| limnology |
the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties
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| limonene |
a liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils
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| limp |
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" flaccid: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip" not firm; "wilted lettuce" hitch: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"
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| limb-girdle muscular dystrophy |
an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages
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| limb |
one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip; "the upper limb of the bow" the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles; "the limb of the sextant" arm: any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
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