| locomotorial | Relating to the locomotorium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| locomotorium | The locomotor apparatus of the body. Origin: L. Locus, place, + motorius, moving (05 Mar 2000) |
| locomotory | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to locomotion, pertaining to or affecting the locomotive apparatus of the body. (18 Nov 1997) |
| locoregional | <anatomy> The characteristic of a disease producing organism to transfer itself, but typically to the same region of the body (a leg, the lungs) (18 Nov 1997) |
| locoweed disease | <botany> A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Synonym: loco weed. Origin: Sp. Loco insane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| loculament | <botany> The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged. Origin: L. Loculamentum case, box, fr. Loculus a compartment, dim. Of locus place. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| locular | Having the nature of, or consisting of, cells. (09 Oct 1997) |
| loculate | <botany> Divided into compartments. Origin: L. Loculatus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| loculation | 1. A loculate region in an organ or tissue, or a loculate structure formed between surfaces of organs, mucous or serous membranes, and so on. 2. The process that results in the formation of a loculus or loculi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| loculation syndrome | <syndrome> An alteration in the cerebrospinal fluid, which is yellowish and coagulates spontaneously in a few seconds after withdrawal, owing to its greatly increased protein (albumin and globulin) content; noted in loculated portions of the subarachnoid space isolated from spinal fluid circulation by an inflammatory or neoplastic obstruction. Synonym: loculation syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| locule | A compartment of an anther or an ovary. (09 Oct 1997) |
| loculicidal | Of the dehiscence of a fruit, along lines coinciding with the centres of loculi. Compare: septicidal. (09 Oct 1997) |
| loculous | <botany> Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed. Origin: L. Loculosus. See Loculament. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| loculus | An enclosed compartment within an organ for example an ovary, an anther. (09 Oct 1997) |
| locum tenant | A temporary substitution of one physician by another. Synonym: locum tenens. Origin: partial anglicization of locum tenens (05 Mar 2000) |