| lab | To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. Origin: Cf. OD. Labben to babble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| 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) |
| labdanum | <botany> See Ladanum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| label | 1. To incorporate into a compound a substance that is readily detected, such as a radionuclide, whereby its metabolism can be followed or its physical distribution detected. 2. The substance so incorporated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labelled atom | A radioactive atom, or a stable but rare one, which by its presence in a molecule helps localization or measurement of that molecule. Synonym: tagged atom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labelled thyroxine | Thyroxine in which a radioisotope of iodine (125I or 131I) is incorporated into its molecule; used in experiments tracing the metabolism of thyroxine. Synonym: labelled thyroxine, radiolabelled thyroxine, radiothyroxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labellum | A lip, in orchids, the distinctive median petal that serves as an alighting platform for pollinating insects. (09 Oct 1997) |
| european molecular biology lab gene bank | <molecular biology> A large database of DNA sequence data in Heidelberg, Germany, compiled from international sources. It is the European equivalent to the Genbank DNA sequence databank in the United States of America. WWW: EMbase. (09 Oct 1997) |
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