| ALI | acute lung injury; annual limit of intake; average lobe index |
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| BEL | blood ethanol level; bovine embryonic lung |
| BFL | bird fancier's lung; Borjeson-Forssman-Lehman [syndrome] |
| CDILD | chronic diffuse interstitial lung disease |
| CHL | Chinese hamster lung; chlorambucil; chloramphenicol |
| lung window | CT settings of window level and width appropriate to showing lung detail; soft tissues are white or nearly so. Mediastinal window, CT settings of window level and width appropriate to showing soft tissue structures; the lungs become black at these settings. Synonym: soft tissue window. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lymphangitic lung metastases | <radiology> Usually adenocarcinoma, breast, lung, upper GI tract (stomach, pancreas) (12 Dec 1998) |