lip/o
Word root Routine Blood Collections
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
- lipemiaCloudy, milky serum or plasma from high blood fats, often after a heavy meal; it can interfere with tests…
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- gluc/o, glyc/oGlucose or sugar.
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- hydr/oWater or fluid.
- leuk/oWhite.
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- my/o, muscul/oMuscle.
- myc/oFungus.
- myel/oBone marrow or spinal cord.