| IEL | internal elastic lamina; intraepithelial lymphocyte |
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| LP | labile peptide; labile protein; laboratory procedure; lactic peroxidase; lamina propria; laryngophar... |
| LRE | lamina rara externa; leukemic reticuloendotheliosis; lymphoreticuloendothelial |
| LRI | lamina rara interna; lower respiratory [tract] illness; lower respiratory [tract] infection; lymphoc... |
| RL | radial line; radiation laboratory; reduction level; renal dysplasia-limb defects [syndrome]; resisti... |
| left crus of diaphragm | The muscular origin of the diaphragm from the upper two or three lumbar vertebrae that ascends to the left of the aorta to reach the central tendon. Synonym: crus sinistrum diaphragmatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| left duct of caudate lobe | A tributary to the left hepatic duct draining bile from the left half of the caudate lobe. Synonym: ductus lobi caudati sinister. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left fibrous trigone | The part of the fibrous skeleton of the heart located in the interval between the left side of the left atrioventricular ring and the aortic ring. Synonym: trigonum fibrosum sinistrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left-footed | Denoting one who uses the left leg by preference. Synonym: left-footed. Origin: sinistro-+ L. Pes (ped-), foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| left gastric artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, coeliac; distribution, cardia of stomach at lesser curvature, abdominal part of the oesophagus, and, frequently, a portion of the left lobe of the liver via an aberrant left hepatic branch; anastomoses, oesophageal, right gastric. Synonym: arteria gastrica sinistra, coronary artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left gastric lymph nodes | Nodes located along the left gastric artery and its branches; they are divided into paracardial, upper and lower groups. Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastrici sinistri, superior gastric lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left gastric vein | <anatomy, vein> Arises from a union of veins from both surfaces of the cardia of the stomach and an oesophageal tributary from the cardiac portion of the oesophagus; it runs in the lesser omentum and empties into the portal vein. See: oesophageal veins. Synonym: vena gastrica sinistra, coronary vein, vena coronaria ventriculi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left gastroepiploic artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, splenic; distribution, greater curvature of stomach and greater omentum; anastomoses, right gastroepiploic and short gastric arteries. Synonym: arteria gastro-omentalis sinistra, arteria gastroepiploica sinistra, left gastro-omental artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left gastroepiploic lymph nodes | Nodes located in the greater omentum along the left gastroepiploic artery that drain part of the greater curvature of the stomach and greater omentum. Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastro-omentales sinistri, left gastro-omental nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left gastroepiploic vein | <anatomy, vein> The vein that accompanies the left gastroepiploic artery along the greater curvature of the stomach; it empties into the splenic vein. Synonym: vena gastro-omentalis sinistra, left gastroomental vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left gastro-omental artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, splenic; distribution, greater curvature of stomach and greater omentum; anastomoses, right gastroepiploic and short gastric arteries. Synonym: arteria gastro-omentalis sinistra, arteria gastroepiploica sinistra, left gastro-omental artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left gastro-omental nodes | Nodes located in the greater omentum along the left gastroepiploic artery that drain part of the greater curvature of the stomach and greater omentum. Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastro-omentales sinistri, left gastro-omental nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left gastroomental vein | <anatomy, vein> The vein that accompanies the left gastroepiploic artery along the greater curvature of the stomach; it empties into the splenic vein. Synonym: vena gastro-omentalis sinistra, left gastroomental vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left-handed | 1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right. 2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. "The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive." (Landor) 3. Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc, looked at from a given direction. Left-handed marriage, a morganatic marriage. See Morganatic. Left-handed screw, a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| left heart | The left atrium and left ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |