Lipophase : A cell that absorbs fat. Lipophagy : Tbe absorption of fat. Lipophil: An element that has an affinity for fat.
Lipophilia : ACfmity for fat. Lipophilic: Having an affinity for fuL .
. Lipophore: A pigment cell containing a lipochrome pigment. Lipopolysaccharide: A complex of lipid and polysaccharide. Lipoprotein: A complex in which lipids are transported in the blood. Lipoproteinemia : The presence of excessive lipoproteins in the blood. Lipoprotein lipase: An enzyme that hydrolyzes di-and triacylglycerols. Liposoluble: Soluble in fats. Liposomes : Liquid crystalline spherules formed when phospholipids swell in aqueous media.
Lipothymia: A feeling of faintness. Lipotropic: Tending to produce the utilization of fat and thus prevent excessive fat deposits in the liver. (2) An agent that decreases the deposit of fat.
~-Lipotropin : A 91-amino acid polypeptide that promotes darkening of the skin by stimulation of melanocytes.
Lipovaccine: A vaccine prepared by suspending microorganisms in vegetable oil.
Lipuria: The presence of oil or fat in
the urine.
Liquid: (1) A substance that flows readily in its natural state. (2) An amorphous form of matter intermediate between gases and
solids in. which molecules are concentrated and free to move within the limits.
Liquid culture: Culture made by introducing a bacterial colony into a test tube containing a liquid medium. Liquiform : Resembling a liquid.
Liquor: Any aqueous solution of one or more medicinal compounds.
Liquorice: Dried, unpeeled roots and stolons of Glycyrrhiza glabra (Leguminosae) ; used as a demulcent and flavouring agent.
Lissive : Relieving muscle spasm without interfering with function.
Listeriosis: An infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes, causing aborption, diarrhoea, vomiting and meningitis.
Liter: The volume of one kilogram of water at its temperature of maximum density at standard atmosphere pressure.
Lithagogue, lithic, litholytic : An agent that helps in expelling stones of kidney, bladder, bile duct and gall bladder.
Lithangiuria : A calculous disease of the urinary tract.
Lithiasis: The formation of calculi and concretions in tissues or organs. Lithium: Li, a metallic element of atomic number 3, used as a reagent. Lithium carbonate: An antidepressant drug used to treat some forms of mental illness. Lithocenosis : The removal of crushed fragments of calculi from the bladder.
Lithocholic acid: A secondary bile acid, 3 a-hydroxy-5(3-cholanic acid. Lithocholylglycine : A bile salt, the glycine conjugated of lithocholic acid.
Lithocystomy : An operation for removing a stone from the bladder. Lithodialysis: The dissolution of calculi in the bladder by injected solvents.
Lithogenesis: The formation of calculi.
Lithogenic: Promoting the formation of calculi.
Litholysis: The dissolution of calculi in the bladder.
Litholytic : An agent that dissolves calculi.
Lithometer : An instrument for measuring calculi.
Lithonephritis: Inflammation of the kidney due to irritation by calculi. Lithonephrotomy: The operative removal of a renal calculus. Lithoscope: An instrument for examining calculi in the bladder. Lithorite : An instrument for crushing a stone in the bladder. Lithotomy: Operation of cuning for stones in the bladder.
Lithous : Relating to the nature of a calculus.
Lithuresis: The passage of gravel through the urethra with the urine. Lithuria: Excess of uric acid in the
urine.
Litmus: A pigment prepared from Roccella tinctorifl and other lichens, used as a test for acidity and alkalinity.
Littritis : Inflanunation of urethral glands.
Livedo: A discoloured spot or patch on the skin.
Liver: A solid organ of dark-brown colour and the largest gland in the body.
Liver abscess: Pathological
bacterial infection of the liver.
Liver cirrhosis: Generalized pathology of the liver with disturbed normal artitecture of the lobes due to infiltration of fibrous tissues and nodule formation.
Liver extracts: A brown coloured powder obtained from mammalian liver which contains hematinic factor which stimulates erythropoiesis.
Livetin : A protein found in yolk of egg.
Livid: Discoloured as from the effects of congestion; black and blue. Lividity: Discolouration of the skin by the gravitation of the blood.
Lixivium : Any alkaline filtrate obtained by leading ashes or other similar powdered substance.
Lobe: A rounded division of a plant or body organ, well-defined and separated by boundaries.
Lobectomy: The operation of cutting out of a lobe of lung. Lobelia: Leaves and tops ofLobelifl infiata, used to treat asthma and bronchitis.
Lobeline: The principal alkaloid of
Lobelifl infiata, an annual herb, used in certain anti-smokjngpreparations. Lobitis : Inflammation of a lobe.
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