| LCS | cerebrospinal fluid [Lat. liquor cerebrospinalis]; left coronary sinus; life care service; low const... |
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| LD | labor and delivery; laboratory data; labyrinthine defect; lactate dehydrogenase; laser Doppler; lear... |
| LILA | low impulsiveness, low anxiety |
| LIS | laboratory information system; lateral intercellular space; left intercostal space; library informat... |
| LVF | left ventricular failure; left ventricular function; left visual field; low-voltage fast; low-voltag... |
| low sodium syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome resulting from salt restriction and use of diuretics in treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension, characterised by weakness, drowsiness, muscle cramps, and a reduction in glomerular filtration with consequent nitrogen retention, renal failure, and sometimes death; occurs also in cirrhosis of the liver with ascites and in adrenal insufficiency. Synonym: salt depletion syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| low spinal anaesthesia | Spinal anaesthesia in which the level of sensory denervation extends to the tenth or eleventh thoracic dermatome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low tension glaucoma | Optic nerve atrophy and excavation with typical field defects of glaucoma but without abnormal increase in intraocular pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low tone deafness | Inability to hear low notes or frequencies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low wine | The first weak distillate obtained from the mash in the process of making whisky. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphoma, low-grade | One of the three major prognostic groupings for non-hodgkin lymphomas as proposed in the working formulation of the non-hodgkin's lymphoma pathologic classification project sponsored by the national cancer institute (1981). Lymphomas falling within this group have a relatively favourable survival potential. (12 Dec 1998) |