enlargement (pop) , hepatomegaly
• loading dose , initial dose (pop)
• lobe , lobe (pop)
• lobe (pop) , lobe
• local , local (pop)
• local (pop) , local
• localization , locating (pop)
• locating (pop) , localization
• lochia , post-birth vaginal discharge (pop)
• lockjaw (pop) , trismus
• locomotor , movement-related (pop)
• locoregional , syphilitis-related (pop)
• loosing your mind (pop) , dementia
• loss of normal pigment (pop) , depigmentation
• loss or lack (pop) , deprivation
• low blood pressure (pop) , hypotension
• low white bolld cell count (pop) , neutropenia
• low point (pop) , nadir
• low blood volume (pop) , hypovolaemia
• low blood potassium (pop) , hypokalaemia
• low blood sugar (pop) , hypoglycaemia
• low blood platelet count (pop) , thrombocytopaenia
• lumbago (pop) , lumbago
• lumbago , lumbago (pop)
• lumbar , lumbar (pop)
• lumbar (pop) , lumbar
• lumen , inside of a tube (pop)
• lung disease (pop) , emphysema
• lung inflammation (pop) , alveolitis
• lung-relted (pop) , pulmonary
• lung disease (pop) , pneumopathy
• lung power (pop) , peak flow
• lung capacity (pop) , vital capacity
• luxation , dislocation (pop)
• lying down (pop) , decubitus
• lymph node disease (pop) , lymphadenopathy
• lymphadenopathy , lymph node disease (pop)
• lymphangitis , lymphatic vessel inflammation (pop)
• lymphatic vessel inflammation (pop) , lymphangitis
• lymphocytic , white blood cell-related (pop)
• lymphoma , cancer (pop)
• lyophilisate , freeze-dry (pop)
• lytic , cell destruction-related (pop)

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