| loma | <zoology> A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lomasome | <cell biology> Membranous structure, often containing internal membranes, located between the plasma membrane and cell wall of plant cells. Included in the more general term, paramural body. Origin: Gr. Soma = body (18 Nov 1997) |
| lomatinous | <zoology> Furnished with lobes or flaps. See: Loma. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Lombard voice-reflex test | The observation of fluctuations in the intensity of a patient's voice when a masking noise is increased or decreased; a test useful in assessing functional hearing loss. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lombard, Etienne | <person> French physician, 1868-1920. See: Lombard voice-reflex test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lombardic | Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards. Lombardic alphabet, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy. Lombardic architecture, the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. Lombardy poplar. <botany> See Poplar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| loment | <botany> An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed. Origin: L. Lomentum a mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal, fr. Lavare, lotum, to wash. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lomentaceous | <botany> Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments. Origin: From Loment. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lomentum | <botany> A legume having distinct constrictions or lines of abscission between the seeds and breaking into one-seeded segments when mature. (09 Oct 1997) |
| lomustine | <chemical> 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea. An alkylating agent of value against both haematologic malignancies and solid tumours. Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent. Chemical name: Urea, N-(2-chloroethyl)-N'-cyclohexyl-N-nitroso- (12 Dec 1998) |