| Lo | <pharmacology> The limes nul dose of diphtheria toxin, i.e., the largest amount of toxin that, when mixed with one unit of antitoxin and injected subcutaneously into a 250-g guinea pig, yields no recognizable reaction in the average of a series; actually, the Lod. Is usually recorded as the one that causes a barely perceptible local oedema at the site of inoculation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Lo dose | <pharmacology> The limes nul dose of diphtheria toxin, i.e., the largest amount of toxin that, when mixed with one unit of antitoxin and injected subcutaneously into a 250-g guinea pig, yields no recognizable reaction in the average of a series; actually, the Lod. Is usually recorded as the one that causes a barely perceptible local oedema at the site of inoculation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| loa | <organism> A genus of parasitic nematodes found throughout the rain-forest areas of the sudan and the basin of the congo. L. Loa inhabits the subcutaneous tissues, which it traverses freely. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Loa loa | The African eye worm, a species of the family Onchocercidae (superfamily Filarioidea) that is indigenous to the western part of equatorial Africa, especially in the region of the Congo River, and is the causal agent of loiasis. Adult worms are white or gray-white, cylindroid, and threadlike, the males averaging 25 to 35 by 0.3 to 0.4 mm (with a curved tail) and the females ranging from 50 to 60 by 0.4 to 0.6 mm; microfilariae are ensheathed, with nuclei extending to the tip of the tail. The life cycle is somewhat similar to that of Wuchereria species; humans are the only known definitive host, and parasites are transmitted by Chrysops flies (family Tabanidae); infective larvae from the latter require 3 years or more to mature in humans, and the adult forms may persist in man for as long as 17 years. See: loiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| loach | <zoology> Any one of several small, fresh water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. Barbatulus) is used as a food fish. Origin: OE. Loche, F. Loche. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| load | 1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon. "I strive all in vain to load the cart." (Gascoigne) "I have loaden me with many spoils." (Shak) "Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house." (Shak) 2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. 3. To magnetize. Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest. Origin: Loaded; Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade. 1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. "He might such a load To town with his ass carry." (Gower) 2. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading. 3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care. " A . . . Load of guilt." . " Our life's a load." 4. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters. 5. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder. 6. Weight or violence of blows. 7. <machinery> The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working. Load line, or Load water line, the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded. Synonym: Burden, lading, weight, cargo. See Burden. Origin: OE. Lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead, Lode. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| load factor | Load factor is the ratio of average demand to maximum demand or to capacity. (05 Dec 1998) |
| load management | Any method or device that evens out electric power demand by eliminating uses during peak periods or shifting usage from peak time to off-peak time. (05 Dec 1998) |
| loading | Administration of a substance for the purpose of testing metabolic function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| loading dose | <pharmacology> A quantity higher than the average or maintenance dose, used at the initiation of therapy to rapidly establish a desired level of the drug (18 Nov 1997) |
| loathly | 1. Unwillingly; reluctantly. "This shows that you from nature loathly stray." (Donne) 2. So as to cause loathing. "With dust and blood his locks were loathly dight." (Fairfax) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lob | <chemical> See Cob. <zoology> The European pollock. Origin: Dan. Lubbe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lobar | Having to do with a lobe. For example, lobar pneumonia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lobar bronchi | The divisions of the main bronchi that supply the lobes of the lungs; superior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris superior; middle lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris medius; and inferior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris inferior are the three lobar bronchi on the right; superior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris superior, and inferior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris inferior are the two on the left. The lobar bronchi divide into segmental bronchi. Synonym: bronchi lobares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobar nephronia | A focal renal mass related to acute infection. Acute focal bacterial nephritis. Renal phlegmon (not an abscess; no free pus). (05 Mar 2000) |