| Lassa virus |
Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever first described in 1969 in the Nigerian town of Lassa in the Yedseram River valley. Clinical cases of the disease had been known for over a decade earlier but not connected with this viral pathogen.The infection is endemic in West African countries, causing many deaths. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassa_virus
|
|---|---|
| Lasegue's sign |
in sciatica, flexion of the hip is painful when the knee is extended, but painless when the knee is flexed. This distinguishes the disorder from disease of the hip joint. Cf. Demianoff's s.
Ãâó: www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_conte...
|
| laser |
A device that emits monochromatic, coherent light.
Ãâó: highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072480823/student_...
|
| laser capture microdissection |
A method in which cells are cut out from a tissue sample using a laser beam.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v6/n6/glossary/nrg1618_...
|
| laser lithotripsy |
A minimally invasive surgical technique that uses focused laser energy to fragment a stone. It involves inserting a small instrument into the urethra and snaking it through the urinary tract to the ureter with the stone.
Ãâó: www.ehealthmd.com/library/kidneystones/KS_glossary...
|