| Lamarck |
French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
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| lacrimal bone |
small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts
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| lavage |
washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
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| law |
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping" the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale" police: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" jurisprudence: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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| lacrimal duct |
any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands
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