| DOUBTFUL | double quantum transition for finding unresolved lines |
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| IHL | International Homeopathic League |
| lpm | lines per minute; liters per minute |
| NARAL | National Abortion Rights Action League |
| NLNE | National League for Nursing Education |
| LCL | B-lymphoid cell lines |
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| HEK293 | Human embryonic kidney cell lines |
| ILAE | International League Against Epilepsy |
| NLN | National League for Nursing |
| league | 1. A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each. The English land league is equal to three English statute miles. The Spanish and French leagues vary in each country according to usage and the kind of measurement to which they are applied. The Dutch and German leagues contain about four geographical miles, or about 4.6 English statute miles. 2. A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league. Origin: Cf. OE. Legue, lieue, a measure of length, F. Lieue, Pr. Lega, legua, It. & LL. Lega, Sp. Legua, Pg. Legoa, legua; all fr. LL. Leuca, of Celtic origin: cf. Arm. Leo, lev (perh. From French), Ir.leige (perh. From English); also Ir. & Gael. Leac a flag, a broad, flat stone, W. Llech, such stones having perh. Served as a sort of milestone (cf. Cromlech). An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc. "And let there be 'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity." (Denham) A league may be offensive or defensive, or both; offensive, when the parties agree to unite in attacking a common enemy; defensive, when they agree to a mutual defense of each other against an enemy. The Holy League, an alliance of Roman Catholics formed in 1576 by influence of the Duke of Guise for the exclusion of Protestants from the throne of France. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant,2. The land league, an association, organised in Dublin in 1879, to promote the interests of the Irish tenantry, its avowed objects being to secure fixity of tenure fair rent, and free sale of the tenants' interest. It was declared illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions have failed to suppress it. Synonym: Alliance, confederacy, confederation, coalition, combination, compact, cooperation. Origin: F.ligue, LL. Liga, fr. L. Ligare to bind; cf. Sp. Liga. Cf. Ally a confederate, Ligature. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| League of Red Cross Societies | The international federation of national Red Cross and similar societies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorption lines | The dark line's in the solar spectrum due to absorption by the solar and the earth's atmosphere; the phenomenon occurs because rays passing from an incandescent body through a colder medium are absorbed by elements in that medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accretion lines | Line's seen in microscopic sections of the enamel, marking successive layers of added material. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amphotropic packaging cell lines | <cell culture, molecular biology> Clonal entities that express genes or act as viral vectors that infect cell lines to stably infect and then express genes of choice. Usually an amphotropic virus. (04 Nov 1997) |
| Baillarger's lines | Two laminae of white fibres that course parallel to the surface of the cerebral cortex and are visible as outer and inner line's in sections cut perpendicular to the surface; the line of Gennari in the calcarine cortex represents the outer of these lines. Synonym: Baillarger's bands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beau's lines | Transverse depressions on the fingernails following severe febrile disease, malnutrition, trauma, myocardial infarction, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcification lines of Retzius | Incremental line's of rhythmic deposition of successive layers of enamel matrix during development. Synonym: lines of Retzius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paton's lines | Concentric lines on the surface of an abnormal retina. Synonym: Paton's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Voigt's lines | A dorso-ventral line of pigmentation occurring symmetrically and bilaterally for about 10 cm along the lateral edge of the biceps muscle, seen in some blacks. Synonym: Voigt's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mees' lines | Horizontal white bands of the nails seen in chronic arsenical poisoning, and occasionally in leprosy. Synonym: Mees' stripes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| growth arrest lines | Dense lines parallel to the growth plates of long bones on radiographs, representing temporary slowing or cessation of longitudinal growth. Synonym: Harris' lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cleavage lines | Lines which can be extrapolated by connecting linear openings made when a round pin is driven into the skin of a cadaver, resulting from the principal axis of orientation of the subcutaneous connective tissue (collagen) fibres of the dermis; they vary in direction with the region of the body surface. Synonym: Langer's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Muehrcke's lines | White line's, parallel with the lanula and separated from each other by normal pink areas; associated with hypoalbuminaemia; the line's do not move outward with nail growth, but disappear when the serum albumen returns to normal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pleural lines | On a chest radiograph, the shadow of the soft tissues between the aerated lung and the bones of the thorax. Synonym: Correra's line. (05 Mar 2000) |
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