| lobeline | <chemistry> A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lobes of cerebrum | lobi cerebri |
| lobes of mammary gland | The 15 to 20 separate portions of the mammary gland that radiate from the central area deep to the nipple like wheel spokes and comprise the body of the mammary gland; each is drained by a single lactiferous duct. Synonym: lobi glandulae mammariae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobes of thyroid gland | The two major divisions of the gland lying on the right and left side of the trachea and connected by the isthmus. A smaller pyramidal lobe is frequently present as an upward extension from the isthmus. Synonym: lobi glandulae thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobi | Plural of lobus. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobi glandulae mammariae | The 15 to 20 separate portions of the mammary gland that radiate from the central area deep to the nipple like wheel spokes and comprise the body of the mammary gland; each is drained by a single lactiferous duct. Synonym: lobi glandulae mammariae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobi glandulae thyroideae | The two major divisions of the gland lying on the right and left side of the trachea and connected by the isthmus. A smaller pyramidal lobe is frequently present as an upward extension from the isthmus. Synonym: lobi glandulae thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobiped | <zoology> Having lobate toes, as a coot. Origin: Lobe + L. Pes, pedis, foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lobitis | Inflammation of a lobe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| loblolly | Gruel; porridge; so called among seamen. Loblolly bay, a name of several West Indian trees, having more or less leathery foliage, but alike in no other respect; as Pisonia subcordata, Cordia alba, and Cupania glabra. Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Lobo | Jorge, 20th century Brazilian physician. See: Lobo's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lobo's disease | A chronic localised mycosis of the skin reported from South America resulting in granulomatous nodules or keloids that contain budding, thick-walled cells about 9 u in diameter, i.e., the tissue form of Loboa loboi, the causative fungus, which has not been cultured. Synonym: Lobo's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Loboa loboi | A species of fungus causing lobomycosis. The organism is still classified by some as Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, which causes paracoccidioidomycosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobomycosis | A chronic localised mycosis of the skin reported from South America resulting in granulomatous nodules or keloids that contain budding, thick-walled cells about 9 u in diameter, i.e., the tissue form of Loboa loboi, the causative fungus, which has not been cultured. Synonym: Lobo's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobopodia | <cell biology> Hemispherical protrusions from the front of a moving tissue cell. (18 Nov 1997) |