| LHC | Langerhans cell histiocytosis; left heart catheterization; left hypochondrium; light-harvesting comp... |
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| LI | labeling index; lactose intolerance; lacunar infarct; lamellar ichthyosis; Langerhans islet; large i... |
| LAK T cells | Lymphokine Activated Killer T cells |
| SRC | sedimented red cells; sheep red cells |
| UC | ulcerative colitis; ultracentrifugal; umbilical cord; unchanged; unclassifiable; unconscious; undiff... |
| argentaffin granules | Granule's that reduce silver ions from an ammoniacal silver nitrate staining solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bensley's specific granules | Granule's in the cells of the islands of Langerhans in the pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bollinger granules | Relatively small, but frequently microscopically visible, pale yellow or yellow-white granule's observed in the granulomatous lesion, or the exudate, in botryomycosis; the granule's consist of irregular aggregates or colonizations of Gram-positive cocci, usually staphylococci, term sometimes incorrectly used synonymously with Bollinger bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| volutin granules | A nucleoprotein complex found as cytoplasmic granules in certain bacteria, yeasts, and protozoa (such as trypanosome flagellates) which serves as food reserves. Synonym: volutin granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metachromatic granules | Granule's that stain a colour different from that of the dye used. See: metachromasia. Term sometimes used as a synonym for volutin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromaffin granules | Granules in the adrenal glands and various other organs, which are concerned with the synthesis, storage, metabolism, and secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chromophobe granules | Granule's that do not stain or stain poorly with the ordinary dyes; such granule's are present in some cells in the anterior lobe of the pituitary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucinogen granules | Granule's that produce mucin, as in cells of the salivary glands and in the gastric and intestinal mucosae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Crooke's granules | Lumpy masses of basophilic material in the basophil cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary, associated with Cushing's disease, or following the administration of ACTH. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytoplasmic granules | Stored products of a cell's metabolic activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| prosecretion granules | Granule's in the cytoplasm of a cell indicative of a preliminary step in the formation of a secretory product. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schuffner's granules | Fine, round, uniform red or red-yellow dot's (as coloured with Romanovsky stains) characteristically observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax and P. Ovale, but not ordinarily found in P. Malariae and P. Falciparum infections. Synonym: Schuffner's granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Neusser's granules | Tiny basophilic granule's sometimes observed in an indistinct zone about the nucleus of a leukocyte. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nissl granules | The material consisting of granular endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes that occurs in nerve cell bodies and dendrites. Synonym: basophil substance, basophilic substance, chromophil substance, Nissl bodies, Nissl granules, substantia basophilia, tigroid bodies, tigroid substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| juxtaglomerular granules | Osmophilic secretory granule's present in the juxtaglomerular cells, thought to contain renin. (05 Mar 2000) |