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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary
Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary
Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK
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latin1. A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman. ... 2. The language of the ancient Romans. ... 3. An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin. ... 4. A member of the Roman Catholic Church. (<xe see: Dog Latin, barbarous Latin; a jargon in imitation of Latin; as, the log Latin of schoolboys. Late Latin, Low Latin, terms used indif …
latin americaThe geographic area of latin america in general and when the specific country or countries are not indicated. It usually includes central america, south america, mexico, and the islands of the caribbean. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
Latin squareA statistical design for experiments that removes from experimental error the variation from two sources that may be identified with the rows and columns of a square. The allocation of experimental treatments is such that each treatment occurs exactly once in each row and column. For example, a design for a 5 × 5 square is as follows: ... …
latinize1. To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin. ... 2. To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. 'Latinised races.' ... 3. To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England. ... Origi …
latiseptateWith broad partitions. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
latissimus dorsi<anatomy, muscle> Origin, spinous processes of lower five or six thoracic and the lumbar vertebrae, median ridge of sacrum, and outer lip of iliac crest; insertion, with teres major into posterior lip of bicipital groove of humerus; action, adducts arm, rotates it medially, and extends it; nerve supply, thoracodorsal. ... Synonym: musculus lat …
latitude1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. 'Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part.' (Sir H. Wotton) ... 2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence. 'In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits descr …
latitude filmSynonym for wide-latitude film ... Film that does not show large contrast differences with differences in exposure; the slope of the H and D curve is low. ... Synonym: latitude film. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
latitudinarian1. Not restrained; not confined by precise limits. ... 2. Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology. 'Latitudinarian sentiments upon religious subjects.' (Allibone) ... 3. Lax in moral or religi …
LatrodectusA genus of relatively small spiders, the widow spiders, capable of inflicting highly poisonous, neurotoxic, painful bites; they are responsible, along with Loxosceles (the brown spider), for most of the severe reactions from spider envenomation. Medically important species are known from Australia, North and South America, South Africa, and New Zea …
latrorseTurned sideways. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
LATSSynonym for long-acting thyroid stimulator ... <endocrinology, immunology> A thyroid stimulating antibody which is directed against a receptor for TSH on the thyroid gland. ... This antibody acts like TSH and stimulates the thyroid to produce excessive amounts of thyroid hormone. The presence of this antibody generally indicates Grave's disease …
lattice<microscopy> An orderly arrangement of atoms in a material, usually thought of as an infinite series of cells forming a latticework of atoms in 3-dimensions. ... (05 Aug 1998) ...
lattice corneal dystrophyA corneal dystrophy due to localised accumulation of amyloid in a reticular pattern; manifest at puberty and progressing slowly until eventually useful vision is lost; autosomal dominant inheritance. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
latticed layerA cortical cell layer in the hippocampus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
latusThe side of the body between the pelvis and the ribs. ... Synonym: flank. ... Origin: L. Broad ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
LatzkoWilhelm, Austrian obstetrician, 1863-1945. ... See: Latzko's cesarean section. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Latzko's cesarean sectionA cesarean section in which the uterus is entered by paravesical blunt dissection without entering the peritoneal cavity. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
laud1. High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory. 'Laud be to God.' 'So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same.' (Tyndals) ... 2. A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; usually in the pl. ... In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at daybreak, between those of matins and prime, are called lauds. ... 3. Music or sin …
laudable pusAn obsolete term used when suppuration was considered unlikely to lead to pyaemia (blood poisoning) but more likely to remain localised. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
laudanosineC21H27NO4;an isoquinoline alkaloid obtained from the mother liquor of morphine; it causes tetanic convulsions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
laudanumTincture of opium, used for various medical purposes. ... A fluid ounce of American laudanum should contain the soluble matter of one tenth of an ounce avoirdupois of powdered opium with equal parts of alcohol and water. English laudanum should have ten grains less of opium in the fluid ounce. ... <botany> Dutchman's laudanum See Dutchman. ... O …
laughAn expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, 'And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.' (Goldsmith) 'That man is a bad man who has not within him the power of a hearty laugh.' (F. W. Robertson) ... 1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the …
laughing diseaseA disabling state of hypnosis or narcosis induced by witch doctors and characterised by involuntary laughing, the compulsive mirthless laughter of schizophrenics. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
laughing gasA historical term for nitrous oxide. ... Origin: so called because its inhalation sometimes excites a hilarious delirium preceding insensibility ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
laughing sicknessSee: pseudobulbar paralysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
laughterA movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, 'The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, …
laughter reflexUncontrollable laughter excited by tickling. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
LaugierStanislas, French surgeon, 1799-1872. ... See: Laugier's hernia, Laugier's sign. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Laugier's herniaA hernia passing through an opening in the lacunar ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Laugier's sign<clinical sign> In fracture of the lower portion of the radius, the styloid processes of the radius and of the ulna are on the same level. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
LaumonierJean B.P.N.R., French surgeon, 1749-1818. ... See: Laumonier's ganglion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Laumonier's ganglionSynonym for carotid ganglion ... A small ganglionic swelling on filaments from the internal carotid plexus, lying on the undersurface of the carotid artery in the cavernous sinus. ... Synonym: Bock's ganglion, Laumonier's ganglion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
launch1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly. ... 2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. 'Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.' (Spenser) ... 3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship. 'With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And rolled on levers, launched her in t …
launder1. A washerwoman. ... 2. <chemical> A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore. ... Origin: Contracted fr. OE. Lavender, F. Lavandiere, LL. Lavandena, from L. Lavare to wash. See Lave. ... Source: Websters Dicti …
laundry service, hospitalHospital department which administers all activities pertaining to the hospital laundry service. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
LaunoisPierre E., French physician, 1856-1914. ... See: Launois-Cleret syndrome, Launois-Bensaude syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Launois-Bensaude syndromeSynonym for multiple symmetric lipomatosis ... Accumulation and progressive enlargement of collections of adipose tissue in the subcutaneous tissue of the head, neck, upper trunk, and upper portions of the upper extremities; seen primarily in adult males and of unknown cause. ... Synonym: Launois-Bensaude syndrome, Madelung's disease, symmetric adeno …
Launois-Cleret syndromeSynonym for Frohlich's syndrome ... <syndrome> Dystrophia adiposogenitalis, originally involving an adenohypophysial tumour. ... Synonym: Launois-Cleret syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
lauraceaeA family of mainly aromatic evergeen plants in the order laurales. The laurel family includes 2,200 species in 45 genera and from these are derived medicinal extracts, essential oils, camphor and other products. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
lauratesSalts and esters of the 12-carbon saturated monocarboxylic acid--lauric acid. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
laureateCrowned, or decked, with laurel. 'To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.' (Milton) 'Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.' (Pope) Poet laureate. One who received an honorable degree in grammar, including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; so called as being presented with a wreath of laurel. Formerly, an officer of the k …
laurel1. <botany> An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. Nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; called also sweet bay. ... The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks to crown the victor in the games of …
laurel feverAn affection of the same nature as hay fever, occurring at the time of flowering of laurel. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
LaurenceJohn Zachariah, British ophthalmologist, 1830-1874. ... See: Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
laurence-moon-biedl syndrome<syndrome> A hereditary syndrome of childhood, transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait, with obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, mental retardation, polydactyly, and hypogonadism as the main features. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
LaurerJohann F., German pharmacologist, 1798-1873. ... See: Laurer's canal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Laurer's canalA tube originating on the surface of the ootype of trematodes, directed dorsally to or near the surface; it may have originally served as a vagina or possibly as a reservoir of excess shell material. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
lauricPertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis). ... <chemistry> Lauric acid, a white, crystalline substance, C12H24O2, resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from the fruit of the bay tree, and other sources. CH3(CH2)10COOH = dodecanoic acid, laurostearic acid, dodecoic acid. Obtained from various vegetable sources …
lauric acidCH3(CH2)10COOH;a fatty acid occurring in spermaceti, in milk, and in laurel, coconut, and palm oils as well as waxes and marine fats. ... Synonym: n-dodecanoic acid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
lauric acid in-chain-hydroxylase<enzyme> Specific for lauric acid; hydroxylates at c-8, c-9 or c-10 of chain ... Registry number: EC 1.14.14.- ... Synonym: (cytochrome p-450)-dependent laurate in-chain-hydroxylase ... (26 Jun 1999) ...
lauric acid monooxygenase<enzyme> Cytochrome p-450 linked, requires NADPH ... Registry number: EC 1.14.13.- ... Synonym: lauric acid hydroxylase, lauric acid omega-hydroxylase, lauric acid (omega-1)-hydroxylase, omega-1 hydroxylase, laurate omega-hydroxylase, cytochrome p-450iva1, cytochrome p450iva1, cytochrome p450iva3, cytochrome p-450iva3, omega-lauryl hydroxylase, …
lauric acids12-carbon saturated monocarboxylic acids. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
laurus<botany> A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus. ... Origin: L, laurel. ... Sou …
Lauth, Charles<person> English chemist, 1836-1913. ... See: Lauth's violet. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Lauth, Ernst<person> German physician, 1803-1837. ... See: Lauth's canal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Lauth, Thomas<person> German anatomist and surgeon, 1758-1826. ... See: Lauth's ligament. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Lauth's canalsinus venosus sclerae ...
Lauth's ligamentSynonym for transverse ligament of the atlas ... Thick, strong, centrally flattened band spanning the vertebral foramen of the atlas as it extends from the medial aspect of one lateral mass to the other, passing dorsal to the dens with which it articulates; it forms the dorsal portion of the opening for the dens, tightly embracing its neck. It forms …
LAV<abbreviation> Lymphadenopathy-associated virus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
lavageWashing out. Gastric lavage is washing out the stomach, for example, to remove drugs or poisons. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
Lavdovsky, Michail<person> Russian histologist, 1846-1902. ... See: Lavdovsky's nucleoid. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Lavdovsky's nucleoidSynonym for astrosphere ... A set of radiating microtubules extending outward from the cytocentrum and centrosphere of a dividing cell. ... Synonym: aster, attraction sphere, Lavdovsky's nucleoid, paranuclear body. ... Origin: G. Astron, star, + sphaira, ball ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
lavender1. <botany> An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. Vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts. ... 2. The pale, purplish colour of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac. ... <botany> Lavende …
laverThe fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purlpe laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. Vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; called also sloke, or sloakan. ... <botany> Mountain laver, a reddish gel …
LaveraniaOld generic name for malaria-causing and other haematozoan protozoa. Laverania falciparum is a distinctive generic name for Plasmodium falciparum, and is preferred by some who believe that crescentic gametocytes should be the basis for classifying the causal agent of falciparum malaria in a separate genus. ... See: Plasmodium, Haemoproteus. ... Origi …
laveurAn instrument for irrigation or lavage. ... Origin: Fr. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
LAVH<abbreviation> Laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysteroscopy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
lawA scientific principle that invariably holds true under specificconditions, for instance, the law of magnetism states that likemagnetic poles repel one another, while opposite poles attract. ... See: hypothesis, theory. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
law of average localizationVisceral pain is most accurately localised in the least mobile viscera and least accurately in the most mobile. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of biogenesisSynonym for recapitulation theory ... The theory formulated by E.H. Haeckel that individuals in their embryonic development pass through stages similar in general structural plan to the stages their species passed through in its evolution; more technically phrased, the theory that ontogeny is an abbreviated recapitulation of phylogeny. ... Synonym: b …
law of contiguityWhen two ideas or psychologically perceived events have once occurred in close association they are likely to so occur again, the subsequent occurrence of one tending to elicit the other; this law figures prominently in modern theories of conditioning and learning. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of contrary innervationSynonym for Meltzer's law ... 'all living functions are continually controlled by two opposite forces: augmentation or action on the one hand, and inhibition on the other.' ... Synonym: law of contrary innervation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of definite proportionsThe relative weights of the several elements forming a chemical compound are invariable. ... Synonym: Proust's law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of denervationWhen a structure is denervated, its irritability to certain chemical agents is increased; e.g., the greater sensitivity of the pupil to acetylcholine after section and degeneration of the third nerve, and of the nictitating membrane to adrenaline after excision of the superior cervical ganglion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of excitationA motor nerve responds, not to the absolute value, but to the alteration of value from moment to moment, of the electric current; i.e., rate of change of intensity of the current is a factor in determining its effectiveness. ... Synonym: Du Bois-Reymond's law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of gravitationSynonym for Newton's law ... The attractive force between any two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centres. ... Synonym: law of gravitation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of independent assortmentDifferent hereditary factors assort independently when the gametes are formed; traits at linked loci are an exception. ... Synonym: Mendel's second law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of initial valueSynonym for Wilder's law of initial value ... The direction of response of a body function to any agent depends to a large degree on the initial level of that function. ... Synonym: law of initial value. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of intestineSynonym for myenteric reflex ... Contraction above and relaxation below a stimulated point in the intestine. ... Synonym: law of intestine. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of isochronismA nerve and the muscle which it innervates have the same chronaxie values. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of mass action<chemistry> This law states that the rate of a given chemical reaction is proportional to concentration of the reactants. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
law of multiple proportionsSynonym for law of reciprocal proportions ... The relative weights in which two substances form a chemical union singly with a third are the same as, or simple multiples of, those in which they unite with each other; a corollary of the law of definite proportions. ... Synonym: law of multiple proportions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of partial pressuresSynonym for Dalton's law ... Each gas in a mixture of gases exerts a pressure proportionate to the percentage of the gas and independent of the presence of the other gases present. ... Synonym: law of partial pressures. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of polar excitationA given segment of a nerve is irritated by the development of catelectrotonus and the disappearance of anelectrotonus, but the reverse does not hold; i.e., excitation occurs at the cathode when the circuit is closed and at the anode when it is opened. ... Synonym: Pfluger's law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of priorityUse of the earliest published name (senior synonym) of two or more names of an organism as the correct name. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of recapitulationSynonym for recapitulation theory ... The theory formulated by E.H. Haeckel that individuals in their embryonic development pass through stages similar in general structural plan to the stages their species passed through in its evolution; more technically phrased, the theory that ontogeny is an abbreviated recapitulation of phylogeny. ... Synonym: b …
law of reciprocal proportionsThe relative weights in which two substances form a chemical union singly with a third are the same as, or simple multiples of, those in which they unite with each other; a corollary of the law of definite proportions. ... Synonym: law of multiple proportions. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of referred painPain arises only from irritation of nerves which are sensitive to those stimuli that produce pain when applied to the surface of the body. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of refractionFor two given media, the sine of the angle of incidence bears a constant relation to the sine of the angle of refraction. ... Synonym: Descartes' law, Snell's law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of regression to meanSynonym for Galton's law ... In a population mating at random, the progeny of a parent with an extreme value for a measurable phenotype will tend on average to have values nearer the population mean than in the extreme parent. ... See: law of regression to mean. ... Synonym: law of regression to mean. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of segregationFactors that affect development retain their individuality from generation to generation, do not become contaminated when mixed in a hybrid, and become sorted out from one another when the next generation of gametes is formed. ... Synonym: Mendel's first law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of specific nerve energiesSynonym for Muller's law ... Each type of sensory nerve ending, however stimulated (electrically, mechanically, etc.), gives rise to its own specific sensation; moreover, each type of sensation depends not upon any special character of the different nerves but upon the part of the brain in which their fibres terminate. ... Synonym: law of specific ne …
law of the heartThe energy liberated by the heart when it contracts is a function of the length of its muscle fibres at the end of diastole. ... Synonym: Starling's law. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
law of the minimumGrowth and development of plants and animals are determined by the availability of that essential nutrient which is present in the smallest amount. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
lawful1. Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent. ... 2. Constituted or authorised by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands. Lawful age, the age when the law recognizes one's right of independent action; majority; generally the age of twenty-one years. ... In some of the States, and for some purposes, a woman attains lawful age at …
lawn<microbiology> A uniform and uninterrupted layer of bacterial growth, in which individual colonies cannot be observed. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
LawrenceR.D., 20th century English physician. ... See: Lawrence-Seip syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
Lawrence-Seip syndromeSynonym for lipoatrophy ... Loss of subcutaneous fat, which may be total, congenital, and associated with hepatomegaly, excessive bone growth, and insulin-resistant diabetes. ... Synonym: Lawrence-Seip syndrome, lipoatrophia, lipoatrophic diabetes. ... Origin: G. Lipos, fat, + a-, priv. + trophe, nourishment ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
lawrencium<chemical> Lawrencium. A radioactive actinide discovered in 1961. It has the atomic symbol lr, atomic number 103, and atomic weight of 257. There are two isotopes with mass number 257 or 258, and mass number 256. ... Chemical name: Lawrencium ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
