| Lucilia cuprina | The most important cause of blowfly strike of sheep in Australia and South Africa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Lucilia illustris | A metallic blue-green blowfly widely distributed in North America; the eggs are deposited chiefly on animal carcasses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lucilia sericata | A common species of yellowish or metallic green blowfly (family Calliphoridae, order Diptera); an abundant scavenger feeding on carrion or excrement, and implicated in sheep strike and other forms of myiasis. Synonym: Lucilia sericata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lucimycin | <chemical> Antifungal antibiotic isolated from cultures of streptomyces lucensis. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, antifungal, antibiotics, macrolide. Chemical name: Lucensomycin (12 Dec 1998) |
| Lucio's leprosy | An acute form occurring in pure diffuse lepromatous leprosy presenting irregularly shaped, intensely erythematous, tender plaques, especially of the legs, with tendency to ulceration and scarring. Synonym: lazarine leprosy, Lucio's leprosy phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lucio's leprosy phenomenon | An acute form occurring in pure diffuse lepromatous leprosy presenting irregularly shaped, intensely erythematous, tender plaques, especially of the legs, with tendency to ulceration and scarring. Synonym: lazarine leprosy, Lucio's leprosy phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lucio, R | <person> Mexican physician, 1819-1866. See: Lucio's leprosy, Lucio's leprosy phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lucipetal | Seeking light. Origin: L. Lux, light, + peto, to seek (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lucke carcinoma | <cell biology, oncology> A renal carcinoma, caused by a herpes virus, in frogs, it aroused interest because its abnormal growth appears to be dependent on a restricted temperature range. Nuclei from these cells give rise to normal frogs if transplanted into enucleated eggs, giving support to the epigenetic theories of neoplasia. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Lucke's adenocarcinoma | <cell biology, oncology> A renal carcinoma, caused by a herpes virus, in frogs, it aroused interest because its abnormal growth appears to be dependent on a restricted temperature range. Nuclei from these cells give rise to normal frogs if transplanted into enucleated eggs, giving support to the epigenetic theories of neoplasia. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Lucke's test | A test for hippuric acid; hot nitric acid is added to the urine and evaporated to dryness; the presence of hippuric acid is indicated by an odour of nitrobenzol upon further heating. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lucke's virus | A herpesvirus associated with Lucke's carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lucke, Balduin | <person> U.S. Pathologist, 1889-1954. See: Lucke carcinoma, Lucke's adenocarcinoma, Lucke's virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lucke, George | <person> German surgeon, 1829-1894. See: Lucke's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| luckenschadel | Craniolacunia with meningocele or encephalocele. Origin: Ger. Lucke, gap + Schadel, skull (05 Mar 2000) |