| INLSD | ichthyosis and neutral lipid storage disease |
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| LB | lamellar body; large bowel; left breast; left bronchus; left bundle; left buttock; leiomyoblastoma; ... |
| LBSA | lipid-bound sialic acid |
| LC | Laennec cirrhosis; Langerhans cell; late clamped; large chromophobe; lecithin cholesterol acyltransf... |
| LCC | lactose coliform count; left circumflex coronary (artery); left common carotid; left coronary cusp; ... |
| polar plates | Condensed platelike bodies at the ends of the spindle during mitosis of certain types of cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| polar presentation | The presentation of either pole of the foetal oval; may be either a cephalic or breech presentation, or a longitudinal lie. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar ring | A thickened, electron-dense ring at the anterior end of certain stages of the Apicomplexa; part of the apical complex characteristic of these sporozoans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar solvents | Solvent's that exhibit polar forces on solutes, due to high dipole moment, wide separation of charges, or tight association; e.g., water, alcohols, acids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar star | One of the figures forming the diaster. Synonym: polar star. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar zone | The region in the vicinity of an electrode applied to the body. See: electrotonus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electro-polar | <physics> Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; said of a conductor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zinco-polar | <physics> Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| law of polar excitation | A given segment of a nerve is irritated by the development of catelectrotonus and the disappearance of anelectrotonus, but the reverse does not hold; i.e., excitation occurs at the cathode when the circuit is closed and at the anode when it is opened. Synonym: Pfluger's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anisotropic lipid | A lipid in the form of doubly refractive droplets. (05 Mar 2000) |
| annular lipid | The layer(s) of lipid bound to and/or surrounding an integral membrane protein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brain lipid | Impure cephalin possessing marked haemostatic action when locally applied. (05 Mar 2000) |
| galactose-diphosphoglycosyl carrier lipid synthetase | <enzyme> Catalyses synthesis of gcl-pp-gal from udp gal and p-gcl; also catalyses exchange between the uridylyl moiety of udpgal and ump Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| pneumonia, lipid | Pneumonia due to aspiration or inhalation of various oily or fatty substances. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neutral lipid storage disease | <syndrome> Congenital ichthyosis, leukocyte vacuoles, and variable involvement of other organ systems. Synonym: neutral lipid storage disease. (05 Mar 2000) |