| LCIS | lobular carcinoma in situ |
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| LLC | Lewis lung carcinoma; liquid-liquid chromatography; long-leg cast; lymphocytic leukemia |
| MCT | manual cervical traction; mean cell thickness; mean cell threshold; mean circulation time; mean corp... |
| MNBCCS | multiple nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome |
| MSHSC | multiple self-healing squamous carcinoma |
| leptomeningeal carcinoma | <tumour> An infiltration of carcinoma cells in the arachnoid and subarachnoid space; may be primary or secondary. Synonym: leptomeningeal carcinoma, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, meningeal carcinomatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| liver cell carcinoma | <tumour> A carcinoma derived from parenchymal cells of the liver. Synonym: hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cell carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobular carcinoma | <tumour> A form of adenocarcinoma, especially of the breast, where lobular carcinoma is less common than ductal carcinoma and usually is composed of small cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobular carcinoma in situ | <tumour> Carcinoma of the breast in which small tumour cells fill preexisting acini within lobules, without invading the surrounding stroma. Synonym: lobular carcinoma in situ, lobular neoplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lucke carcinoma | <cell biology, oncology> A renal carcinoma, caused by a herpes virus, in frogs, it aroused interest because its abnormal growth appears to be dependent on a restricted temperature range. Nuclei from these cells give rise to normal frogs if transplanted into enucleated eggs, giving support to the epigenetic theories of neoplasia. (18 Nov 1997) |