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| latent syphilis | Infection with Treponema pallidum, after the manifestations of primary and secondary syphilis have subsided (or were never noticed), before any manifestations of tertiary syphilis have appeared. (05 Mar 2000) |
| latent tetany | A rather vague disorder recognised more in Europe than in the U.S. Consisting of a number of non-specific complaints, including generalised weakness, hand and foot cramping, distal paresthesia, anxiety, and depression. Some think it is a "normocalcaemic tetany"; others consider it "chronic hyperventilation syndrome." Typically with certain provoking procedures (e.g., limb ischemia, hyperventilation) in which case, obvious tetany develops. See: Trousseau's sign, Chvostek's sign, Erb sign. Synonym: crytotetany, spasmophilia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| latent typhoid | walking typhoid |
| latent virus | <virology> Virus integrated within host genome but inactive: may be reactivated by stress such as ultraviolet irradiation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| latent zone | That portion of the cerebral cortex, the stimulation of which produces no movement and a lesion of which produces no symptoms; mainly the more anterior areas of the frontal lobes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laterad | <anatomy> Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; opposed to mesiad. Origin: L. Latus, lateris, side + ad to. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lateral | 1. <anatomy> Denoting a position farther from the median plane or midline of the body or of a structure. 2. Pertaining to a side. Origin: L. Lateralis (18 Nov 1997) |
| lateral aberrant thyroid carcinoma | <tumour> A cervical nodule of thyroid carcinoma situated outside the thyroid gland, formerly thought to arise from ectopic thyroid tissue but now believed to be metastatic from an occult carcinoma within the gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral aberration | In spherical aberration, the distance between paraxial focus of central rays on the optic axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral alveolar abscess | An alveolar abscess located along the lateral root surface of a tooth. Synonym: pericemental abscess. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral ampullar nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the utriculoampullar nerve that supplies the crista ampullaris of the lateral saemicircular duct. Synonym: nervus ampullaris lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral angle of eye | The angle formed by the junction of the lateral parts of the upper and lower eyelids. Synonym: angulus oculi lateralis, angulus oculi temporalis, external canthus, lateral canthus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral angle of scapula | The blunt, concave head of the scapula forming the glenoid cavity at the junction of the superior and lateral borders of the bone. Synonym: angulus lateralis scapulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral angle of uterus | The upper part of the side of the uterus at the point of its junction with the uterine tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral geniculate body |
a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
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| lateral humeral epicondylitis |
tennis elbow: painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)
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| lateral ventricle |
either of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro
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| laterality |
lateralization: localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain handedness: the property of using one hand more than the other superior development of one side of the body
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| latex |
a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air latex paint: a water-base paint that has a latex binder
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| late | the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms |
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| late | the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it |
| late | schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia |
| late | coming at a subsequent time or stage |
| late | more advanced in time or nearer to the end in a sequence |
| late | at or toward an end or late period or stage of development |
| late | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time |
| late | at some eventual time in the future |
| late | comparative of the adverb `late' |
| late | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time |
| late | a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer |
| late | lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body |