| lowest lumbar arteries | Origin, middle sacral; distribution, sacrum and iliac muscle; anastomosis, deep circumflex iliac artery. Synonym: arteriae lumbales imae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lowest splanchnic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> One of the abdominopelvic splanchnic nerves arising in the thorax and penetrating the diaphragm to supply presynaptic sympathetic fibres for the renal plexus; often combined with the lesser splanchnic nerve, but occasionally existing as an independent nerve. Synonym: nervus splanchnicus imus, smallest splanchnic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lowest thyroid artery | <anatomy, artery> An inconstant artery; origin, arch of aorta or brachiocephalic artery; distribution, thyroid gland. Synonym: arteria thyroidea ima, lowest thyroid artery, Neubauer's artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lowly | 1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. "Lowly lands." 2. Low in rank or social importance. "One common right the great and lowly claims." (Pope) 3. Not lofty or sublime; humble. "These rural poems, and their lowly strain." (Dryden) 4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride. "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart." (Matt. Xi. 29) Origin: Low, + -ly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Lown, Bernard | <person> U.S. Cardiologist, *1921. See: Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lown-ganong-levine syndrome | <syndrome> A form of pre-excitation characterised by a short pr interval associated with a normal qrs complex. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Lowry protein assay | A method for determining protein concentrations using the Folin-Ciocalteu reagent. Synonym: Lowry-Folin assay. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lowry, Oliver | <person> U.S. Biochemist, *1910. See: Lowry-Folin assay, Lowry protein assay. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lowry, R Brian | <person> 20th century Irish medical geneticist in Canada. See: Coffin-Lowry syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lowry-Folin assay | A method for determining protein concentrations using the Folin-Ciocalteu reagent. Synonym: Lowry-Folin assay. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lowsley tractor | A slender curved instrument with flexible blades at its tip, which can be opened or closed by rotation at the proximal end of the tractor; it is passed per urethram into the bladder and used to retract the prostate gland downward into the operative field in the initial stages of perineal prostatectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lowsley, Oswald | <person> U.S. Urologist, 1884-1955. See: Lowsley tractor. (05 Mar 2000) |