Category: L
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Lymphadenotomy
Surgical incision of a lymph node.
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Lymphadenosis benigna cutis
A benign collection of lymphocytes in the skin.
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Lymphadenoid
Resembling a lymph node or lymph tissue. Having similarities to or characteristics of a lymph gland or lymphatic tissue.
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Lymphadenography
Radiography of the lymph glands after injection of radiopaque material.
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Lymphadenectasis
Dilatation or distention of a lymph node.
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Lycopodium
A yellow powder formed from spores of Lycopodium clavatum, a club moss. It is used as a dusting powder and as a desiccant and absorbent.
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Lycoperdonosis
A respiratory disease caused by inhaling large quantities of spores from the mature mushroom commonly called puffball. Lycoperdon is the genus of fungi to which most puffballs belong.
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Lycopenemia
A type of carotenemia caused by eating excessive amount of foods that contain lycopene.
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Luxol fast blue
An alcohol-soluble sulfonated copper phthalcyanine stain, used primarily in neuropathology. It is taken up by phospholipids and choline and stains myelin blue.
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Luxatio erecta
Subglenoid displacement of the head of the humerus associated with disruption of the rotator cuff.