| La | Symbol for lanthanum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| la belle indifference | A naive, inappropriate lack of emotion or concern for the perceptions by others of one's disability, typically seen in persons with conversion hysteria. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| la crosse virus | A species of the genus bunyavirus and member of the california group viruses causing human meningoencephalitis. This is the agent most responsible for california encephalitis, the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease recognised in the united states. (12 Dec 1998) |
| La protein | <molecular biology> Protein (45 kD) transiently bound to unprocessed cellular precursor RNAs that have been produced by polymerase III. Mainly located in the nucleus. (18 Nov 1997) |
| la-burnine | <chemistry> A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lab | To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. Origin: Cf. OD. Labben to babble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| labadist | A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Laband's syndrome | <syndrome> Fibromatosis of the gingivae associated with hypoplasia of the distal phalanges, nail dysplasia, joint hypermotility, and sometimes hepatosplenomegaly; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Laband, Peter | <person> U.S. Dentist, *1900. See: Laband's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labarraque's solution | <medicine> An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant. Origin: From Labarraque, a Parisian apothecary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Labbe's neurocirculatory syndrome | <syndrome> An anxiety neurosis that may occur in Basedow's disease but may be associated with tachycardia and exophthalmos without increase of basal metabolic rate or other evidence of hyperthyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Labbe's triangle | An area bounded below by a horizontal line touching the lower edge of the cartilage of the left ninth rib, laterally by the line of the false ribs, and to the right side by the liver; here the stomach is normally in contact with the abdominal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Labbe's vein | <anatomy, vein> An inconstant vein that passes from the superficial middle cerebral vein posteriorly over the lateral aspect of the temporal lobe to enter the transverse sinus. Synonym: vena anastomotica inferior, Browning's vein, Labbe's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Labbe, Ernest | <person> French physician, 1870-1939. See: Labbe's neurocirculatory syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Labbe, Leon | <person> French surgeon, 1832-1916. See: Labbe's triangle, Labbe's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |