| Long, John | <person> U.S. Physician, 1856-1927. See: Long's coefficient, Long's formula. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| long-leg arthropathy | A degenerative joint disease that develops, after many years, in the knee of the longer leg of a person with unequal leg lengths. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long levatores costarum muscles | Insertion, the second rib below their origin; action, raise ribs; nerve supply, intercostal. Synonym: musculi levatores costarum longi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long-lived | Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a longlived family; long-lived prejudices. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| long plantar ligament | <anatomy> A strong ligament that extends from the calcaneus to the cuboid and lateral metatarsals on the plantar aspect of the foot; part of the passive support system for maintaining the longitudinal arch of the foot. Synonym: ligamentum plantare longum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long process of malleus | A slender spur running anteriorward from the neck of the malleus toward the petrotympanic fissure. Synonym: processus anterior mallei, Folli's process, follian process, long process of malleus, processus gracilis, processus ravii, Rau's process, Ravius' process, slender process of malleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long pulse | A pulse in which the impact is felt longer than usual. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long QT syndrome | <cardiology, physiology, syndrome> A syndrome characterised by history of syncopal episodes and a long qt interval, sometimes leading to sudden death due to paroxysmal ventricular arrhythmia. When associated with autosomal recessive inheritance and congenital deafness, it is called the jervell-lange nielsen syndrome. When associated with autosomal dominant inheritance and no deafness is present, it is called the romano-ward syndrome. (21 Jun 1999) |
| long root of ciliary ganglion | Sensory fibres passing from the eyeball through the ciliary ganglion to their cell bodies in the trigeminal ganglion via the nasociliary nerve. Synonym: radix sensoria ganglii ciliaris, ramus communicans nervi nasociliaris cum ganglio ciliari, radix nasociliaris, long root of ciliary ganglion, nasociliary root, radix longa ganglii ciliaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long saphenous nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the femoral, extending from the femoral triangle to the foot, becoming subcutaneous on the medial side of the knee; it supplies cutaneous branches to the skin of the leg and foot, by way of infrapatellar and medial crural branches. Synonym: nervus saphenus, internal saphenous nerve, long saphenous nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long saphenous vein | <anatomy, vein> Formed by the union of the dorsal vein of the great toe and the dorsal venous arch of the foot, ascends in front of the medial malleolus, behind the medial condyle of the femur, and traverses the saphenois hiatus in the fascia lata to empty into the femoral vein in the upper part of the femoral triangle. Synonym: vena saphena magna, large saphenous vein, long saphenous vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Long's coefficient | A formula for estimating from the specific gravity of a specimen of urine the approximate amount of solids in grams per liter; the last two figures of the value for specific gravity are multiplied by 2.6. Synonym: Long's coefficient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Long's formula | A formula for estimating from the specific gravity of a specimen of urine the approximate amount of solids in grams per liter; the last two figures of the value for specific gravity are multiplied by 2.6. Synonym: Long's coefficient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long sight | Farsightedness or hyperopia occurs when a refractive error in which light rays entering the eye are focused behind the retina. This condition is easily corrected with corrective lenses or contact lenses. (27 Sep 1997) |
| long-sightedness | 1. The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence, sagacity; shrewdness. 2. <medicine> See Hypermetropia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |