| LCC | lactose coliform count; left circumflex coronary (artery); left common carotid; left coronary cusp; ... |
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| LFU | lipid fluidity unit |
| LHI | lipid hydrocarbon inclusion |
| LM | lactic acid mineral [medium]; lactose malabsorption; laryngeal mask; laryngeal muscle; lateral malle... |
| LMD | lipid-moiety modified derivative; local medical doctor; low molecular weight dextran |
| lipid pneumonia | Lipoid pneumonia, pulmonary condition marked by inflammatory and fibrotic changes in the lungs due to the inhalation of various oily or fatty substances, particularly liquid petrolatum, or resulting from accumulation in the lungs of endogenous lipid material, either cholesterol from obstructive pneumonitis or following fracture of a bone; phagocytes containing lipid are usually present. Synonym: oil pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lipid profile | Pattern of lipids in the blood. (A lipid profile usually includes the total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (hdl) cholesterol, triglycerides, and the calculated low density lipoprotein (ldl) cholesterol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lipid storage diseases | A series of disorders due to inborn errors in lipid metabolism resulting in the abnormal accumulation of lipids in the wrong places (examples include gaucher, fabry and niemann-pick diseases and metachromatic leukodystrophy). (12 Dec 1998) |