loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
local anaesthesia
Noun
loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
loginess
Noun
a dull and listless state resulting from weariness
local option
Noun
freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction
logginess
Noun
a dull and listless state resulting from weariness
lead poisoning
Noun
toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
lead colic
Noun
symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation
learning disorder
Noun
a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills
learning disability
Noun
a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills
lying-in
Noun
concluding state of pregnancy
lymphangiectasia
Noun
dilatation of a lymph vessel
lymphangiectasis
Noun
dilatation of a lymph vessel
laryngospasm
Noun
a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs
lymphedema
Noun
swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas
lipomatosis
Noun
pathology in which fat accumulates in lipomas in the body
lithiasis
Noun
the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ
liver disease
Noun
a disease affecting the liver
logagraphia
Noun
a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion
laryngostenosis
Noun
abnormal narrowing of the larynx
latent diabetes
Noun
a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures
lobar pneumonia
Noun
pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung
liver cancer
Noun
malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer
lues venerea
Noun
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete
lues
Noun
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete
locomotor ataxia
Noun
syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration of sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence
leprosy
Noun
chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions
lepromatous leprosy
Noun
a very serious form of leprosy characterized by lesions that spread over much of the body and affecting many systems of the body
legal blindness
Noun
vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet)
listeriosis
Noun
an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes
listeria meningitis
Noun
an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes
lymphocytic choriomeningitis
Noun
a form of viral meningitis caused by a virus carried by the common house mouse
lymphogranuloma venereum
Noun
infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium
lymphopathia venereum
Noun
infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium
leishmaniasis
Noun
sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
leishmaniosis
Noun
sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
lipochondrodystrophy
Noun
hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism
lower respiratory infection
Noun
infection of the lower respiratory tract
leishmaniasis americana
Noun
a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Noun
an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age
lysinemia
Noun
an inborn error of metabolism in which the lack of certain enzymes leads to an inability to metabolize the amino acid lysine