| legislation, food | Laws and regulations concerned with industrial processing and marketing of foods. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| legislation, hospital | Laws and regulations concerning hospitals, which are proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, medical | Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of medicine, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, nursing | Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of nursing, proposed for enactment by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, pharmacy | Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of pharmacy, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, veterinary | Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of veterinary medicine, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislatrix | A woman who makes laws. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| legume | A member of the pea family (Fabaceae) that possesses root nodules containing nitrogen-fixing bacteria. (09 Oct 1997) |
| legumes | The large family of plants, leguminosae, including many with edible parts. most species harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria on their roots. Several species, like the vetches, cause lathyrism, favism, and other forms of poisoning of cattle or people. Other species yield useful materials like gums from acacia and various lectins like phytohemagglutinin from phaseolus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legumin | <plant biology> Major storage protein of the seeds of peas and other legumes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| leguminivorous | Feeding on beans, peas, and other legumes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| leguminous | 1. Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse. 2. <botany> Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosae), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas. Origin: Cf. F. Legumineux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |