| CCL | carcinoma cell line; certified cell line; Charcot-Leyden crystal; continuing care level; critical ca... |
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| LCL | Levinthal-Coles-Lillie [body]; lower confidence limit; lower control limit; lymphoblastoid cell line... |
| MCL | maximum containment laboratory; medial collateral ligament; midclavicular line; midcostal line; mini... |
| LF | 1) Lethal Factor 2) Line Feed 3) Left Foot |
| LPM | Line Per Minute |
| aperture, angular | <microscopy> The angle between the most divergent rays that can pass through a lens to form the image of an object. The angle subtended between the axis of a lens and the largest accepted angle of the image-forming rays. With microscope objectives the trigonometric sine of this angle is used to define numerical aperture but as measured from the axial object point. (05 Aug 1998) |
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| artery of angular gyrus | The last branch of the terminal part of the middle cerebral artery distributed to parts of the temporal parietal and occipital lobes. Synonym: arteria gyri angularis, angular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| supra-angular | <anatomy> See Surangular. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alveolonasal line | A line connecting the alveolar point and the nasion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amberg's lateral sinus line | A line dividing the angle formed by the anterior edge of the mastoid process and the temporal line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anocutaneous line | The line between the simple columnar epithelium of the rectum and the stratified epithelium of the anal canal. Synonym: linea anocutanea, anocutaneous line, dentate line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior axillary line | A vertical line extending inferiorly from the anterior axillary fold. Synonym: linea axillaris anterior, linea preaxillaris, preaxillary line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior junction line | Radiographic projection of the mediastinal tissue septum between the upper lobes behind the sternum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior median line | The line of intersection of the midsagittal plane with the anterior surface of the body. Synonym: linea mediana anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcuate line | An arching or bow-shaped line. See: arcuate line of ilium, arcuate line of rectus sheath. Synonym: linea arcuata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcuate line of ilium | The iliac portion of the linea terminalis of the bony pelvis. Synonym: linea arcuata ossis ilii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcuate line of rectus sheath | A crescentic line, not always clearly defined, which marks the lower limit of the posterior layer of the sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle. Synonym: linea arcuata vaginae musculi recti abdominis, Douglas' line, linea saemicircularis, saemicircular line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial line | An intra-arterial catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axillary line | See: anterior axillary line, midaxillary line, posterior axillary line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basinasal line | A line connecting the basion and the nasion. Synonym: nasobasilar line. (05 Mar 2000) |