| BCLP | bilateral cleft of lip and palate |
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| CL | capillary lumen; cardiolipin; cell line; centralis lateralis; chemiluminescence; chest and left arm ... |
| CL/CP | cleft lip/cleft palate |
| CLP | chymotrypsin-like protein; cleft lip with cleft palate; paced cycle length |
| CL/P | cleft lip with or without cleft palate |
| lip and leg ulceration | An infectious disease of sheep characterised by crusted ulcers on the skin of the face, feet, and external genitalia; thought to be caused by the orf virus. Synonym: lip and leg ulceration. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lip bumper | <dentistry> A lip bumper is used to push the molars on your lower jaw back to create more space for other teeth. The lip bumper consists of an arch wire which is attached to a moulded piece of plastic. You mount the arch wire in the buccal tubes on your lower jaw, and plastic piece rests against your lips. When you eat or talk, you push the plastic piece back which pushes on your molars. That pushes your molars back. (08 Jan 1998) |
| lip pits | Malformations of the lip seen in unilateral or bilateral depressions or fistulae. May be hereditary or associated with cleft lip and/or palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lip reflex | A pouting movement of the lips provoked in young infants by tapping near the angle of the mouth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lip sulcus | A furrow between the developing lip and gum. Synonym: labiodental sulcus, lip sulcus, primary labial groove. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lower lip | The muscular fold bounding the opening of the mouth inferiorly. Synonym: labium inferius oris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low lip line | The lowest position of the lower lip during the act of smiling or voluntary retraction, the lowest position of the upper lip at rest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linea | 1. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. 2. <mathematics> That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. 3. <geography> A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. The equator; usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line. 4. <genetics> A series or succession of ancestors or descand ants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. "Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real." (Chaucer) 5. <physics> Line of force, any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically, the outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water. Origin: OE. Line, AS. Line cable, hawser, prob. From L. Linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. Linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. Ligne line, from the same L. Word linea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| linea alba | A fibrous band running vertically the entire length of the centre of the anterior abdominal wall, receiving the attachments of the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles. Synonym: Hunter's line, white line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linea anocutanea | The line between the simple columnar epithelium of the rectum and the stratified epithelium of the anal canal. Synonym: linea anocutanea, anocutaneous line, dentate line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linea arcuata | An arching or bow-shaped line. See: arcuate line of ilium, arcuate line of rectus sheath. Synonym: linea arcuata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linea arcuata ossis ilii | The iliac portion of the linea terminalis of the bony pelvis. Synonym: linea arcuata ossis ilii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linea arcuata vaginae musculi recti abdominis | A crescentic line, not always clearly defined, which marks the lower limit of the posterior layer of the sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle. Synonym: linea arcuata vaginae musculi recti abdominis, Douglas' line, linea saemicircularis, saemicircular line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linea axillaris anterior | A vertical line extending inferiorly from the anterior axillary fold. Synonym: linea axillaris anterior, linea preaxillaris, preaxillary line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| linea axillaris media | A vertical line intersecting a point midway between the anterior and posterior axillary folds or lines. Synonym: linea axillaris media, linea medio-axillaris, middle axillary line. (05 Mar 2000) |