| LAO | left anterior oblique; left atrial overload; Licentiate of the Art of Obstetrics |
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| LCA | left circumflex artery; left coronary artery; leukocyte common antigen; lithocholic acid; lymphocyte... |
| LE | lactate extraction; left ear; left eye; leukocyte elastase; leukoerythrogenic; live embryo; Long Eva... |
| LF | labile factor; lactoferrin; laryngofissure; Lassa fever; latex fixation; left foot; left forearm; le... |
| LHC | Langerhans cell histiocytosis; left heart catheterization; left hypochondrium; light-harvesting comp... |
| wandering liver | A downward displacement of the liver. Synonym: wandering liver. Origin: hepato-+ G. Ptosis, a failing (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cod liver oil | <chemical> The partially destearinated fixed oil obtained from fresh livers of gadus morrhua and other species of gadidae, the cod family. It is used as a source of vitamins a and d. In veterinary medicine, it is also used topically to promote wound healing and in abscesses, burns, and dermatoses. Chemical name: Cod-liver oil (12 Dec 1998) |
| pigmented liver | A liver that contains pigment, such as occurs in Dubin-Johnson syndrome, haemochromatosis, long-standing malaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cold liver lesion | <radiology> Size for detection = 1-2 cm (3-cm deep lesions), primary tumour (haemangioma hot by Tc-RBCs), metastasis, inflammatory lesion (e.g., amebic abscess), degenerative disease, trauma, congenital lesion (solitary cyst or polycystic disease) see: liver-spleen scan (12 Dec 1998) |
| waxy liver | Amyloid degeneration of the liver. Synonym: lardaceous liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complex liver mass in kids | <radiology> Epithelial, FNH (uncommon, F greater than M), hepatic adenoma (uncommon, F greater than M), hepatoma (increased aFP in 90%), hepatoblastoma (increased aFP, less than 2 years of age), mesenchymal, hamartoma, cavernous haemangioma, haemangioendothelioma, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (obstructs common bile duct; less than 5 years of age), undifferentiated sarcoma, teratoma, abscess / haematoma / complicated cyst (12 Dec 1998) |
| constitutional liver dysfunction | An inherited disorder that affects the way bilirubin in handled by the liver. Thought to be due to an inborn error of bilirubin metabolism. Symptoms include mild jaundice, weakness, fatigue, nausea and abdominal pain. (27 Sep 1997) |
| coronary ligament of liver | Peritoneal reflections from the liver to the diaphragm at the margins of the bare area of the liver. Synonym: ligamentum coronarium hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polycystic liver | Gradual cystic dilation of intralobular bile ducts (Meyenburg's complexes) that fail to involute in embryologic development of the liver; frequently associated with bilateral congenital polycystic kidneys and occasionally with cystic involvement of the pancreas, lungs, and other organs. Synonym: polycystic liver disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polycystic liver disease | Gradual cystic dilation of intralobular bile ducts (Meyenburg's complexes) that fail to involute in embryologic development of the liver; frequently associated with bilateral congenital polycystic kidneys and occasionally with cystic involvement of the pancreas, lungs, and other organs. Synonym: polycystic liver disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| portal lobule of liver | A conceptual unit of the liver, emphasizing its exocrine function in bile secretion, which comprises a roughly triangular shaped cross-sectional area with a portal canal at its centre and three or more venae centrales hepatis at its periphery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| halibut liver oil | <marine biology> The fixed oil obtained from the fresh or suitably preserved livers of halibut species of the genus Hippoglossus (family Pleuronectidae); a supplementary source of vitamins A and D. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cyanotic atrophy of the liver | A sequela of longstanding hepatic congestion due to high pressure in the right atrium as in chronic constrictive pericarditis and severe, protracted right ventricular failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic liver metastases | <radiology> Mucinous ovarian carcinoma, colonic carcinoma, sarcoma, melanoma, lung carcinoma, carcinoid tumour see: liver metastases (12 Dec 1998) |
| hobnail liver | In Laennec's cirrhosis, the contraction of scar tissue and hepatic cellular regeneration which causes a nodular appearance of the liver's surface. (05 Mar 2000) |