| BSSL | bile salt-stimulated lipase |
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| CEL | carboxyl-ester lipase |
| HSL | herpes simplex labialis; hormone-sensitive lipase |
| LAL | left axillary line; Limulus amebocyte lysate; low air loss; lysosomal acid lipase |
| LIP | lipase; lipocortin; lithium-induced polydipsia; lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis |
| left hepatic artery | <anatomy, artery> Left branch of proper hepatic artery; terminal branch off proper hepatic artery supplying left lobe of the liver. Synonym: ramus sinister arteriae hepaticae propriae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| left hepatic duct | The duct that drains bile from the left half of the liver, including the quadrate lobe and the left part of the caudate lobe. Synonym: ductus hepaticus sinister. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left hepatic veins | Veins draining the lateral segments [II & III] of the left lobe of the liver which join to form a single or paired trunk of variable size which usually (90% of the time) merges with that formed by the middle hepatic veins prior to entering the terminal portion of the superior vena cava. Synonym: venae hepaticae sinistrae. (05 Mar 2000) |