| longitype | A constitutional body type or build (biotype or somatotype) in which tissues originating from the ectoderm predominate; from a morphological standpoint, the limbs predominate over the trunk. Synonym: longitype. Origin: ecto-+ G. Morphe, form (05 Mar 2000) |
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| longlegs | <zoology> A daddy longlegs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Longmire's operation | Intrahepatic cholangiojejunostomy with partial hepatectomy for biliary obstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Longmire, William Jr | <person> U.S. Surgeon, *1913. See: Longmire's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longmynd rocks | <geology> The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| longnose | <zoology> The European garfish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| longshanks | <zoology> The stilt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| longspur | <ornithology> Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-coloured longspur (C. Ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States. Origin: So called from the length of the hind claw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| longulite | <chemical> A kind of crystallite having a (slender) acicular form. Origin: L. Longus long + -lie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| longus capitis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, anterior tubercles of transverse processes of third to sixth cervical vertebrae; insertion, basilar process of occipital bone; action, twists or flexes neck anteriorly; nerve supply, cervical plexus. Synonym: musculus longus capitis, long muscle of head, musculus rectus capitis anticus major. (05 Mar 2000) |
| longus colli muscle | <anatomy> Medial part: origin, the bodies of the third thoracic to the fifth cervical vertebrae; insertion, the bodies of the second to fourth cervical vertebrae; superolateral part: origin, the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the third to fifth cervical vertebrae; insertion, the anterior tubercle of the atlas; inferolateral part: origin, the bodies of the first to third thoracic vertebrae; insertion, the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae; action, for all three parts, twist neck and flex neck anteriorly; nerve supply, for all three parts, ventral primary rami of cervical spinal nerves (cervical plexus). Synonym: musculus longus colli, long muscle of neck. (05 Mar 2000) |