| LJM | limited joint mobility; Lowenstein-Jensen medium |
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| LTT | lactose tolerance test; leucine tolerance test; limited treadmill test; lymphocyte transformation te... |
| PLISSIT | permission to be sexual, limited information, specific suggestions, intensive therapy |
| SLP | left sacroposterior [fetal position] [Lat. sacrolaeva posterior]; segmental limb systolic pressure; ... |
| STL | serum theophylline level; status thymicolymphaticus; stereolithography; swelling, tenderness and lim... |
| range of motion, articular | Range through which a joint can be extended and flexed. This is frequently assessed following surgery of the joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| motion, range of | The range through which a joint can be moved, usually its range of flexion and extension. Due to an injury, the knee may for example lack 10 degrees of full extension. (12 Dec 1998) |
| host range | The range of host species or cell types which a particular virus, bacteria, or parasite is able to infect or parasitise. (09 Oct 1997) |
| host range mutant | A mutant of phage or animal virus that grows normally in one of its host cells, but has lost the ability to grow in cells of a second host type. (18 Nov 1997) |
| normal range | Normal results can fall outside the normal range. By convention, the normal range is set to cover ninety-five percent (95%) of values from a normal population. Five percent (5%) of normal results therefore fall outside the normal range. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dynamic range | <microscopy> In video and other electronic equipment and in photographic emulsions, the ratio of the maximum to minimum signal levels that introduce no more than acceptable levels of signal amplitude distortions. (05 Aug 1998) |
| instrascene dynamic range | <microscopy> The greatest ratio of highlight to shadow brightness to within a single scene that a video camera (tube) can handle usefully. Contrast with the usable light range of a camera, which is considerably greater than the instrascene dynamic range. See: illumination, Kohler. (05 Aug 1998) |
| usable light range | <microscopy> The ratio of the maximum to the minimum levels of illuminance over which a video camera or camera tube can provide a usable signal. Being aided by automatic irises, gray-wedge wheels, etc., in addition to varying electrode voltages where permissible, the usable light range can be several orders of magnitude greater than the intrascene dynamic range. See: intrascene dynamic range, condenser, variable-focus. (05 Aug 1998) |