Latin and Medical Terminology (L-M) - Learn Latin Vocabulary & Medical Nomenclature (at the same time!!!)

Words covered in today's episode: Lac, lactis; milk (lactase, delectation, ablactation) Lacerare, laceratum; to tear to pieces, mangle (laceration, dilacerate) Latus; wide, broad (i.e. Vastus Lateralis, latissimus (superlative) dorsi) Latus, lateris; side (Lateral, mediolaterial [plane], latissimus dorsi) Libet; it pleases (libido, ad libitum) Lien; spleen (gastrolienal, perilienal) Limen, liminis; threshold (liminal, supraliminal) Linea; line (linear) Lingua; tongue (breviligulata, sublingual, cervicolingual) Locus; place (dislocation, translocation, intralocular) Longus; long (adductor longus, opposed to adductor brevis) Lumbus; loin (dorsolumbar, lumbar) Luxare, luxatum; to dislocate (subluxation, dislocation, relaxation) Magnus; large, great Malleus; hammer, club (one of the small bones of the ear; malleolus) Malus; bad, faulty (malformation, malignant, malposition) Mandibula; jaw, bone of lower jaw (mandible, submandibular gland) Maxilla; jaw, upper jawbone (bimaxillary, submaxillary, maxilla) Medius; middle (mediolateral axis, admedial, Medial; refers to the midline of the body) Mens, mentis; mind (mental, dementia) Mola; millstone or Molaris; adapted for grinding (molar) Musculus; little mouse, muscle [From Mus, muris; mouse] (muscle, musculature)