| lumbar disk removal | A surgical procedure which is designed to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerve root that is being caused by a slipped or herniated disk in the lumbar spine. This procedure is also used in the treatment of spinal stenosis. This procedure includes removal of a portion of the bone comprising a vertebra. Recovery is generally 7-10 days. An alternative to this is a micro-disc surgery. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| lumbar enlargement | A spindle-shaped swelling of the spinal cord beginning at the level of the tenth thoracic vertebra and tapering into the medullary cone, with maximum thickness opposite the last thoracic vertebra, consequential to the innervation of the lower limb. Synonym: intumescentia lumbalis, lumbar enlargement of spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar enlargement of spinal cord | A spindle-shaped swelling of the spinal cord beginning at the level of the tenth thoracic vertebra and tapering into the medullary cone, with maximum thickness opposite the last thoracic vertebra, consequential to the innervation of the lower limb. Synonym: intumescentia lumbalis, lumbar enlargement of spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar flexure | The normal ventral curve of the vertebral column in the lumbar region. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar ganglia | Four or more ganglia on the medial border of the psoas major muscle on either side; they form, with the sacral and coccygeal ganglia and their interganglionic rami, the abdominopelvic sympathetic trunk. Synonym: ganglia lumbalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar hernia | A protrusion between the last rib and the iliac crest where the aponeurosis of the transversus muscle is covered only by the latissimus dorsi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar iliocostal muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, with erector spinae; insertion, the angles of lower six ribs; action, extends, abducts, and rotates lumbar vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal branches of thoracic and lumbar nerves. Synonym: musculus iliocostalis lumborum, lumbar iliocostal muscle, musculus sacrolumbalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar interspinal muscle | Origin, superior margin of lumbar spinous process; insertion, inferior margin of next superior spinous process; action, extends lumbar vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of lumbar spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus interspinalis lumborum, lumbar interspinal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar interspinales muscles | Origin, superior margin of lumbar spinous process; insertion, inferior margin of next superior spinous process; action, extends lumbar vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of lumbar spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus interspinalis lumborum, lumbar interspinal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar laminectomy | <procedure, surgery> A surgical procedure which is designed to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerve root that is being caused by a slipped or herniated disk in the lumbar spine. This procedure is also used in the treatment of spinal stenosis. This procedure includes removal of a portion of the bone comprising a vertebra. Recovery is generally 7-10 days. An alternative to this is a micro-disc surgery. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lumbar lymph nodes | right lumbar lymph nodes, intermediate lumbar lymph nodes, left lumbar lymph nodes |
| lumbar nephrectomy | Nephrectomy through an incision in the flank or loin, usually with the patient in the lateral position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar nerves | Five bilaterally-paired nerves emerging from the lumbar portion of the spinal cord; the first four nerves enter into the formation of the lumbar plexus, the fourth and fifth into that of the sacral plexus. Synonym: nervi lumbales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar part of diaphragm | The portion of the diaphragm that arises from the upper lumbar vertebrae and from the medial and lateral arcuate ligaments. See: right crus of diaphragm, left crus of diaphragm, lateral arcuate ligament, medial arcuate ligament. Synonym: pars lumbalis diaphragmatis, vertebral part of diaphragm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lumbar part of spinal cord | Portion of spinal cord which consists of the five lumbar segments (L1-L5) and from which five pairs of lumbar spinal nerves originate; in the adult it is located in the T10-L1 portion of the vertebral canal, and is enlarged relative to other parts of the cord due to its involvement in innervation of the lower limb. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Anticoagulant, Lupus, Coagulation Inhibitor, Lupus, Inhibitor, Lupus Coagulation
Synonyms : Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Synonyms : Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
Synonyms : Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Disease, Libman-Sacks, Libman Sacks Disease
Synonyms : Glomerulonephritides, Lupus, Lupus Glomerulonephritides, Lupus Nephritides, Nephritides, Lupus
| lute |
a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
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| luteal |
of or relating to the corpus luteum
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| lutein |
xanthophyll: yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks
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| luteinizing hormone |
a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals
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| luteotropin |
prolactin: gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition
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| LU | add details, as to an account or idea |
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| LU | laborious cogitation |
| LU | a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation |
| LU | (of language) transparently clear |
| LU | characterized by extravagance and profusion |
| LU | Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC) |
| LU | incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974 |
| LU | United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933) |
| LU | Canadian novelist (1874-1942) |
| LU | United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) |
| LU | one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed labor-saving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment |
| LU | any opponent of technological progress |