| LC | Laennec cirrhosis; Langerhans cell; late clamped; large chromophobe; lecithin cholesterol acyltransf... |
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| LCDD | light chain deposition disease |
| LD | labor and delivery; laboratory data; labyrinthine defect; lactate dehydrogenase; laser Doppler; lear... |
| L/D | light/darkness [ratio] |
| LDD | late dedifferentiation; light-darkness discrimination |
| light-water reactor | <radiobiology> Class of fission reactors using ordinary light water as a coolant, rather than liquid metal or heavy water (water with deuterium instead of hydrogen). (09 Oct 1997) |
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| light wire appliance | An orthodontic appliance utilizing small gauge labial wires with expansion and contraction loops formed into it and attached to bands fitted to individual teeth; sometimes called Begg light wire differential force technique. (05 Mar 2000) |