| Landsteiner-Donath test | The haemolysis which results in a sample of blood of a subject of paroxysmal haemoglobinuria when the sample is cooled to around 5캜 and then warmed again. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Landstrom | John, Swedish surgeon, 1869-1910. See: Landstrom's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Landstrom's muscle | <anatomy> Microscopic muscle fibres in the fascia behind and about the eyeball, attached anteriorly to the lids and anterior orbital fascia; its action is to draw the eyeball forward and the lids backward, resisting the pull of the four orbital muscle's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Landzert | T., 19th century German anatomist. See: Landzert's fossa, Gruber-Landzert fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Landzert's fossa | A fossa formed by two peritoneal folds, enclosing the left colic artery and the inferior mesenteric vein, respectively, at the side of the duodenum; it is smaller than the paraduodenal recess which is sometimes found in the same region. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lane | A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rcks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice. "It is become a turn-again lane unto them which they can not go through." (Tyndale) Origin: OE. Lane, lone, AS. Lone, lone; akin to D. Laan, OFries. Lana, lona. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Lane's band | A congenital band on the distal ileum causing stasis. Synonym: Lane's kink. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lane's disease | A condition characterised by asymptomatic symmetrical palmar erythema; autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: Lane's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lane's kink | A congenital band on the distal ileum causing stasis. Synonym: Lane's kink. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lane's plates | Flattened, narrow, metal plate's of various shapes and sizes, perforated for screws; used to hold the fragments of a fractured bone in apposition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lang | Basil T., English ophthalmologist, 1880-1928. (05 Mar 2000) |
| langaha | <zoology> A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its hose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| langarey | <ornithology> One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera. Synonym: wood swallow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| langate | <surgery> A linen roller used in dressing wounds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| langdak | <zoology> A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |