| LIBC | latent iron-binding capacity |
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| LMP | large multifunctional protease; last menstrual period; latent membrane potential; left mentoposterio... |
| LP | labile peptide; labile protein; laboratory procedure; lactic peroxidase; lamina propria; laryngophar... |
| MLN | manifest latent nystagmus; membranous lupus nephropathy; mesenteric lymph node; motilin |
| SL | systolic wave, latent |
| syphilis | <microbiology> A sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete, Treponema pallidum. May also be acquired prenatally (foetal infection). (27 Sep 1997) |
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| syphilis, congenital | Syphilis acquired in utero and manifested by any of several characteristic tooth (hutchinson's teeth) or bone malformations and by active mucocutaneous syphilis at birth or shortly thereafter. Ocular and neurologic changes may also occur. (12 Dec 1998) |
| syphilis, cutaneous | Cutaneous lesions arising from infection with treponema pallidum. In the primary stage, 18-21 days following infection, one or more chancres appear. If untreated, the subsequent stages of the disease appear as syphilids. These eruptions are superficial, nondestructive, exanthematic, transient, macular roseolas that may later be maculopapular or papular polymorphous or scaly, pustular, pigmented eruptions.(arnold, odom, and james, andrew's diseases of the skin, 8th ed, p409) (12 Dec 1998) |
| syphilis d'emblee | Syphilis occurring without an initial sore. Origin: Fr. Right away (05 Mar 2000) |
| syphilis hereditaria | <radiology> Wimberger sign, periostitis, part of ToRCHS complex (12 Dec 1998) |
| syphilis hereditaria tarda | Syphilis, believed to be congenital, but not manifesting itself until several years after birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| syphilis serodiagnosis | Serologic tests for syphilis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| quaternary syphilis | Any condition indirectly due to syphilis. Synonym: metasyphilis, parasyphilosis, quaternary syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tertiary syphilis | <microbiology> An advanced (stage III) syphilitic infection (Treponema pallidum) affecting nervous structures. Symptoms include ataxia, dementia and tabes dorsalis (staggering gait and postural difficulties). (13 Jan 1998) |
| early syphilis | Primary, secondary, or early latent syphilis, before any tertiary manifestations have appeared. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic syphilis | Syphilis caused by organisms closely related to Treponema pallidum; spread by personal, but not necessarily venereal, contact; usually acquired in childhood, most common in areas of provery and overcrowding; rare in the United States; includes yaws, pinta and bejel. Synonym: endemic syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine syphilis | A disease of horses and donkeys caused by trypanosoma equiperdum. The disease occurs in africa, the americas, and asia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| latent | Dormant. A state that some cancer cells might assume. (Opp: growing or active). (16 Dec 1997) |
| latent adrenocortical insufficiency | Adrenocortical insufficiency not clinically evident but which can become severe if a sudden stress, such as an intercurrent acute illness, develops. (05 Mar 2000) |
| latent allergy | Allergy that causes no signs or symptoms but can be revealed by means of certain immunologic tests with specific allergens. (05 Mar 2000) |