| LA | lactic acid; large amount; laser angioplasty; late abortion; late antigen; latex agglutination; left... |
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| LAI | latex particle agglutination inhibition; leukocyte adherence inhibition |
| LAIT | latex agglutination inhibition test |
| LAT | lateral; latex agglutination test; left atrial thrombus; lysolecithin acyltransferase |
| LDAR | latex direct agglutination reaction |
| hand pile | A pile of slash constructed by a crew, not by machine. Hand piles are typically less than 10' high and less than 12' in diameter. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| hand ratio | The ratio of the length of the hand (measured on the dorsum from the styloid process of the ulna to the tip of the third finger) to the width across the knuckles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hand-schueller-christian disease | <radiology> Form of histiocytosis, age 1 - 3 yrs most common, skeletal lesions similar to EG, but more numerous, adenopathy, enlarged liver and spleen, skin lesions, diabetes insipidus, exophthalmos, lung disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| hand-schueller-christian syndrome | <syndrome> Disseminated, chronic form of langerhans-cell histiocytosis. It may exhibit the classic triad of exophthalmos, diabetes insipidus, and bone destruction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hand-Schuller-Christian disease | A condition marked by the abnormal appearance of histiocytes (macrophages) in the blood. Lipid h., Niemann-Pick disease. Sinus h., a disorder of the lymph nodes in which the distended sinuses are completely or nearly completely, filled by histiocytes, as a result of active multiplication of the littoral cells. H. X, a generic term embracing eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer-Siwe disease and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease and indicating a shared common origin for the three entities. (16 Dec 1997) |
| hand strength | Force exerted when gripping or grasping. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hand surgeon | <specialist> A physician specialist expert in the surgical case management of hand disorders. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hand-winged | <zoology> Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; said of bats. See Cheiroptera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| shoulder-hand syndrome | A syndrome of pain and tenderness, usually to a hand or foot, associated with vasomotor instability, skin changes and rapid development of bony demineralisation (osteoporosis). Frequently will follow a localised trauma, stroke or peripheral nerve injury. (27 Sep 1997) |
| simian hand | Deformity in which there is flattening of the thenar eminence, and the thumb lies adducted and extended; usually due to a median nerve lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| skeleton hand | Extension of fingers with atrophy of tissues; occurs in progressive muscular atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spade hand | The coarse, thick, square hand of acromegaly or myxoedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| split hand | A congenital deformity in which the division between the fingers, especially between the third and fourth, extends into the metacarpal region. See: lobster-claw deformity. Synonym: main fourchee, split hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| navicular bone of hand | The largest bone of the proximal row of the carpus on the lateral (radial) side, articulating with the radius, lunate, capitate, trapezium, and trapezoid. Synonym: os scaphoideum, navicular bone of hand, os naviculare manus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dejerine's hand phenomenon | Clonic contractions of the flexors of the hand (wrist) on tapping the dorsum of the hand or the volar side of the forearm near the wrist; occurs in normal persons but is exaggerated in pyramidal tract lesions. Synonym: Dejerine's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |