| Laetrile |
a substance derived from amygdalin; publicized as an antineoplastic drug although there is no supporting evidence
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| Laennec's cirrhosis |
cirrhosis of the liver closely associated with chronic excessive alcohol ingestion. In the early stages, liver enlargement may reflect fatty infiltration of liver cells (fatty c.), with necrosis and inflammation due to acute alcohol injury; progressive fibrosis extending from portal areas separates uniform small regeneration nodules. See c. of liver for symptoms.
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| Laetrile |
Amygdalin (from the Greek amugdale, almond), C20H27NO11, is a glucoside isolated from bitter almonds by H. E. Robiquet and A. F. Boutron-Charlard in 1830, and subsequently investigated by Liebig and W?ler, and others. Some sources claim Ernst T. Krebs was the discoverer of the substance, and Krebs is generally credited with popularizing it as a purported cancer cure and as "Vitamin B17. ...
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| Laelaps |
(pronounced LEE-laps) Laelaps (meaning "storm wind") is an invalid name for Dryptosaurus, a speedy, bipedal, meat-eating dinosaur (a late coelurosaur) with serrated teeth and a large claw (8 inches = 21 cm long) on the first finger of each hand. It was about 20 feet (6 m) long. It dates from the late Cretaceous period, about 70 to 65 million years ago. ...
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| LAE |
Left Atrial Enlargement - enlargement of the heart's upper left chamber, which fills the left ventricle
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