| LAN | local area network; long-acting neuroleptic [agent] |
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| LANC | long-arm navicular cast |
| LAS | laboratory automation system; lateral amyotrophic sclerosis; laxative abuse syndrome; left anterior-... |
| LATS | long-acting thyroid stimulator |
| LATS-P | long-acting thyroid stimulator-protector |
| long-day plant | <botany> A plant that requires more than 12 hours of daylight before flowering will occur. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| long gyrus of insula | The most posterior and longest of the slender straight gyri that compose the insula. Synonym: gyrus longus insulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long head | The head that has the more proximal origin. Nomina Anatomica lists long heads (caput longum...) of the following: 1) biceps brachii muscle (... Musculi bicipitis brachii ); 2) biceps femoris muscle (... Musculi bicipitis femoris ); 3) triceps brachii muscle (... Musculi tricipitis brachii ). Synonym: caput longum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long head of triceps | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, infraglenoid tuberosity of scapula; insertion, posterior and upper olecranon and fascia of the forearm; action, extends and adducts arm. (06 Mar 2000) |
| long-horned | <zoology> Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennae, as certain beetles (Longicornia). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| long incubation hepatitis | Outdated name for hepatitis B based on the longer incubation period (generally 30-180 days, usually 60-90) compared to hepatitis A (15-45 days, mean 30). (05 Mar 2000) |
| long interspersed elements | Long repetitive sequences in DNA with terminal repeats seen in human and mouse DNA. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Long, John | <person> U.S. Physician, 1856-1927. See: Long's coefficient, Long's formula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long-leg arthropathy | A degenerative joint disease that develops, after many years, in the knee of the longer leg of a person with unequal leg lengths. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long levatores costarum muscles | Insertion, the second rib below their origin; action, raise ribs; nerve supply, intercostal. Synonym: musculi levatores costarum longi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long-lived | Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a longlived family; long-lived prejudices. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| long plantar ligament | <anatomy> A strong ligament that extends from the calcaneus to the cuboid and lateral metatarsals on the plantar aspect of the foot; part of the passive support system for maintaining the longitudinal arch of the foot. Synonym: ligamentum plantare longum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long process of malleus | A slender spur running anteriorward from the neck of the malleus toward the petrotympanic fissure. Synonym: processus anterior mallei, Folli's process, follian process, long process of malleus, processus gracilis, processus ravii, Rau's process, Ravius' process, slender process of malleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long pulse | A pulse in which the impact is felt longer than usual. (05 Mar 2000) |
| long QT syndrome | <cardiology, physiology, syndrome> A syndrome characterised by history of syncopal episodes and a long qt interval, sometimes leading to sudden death due to paroxysmal ventricular arrhythmia. When associated with autosomal recessive inheritance and congenital deafness, it is called the jervell-lange nielsen syndrome. When associated with autosomal dominant inheritance and no deafness is present, it is called the romano-ward syndrome. (21 Jun 1999) |