| leprosarium | A hospital especially designed for the care of those suffering from leprosy, especially those who need expert care. Synonym: lazaret, lazaretto. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| leprose | Relating to or suffering from leprosy. Synonym: leprose, leprotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leprosery | A leper home or colony. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leprostatic | 1. Inhibiting to the growth of Mycobacterium leprae. 2. An agent having this action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leprostatic agents | Substances that suppress mycobacterium leprae, ameliorate the clinical manifestations of leprosy, and/or reduce the incidence and severity of leprous reactions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leprosy | <infectious disease> Caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular parasite that survives lysosomal enzyme attack by possessing a waxy coat. Leprosy is a chronic disease associated with depressed cellular (but not humoral) immunity, the bacterium requires a lower temperature than 37쵣 and thrives particularly in peripheral Schwann cells and macrophages. Only humans and the nine banded armadillo are susceptible. (18 Nov 1997) |
| leprosy bacillus | A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that causes leprosy in man. Its organisms are generally arranged in clumps, rounded masses, or in groups of bacilli side by side. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leprosy test | <investigation> A test for leprosy where an extract of infected tissue (antigen) is injected under the skin to determine if you have a current or recent leprosy infection. Normally, little or no skin reaction should result from the injection. A positive skin reaction indicates a leprosy infection. (27 Sep 1997) |
| leprosy, borderline | A form of leprosy in which there are clinical manifestations of both principal types (lepromatous and tuberculoid). The disease may shift toward one of these two polar or principal forms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leprosy, lepromatous | A chronic communicable infection which is a principal or polar form of leprosy. This disorder is caused by mycobacterium leprae and produces diffuse granulomatous skin lesions in the form of nodules, macules, or papules. The peripheral nerves are involved symmetrically and neural sequelae occur in the advanced stage. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leprosy, tuberculoid | A principal or polar form of leprosy in which the skin lesions are few and are sharply demarcated. Peripheral nerve involvement is pronounced and may be severe. Unlike lepromatous leprosy (leprosy, lepromatous), the lepromin test is positive. Tuberculoid leprosy is rarely a source of infection to others. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leprotic | Relating to or suffering from leprosy. Synonym: leprose, leprotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leprous | Relating to or suffering from leprosy. Synonym: leprose, leprotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leprous neuropathy | A slowly developing granulomatous neuropathy, commonly seen in leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium leprae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leptandra | <botany> Dried rhizome and roots of Veronicastrum virginicum (family Serophulariaceae). Indigenous to North America. Formerly used as a cathartic. Synonym: black root, Culver's root. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| leprous polyneuritis |
sensory or sensorimotor polyneuritis due to inflammation of nerve trunks in association with leprosy.
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| leptomeningeal |
Having to do with the two innermost layers of tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord.
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| lepirudin |
A drug that inhibits blood clotting. It is being studied in cancer treatment.
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| leptin |
A protein produced in the body that is related to the onset of puberty.
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| leptonema |
(adj: leptotene) Stage in meiosis immediately preceding synapsis, in which the chromosomes appear as single, fine, threadlike structures (but they are really double because DNA replication has already taken place).
출처: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E15.htm
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| LEP | an agaric with a pallid cap and a stalk that is enlarged near the base |
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| LEP | a white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base |
| LEP | an agaric with a ragged stalk and a soft floccose cap |
| LEP | an agaric regarded as poisonous |
| LEP | an agaric with grayish white fruiting body and gills that change from pink to dingy red |
| LEP | edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores |
| LEP | an agaric with a large cap with brown scales and a thick stalk |
| LEP | an agaric with a relatively small pink to red cap and white gills and stalk |
| LEP | a family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk |
| LEP | type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish |
| LEP | silver-gray wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing |
| LEP | firebrats |