Category: L

Health care providers or institutions, such as outpatient surgery centers or facilities, that provide care to a market niche, i.e., to those individuals with a limited number of diseases or conditions.  

The restriction of movement or range of motion of a part or joint, especially that imposed by disease or trauma to joints and soft tissues.  

A term used in conjunction with other words to denote limiting.  

The smallest amount of analyte that can be measured with stated and acceptable imprecision and inaccuracy e.g., the smallest number of viral particles that can be detected in a milliliter of blood.  

The smallest stimulus that can be perceived by any of the senses: e.g., the faintest light, the smallest amount of pressure, the softest sound, the most dilute flavor, etc.  

The amount of a toxin or toxoid that causes the most rapid flocculation when combined with its antitoxin.  

The smallest amount of an analyte that can be detected by an analytical system.  

A rock formed of organic fossil remains of shells, composed mostly of calcium carbonate.  

The portion of the cortex of the brain that provides a threshold to the insula. The middle cerebral artery passes over this threshold to extend to the insula.  

The boundary line between the bony and cartilaginous portion of the nasal cavity. It is also at this point that the nasal cavity proper and the vestibule of the nose meet.