Category: L

A localized form of scleroderma that does not progress to the systemic form of the disease.  

Evaporated milk to which sugar and lactic acid have been added. To prepare this milk, add 17 oz (503 ml) of water to 13 oz (384 ml) of evaporated milk, 2 level tbsp (1 oz or 28 g) of granulated sugar, and 3 tbsp (45 ml) of vinegar.  

A microscope that uses visible fight to allow viewing of the object.  

The collection of selected cell groups from tissue sections for analysis, e.g., of morphological or genetic characteristics.  

Unsegmented mesoderm lying lateral to the intermediate mesoderm. In it develops a cavity (coelom), separating it into layers (somatic and splanchnic mesoderm).  

A circular, somewhat moveable plate of fibrocartilage lying horizontally in the articular surface of the lateral condyle of the tibia inside the knee joint. The meniscus cushions and deepens the articular face of the tibia.  

Mastitis (parenchymatous inflammation of the mammary glands) that occurs during breastfeeding, typically in the second or third postpartum week; however, it may occur at any age. It occurs in about 1% of postpartum women, primarily in breast-feeding primiparas, but can occur in nonlactating females and (rarely) in males.  

Massage confined to particular body parts.  

The parts of the first cervical vertebra that articulate with the occipital bone superiorly and the axis inferiorly.  

In the staging of cancers, injection of a tracer material near a tumor to determine the regional lymph nodes into which metastatic disease may first spread.