| limiting layers of cornea | anterior limiting layer of cornea, posterior limiting layer of cornea |
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| limiting membrane of retina | One of two layers of the retina: (05 Mar 2000) |
| limiting sulcus | The medial longitudinal groove on the inner surface of the neural tube separating the alar and basal plates. Synonym: sulcus limitans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| limiting sulcus of Reil | A saemicircular fissure demarcating the insula from the opercula above, below, and behind. Synonym: sulcus circularis insulae, circular sulcus of Reil, limiting sulcus of Reil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| limiting sulcus of rhomboid fossa | A lateral groove running the whole length of the floor of the rhomboid fossa on either side of the midline, representing the remains of the sulcus demarcating the alar (dorsal) from the basal (ventral) plate of the embryonic rhombencephalon. Synonym: sulcus limitans fossae rhomboideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| limmer | 1. A limehound; a leamer. 2. <zoology> A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound. 3. A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute. "Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands." (Sir W. Scott) 4. A man rope at the side of a ladder. Origin: F. Limier. See Leamer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| limnaemia | Synonym: chronic malaria. Origin: G. Limne, marsh, + haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| limnaemic | Suffering from chronic malaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Limnatis nilotica | The horse leech; a species of land-leech of southern Europe and northern Africa which may infest the nostrils or gullet and, attaching itself to the mucous membrane, may cause haemorrhages and anaemia in horses and other animals drinking leech-infested water. Origin: G. Limne, pool (05 Mar 2000) |
| limniad | See Limoniad. Origin: Gr. A pool. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| limnology | <study> The scientific study of physical, chemical, meteorological, and biological conditions in fresh waters. (09 Oct 1997) |
| limon | Synonym: lemon. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| limonene hydratase | <enzyme> Converts limonene to alpha-terpineol; gene from bacillus stearothermophilus has been cloned into e. Coli Registry number: EC 4.2.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| limoniad | A nymph of the meadows. Synonym: Limniad. Origin: L. Limoniades, pl, Gr, fr. Meadow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| limonin | <chemistry> A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds. Origin: From NL. Citrus Medica, var. Limonum, the scientific name of the lemon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |