| Langer's lines | Lines which can be extrapolated by connecting linear openings made when a round pin is driven into the skin of a cadaver, resulting from the principal axis of orientation of the subcutaneous connective tissue (collagen) fibres of the dermis; they vary in direction with the region of the body surface. Synonym: Langer's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fraunhofer lines | <physics> The lines of the spectrun; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Fraunhofer's lines | A number of the most prominent of the absorption line's of the solar spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| LINES | <abbreviation> Long interspersed elements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lines of Retzius | Incremental line's of rhythmic deposition of successive layers of enamel matrix during development. Synonym: lines of Retzius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lines of Zahn | Riblike markings seen by the naked eye on the surface of antemortem thrombi; they consist of a branching framework of platelets and fibrin separating the coagulated blood cells. Synonym: striae of Zahn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Looser's lines | Radiolucent bands in the cortex of a bone; usually indicates osteomalacia. Synonym: Looser's zones. (05 Mar 2000) |