Category: L

Any of the nematodes that infest the lungs of humans and animals.  

A chemical in the retina of the eye, intermediate between rhodopsin and alltrans- retinal plus opsin, formed during the bleaching of rhodopsin by exposure to light.  

A chemical present in organic compounds that permits luminescence of those compounds.  

A luminescence photometer used to assay chemluminescent and bioluminescent reactions. It is used clinically to assay for bacteria and living cells.  

A genus of worms that includes earthworms. An obsolete name for Ascaris lumbricoides.  

The state of being infested with lumbricoid worms.  

An agent that kills lumbricoid worms (i.e., ascarides or intestinal worms).  

One of the worm-shaped muscles of the hand or foot.  

Non-fusion of the first sacral vertebra with the sacrum, therefore functioning as an additional (sixth) lumbar vertebra.  

The sheep blowfly, also known as the green bottle fly. It is a cause of myiasis in humans. Sterile maggots of this species are necrophagous and have been used to debride wound infections.