| DL | danger list; De Lee [catheter]; deep lobe; developmental level; difference limen; diffusion lung [ca... |
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| LL | large lymphocyte; lateral leminiscus; left lateral; left leg; left lower; left lung; lepromatous [in... |
| LUL | left upper eyelid; left upper limb; left upper lobe; left upper lung |
| TL | temporal lobe; terminal limen; thermolabile; thermoluminescence; threat to life; thymus-leukemia [an... |
| DILD | diffuse infiltrative lung disease; diffuse interstitial lung disease |
| ectopic tachycardia | A tachycardia originating in a focus other than the sinus node, e.g., atrial, A-V junctional, or ventricular tachycardia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ectopic teratosis | A teratosis in which the organs or other parts are misplaced. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectopic testis | A variant of undescended testis wherein testicular position is outside the usual pathway of descent. See: testis ectopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ectopic thyroid | <radiology> Usually connects to normal thyroid, sites: lingual thyroid, thyroglossal duct remnant, anterior mediastinum (retrosternal thyroid), btw trachea and oesophagus, struma ovarii (teratoma variant), use pertechnetate first (rather than I-131) because of lower dose (12 Dec 1998) |
| ectopic ureter | Opens somewhere other than the bladder wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alpha cells of anterior lobe of hypophysis | Acidophil cell's that constitute about 35% of the cell's of the anterior lobe. There are two varieties: one that elaborates somatotropin, another that elaborates prolactin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior lobe of hypophysis | An alternate term for adenohypophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artery of caudate lobe | Origin, left branch of proper hepatic; distribution, caudate lobe of the liver. Synonym: arteria lobi caudati. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azygos pseudo-lobe | <radiology> Not a true lobe, does not have separate broncus or vasculature, due to invagination of azygos vein into RUL, no clinical significance (12 Dec 1998) |
| basophil cell of anterior lobe of hypophysis | beta cell of anterior lobe of hypophysis |
| parietal lobe | Part of the brain and specifically a section of thecerebral hemisphere. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parietal lobe epilepsy | A localization-related epilepsy where seizures originate within the parietal lobe. Seizure semiology may involve abnormalities of sensation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parietal lobe of cerebrum | The middle portion of each cerebral hemisphere, separated from the frontal lobe by the central sulcus, from the temporal lobe by the lateral sulcus in front and an imaginary line projected posteriorly, and from the occipital lobe only partially by the parieto-occipital sulcus on its medial aspect. Synonym: lobus parietalis cerebri, parietal lobe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caudate lobe | A small lobe of the liver situated posteriorly between the sulcus for the vena cava and the fissure for the ligamentum venosum. Synonym: caudate lobe, Spigelius' lobe. Lobi cerebri, the major divisions of the cerebral hemisphere; they include the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes, named for the overlying bones of the skull. Synonym: lobes of cerebrum. Lobus clivi, the clivus monticuli and the posterior crescentic lobules of the cerebellum considered as one lobe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandular lobe of hypophysis | It consists of the distal part, intermediate part, and infundibular part. See: hypophysis. Synonym: lobus anterior hypophyseos, anterior lobe of hypophysis, glandular lobe of hypophysis, lobus glandularis hypophyseos. (05 Mar 2000) |