| FPSTS | false-positive serologic test for syphilis |
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| HATTS | hemagglutination treponemal test for syphilis |
| LI, LII, | LIII first, second, third stage of syphilis |
| LT | heat-labile toxin; laminar tomography; left; left thigh; less than; lethal time; leukotriene; Levin ... |
| S | Greek capital letter sigma; syphilis; summation of series |
| latent reflex | A reflex which must be considered normal but which usually appears only under some pathologic circumstance that lowers its threshold. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| latent schizophrenia | A preexisting susceptibility for developing overt schizophrenia under strong emotional stress. (05 Mar 2000) |
| latent stage | incubation period |
| 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) |