| 1. | L Glutamine | A non-essential amino acid present abundantly throughout the body and is involved in many metabolic processes. It is synthesized from GLUTAMIC ACID and AMMONIA. It is the principal carrier of More… 0.3 KB |
| 2. | Laboratory Research | Critical and exhaustive investigation or experimentation, having for its aim the discovery of new facts and their correct interpretation, the revision of accepted conclusions, theories, or More… 0.3 KB |
| 3. | Labyrinthitis | is a balance disorder. It is an inflammatory process affecting the labyrinths that house the vestibular system (which sense changes in head position) of the inner ear. In addition to More… 6.0 KB |
| 4. | Lachesine | is a mydriatic; ie. it dilates the pupil of the eye. It is sometimes used for this purpose instead of atropine, as its action is of shorter duration. |
| 5. | Lactation | is the period during which an infant is suckled on the mother's breast. |
| 6. | Lacteal | is a lymphatic vessel that transmits chyle from the intestine. |
| 7. | Lactic acid | is a colourless, syrupy, sour liquid, which is produced by the action of a bacterium upon lactose. The growth of this organism and consequent formation of lactic acid causes the souring of More… 0.7 KB |
| 8. | Lactose | is the officiel name for sugar of milk. |
| 9. | Lactose intolerance | is a form of indigestion which is much more common in certain coloured races than in white races. It is due to lack in the intestine of the enzyme known as lactose which is responsible for More… 0.9 KB |
| 10. | Lamaze technique | The Lamaze Technique is a prepared childbirth technique developed in the 1940s by French obstetrician Dr. Fernand Lamaze as an alternative to the use of medical intervention during More… 1.4 KB |
| 11. | Langerhans cells | Langerhans cells are dendritic cells in the epidermis, containing large granules called Birbeck granules. They are normally present in lymph nodes and other organs, including the stratum More… 1.2 KB |
| 12. | Leptospirosis | (also called Weil's disease Canefield fever, Weil's syndrome, canicola fever, nanukayami fever, 7-day fever and many more) is a bacterial zoonotic disease caused by spirochaetes of More… 1.0 KB |
| 13. | Leucine | Leucine (abbr: Leu or L) is an α-amino acid with the chemical formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH2CH(CH3)2. It is an essential amino acid, which means that humans cannot synthesise it. Its codons are UUA, More… 0.5 KB |
| 14. | Levator | is the muscle taht raises a body part, for example, the levator anguli oris raises the corner of the mouth. See also: Muscle insertion, Muscle origin, Plantar flexion, Dorsiflexion, More… 0.6 KB |
| 15. | Levator palpebrae superioris muscle | The levator palpebrae superioris (also called levator muscle of upper eyelid) is the muscle in the orbit that elevates the superior (upper) eyelid. The levator palpebrae superioris More… 0.9 KB |
| 16. | Lichen sclerosus | (LS) is also known as Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus (LSA), Balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO), Csillag's disease, White Spot Disease and kraurosis vulvae. Typically it's called More… 2.4 KB |
| 17. | Lipodystrophy | Lipodystrophy is a medical condition characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue. ("Lipo" is Greek for "fat" and More… 1.3 KB |
| 18. | Live birth | A live birth occurs when a fetus, whatever its gestational age, exits the maternal body and subsequently shows any sign of life, such as voluntary movement, heartbeat, or pulsation of the More… 0.8 KB |
| 19. | Liver | The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals; it has a wide range of functions, a few of which are detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of More… 1.0 KB |
| 20. | Local Hyperthermia | Abnormally high temperature intentionally induced in living things regionally or whole body. It is most often induced by radiation (heat waves, infra-red), ultrasound, or drugs. |
