| LAV | <abbreviation> Lymphadenopathy-associated virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lavage | Washing out. Gastric lavage is washing out the stomach, for example, to remove drugs or poisons. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lavaret | <zoology> A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland. Origin: F. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lavatory | Origin: L. Lavatorium: cf. Lavatoire. See Lave to wash, and cf. Laver. 1. A place for washing. 2. A basin or other vessel for washing in. 3. A wash or lotion for a diseased part. 4. A place where gold is obtained by washing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Lavdovsky's nucleoid | 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) |
| Lavdovsky, Michail | <person> Russian histologist, 1846-1902. See: Lavdovsky's nucleoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lavender | 1. <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> Lavender cotton See Marsh rosemary. To lay in lavender. To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender. To pawn. Origin: OE. Lavendre, F. Lavande, It. Lavanda lavender, a washing, fr. L. Lavare to wash; cf. It. Lsavendola, LL. Lavendula. So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See Lave. To wash, and cf. Lavender. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| laver | The 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 gelatinous alga of the genus Palmella, found on the sides of mountains Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Laverania | Old 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. Origin: C. Laveran, Fr. Protozoologist and Nobel laureate, 1845-1922 (05 Mar 2000) |
| laveur | An instrument for irrigation or lavage. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| LAVH | <abbreviation> Laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysteroscopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lavolta | An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound. Origin: It.la volta the turn, turning, whirl. Cf. Volt of a horse, Volta. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lavsium | <chemistry> A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of a silver-white colour, and malleable. Origin: NL, fr. Lavoisier, the celebrated French chemist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |