| lop | 1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to sho by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches. "With branches lopped, in wood or mountain felled." "Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts." (Pope) 2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge. Origin: Prov. G. Luppen, lubben,to cut, geld, or OD. Luppen, D. Lubben. That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lop-ear | Congenital deformity of the external ear, with poor development of helix and anthelix. Synonym: bat ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lope | Of Leap. "And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| loperamide | <chemical> 4-(p-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-n.n-dimethyl-alpha,alpha-diphenyl-1-piperidine butyramide hydrochloride. Synthetic anti-diarrhoeal agent with a long duration of action; it is not significantly absorbed from the gut, has no effect on the adrenergic system or central nervous system, but may antagonise histamine and interfere with acetylcholine release locally. Pharmacological action: antidiarrhoeals. Chemical name: 1-Piperidinebutanamide, 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-alpha,alpha-diphenyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
| loperamide hydrochloride | 4-(p-Chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-a,alpha-diphenyl-1-piperidinebutyramide monohydrochloride;an antiperistaltic agent used to treat diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lophine | <chemistry> A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long white crystalline tufts, whence its name. Origin: Gr. A tuft or crest of feathers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophiomys | <zoology> A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special family (Lophiomyidae), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Lofia a mane, bristly ridge + my^s a mouse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophobranch | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii. One of the Lophobranchii. Origin: Gr. Crest or tuft + gill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophobranchiate | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophobranchii | <zoology> An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A crest or tuft + gill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophodont | Having the crowns of the molar teeth formed in transverse or longitudinal crests or ridges, in contrast to bunodont. Origin: G. Lophos, ridge, + odous, tooth (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lophophora williamsii | The botanical origin of peyote (mescal button); it contains over a dozen alkaloids, of which mescaline is the most important; others are pellotine, anhalomine, anhalonidine, anhalamine, anhalinine, anhalidine, and lophophorine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lophophore | <zoology> A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata. Origin: Gr. A crest or tuft + to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophopoda | <zoology> Same as Phylactolemata. Origin: NL, from Gr. A crest or tuft + -poda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophosteon | <anatomy, ornithology> The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds. (06 Mar 1998) |