| Lam B | Outer membrane protein of Gram-negative bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lama | <zoology> See Llama. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lamantin | <zoology> The manatee. Alternative forms: lamentin, and lamantine. Origin: F. Lamantin, lamentin, prob. From the name of the animal in the Antilles. Cf. Manater. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste | <person> French botanist, zoologist, and biological philosopher, 1744-1829. See: lamarckian theory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamarckian theory | That acquired characteristics may be transmitted to the descendants and that experience, and not biology alone, can change and thereby influence genetic transmission. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamarckianism | <biology> Lamarckism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lamarckism | <biology> The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and especially, in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs. Origin: From Lamarck, a distinguished French naturalist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Lamaze method | A technique of psychoprophylactic preparation for childbirth, designed to minimise the pain of labour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lamaze, Fernand | <person> French obstetrician, 1890-1957. See: Lamaze method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamb | 1. <zoology> The young of the sheep. 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. 3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized. Lamb of God, The Lamb, the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb. "The twelve apostles of the Lamb." (Rev. Xxi. 14) "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." (John i. <botany> Lamb's lettuce, an annual plant with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. Origin: AS. Lamb; akin to D. & Dan. Lam, G. & Sw. Lamm, OS, Goth, & Icel. Lamb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) Previous: lamarckian theory, lamarckism, Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, Lamaze, Fernand, Lamaze methodNext: Lam B, lambative, lambda, lambda bacteriophage, lambda chainLam B Outer membrane protein of Gram-negative bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamb dysentery | Enterotoxaemia of lambs caused by type B toxins of Clostridium perfringens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| LAMB syndrome | <syndrome> The concurrence of lentigines, atrial myxoma, mucocutaneous myxomas, and blue nevi. See: NAME syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lamb's-quarters | <botany> A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lambative | Taken by licking with the tongue. "Sirups and lambative medicines." Origin: L. Lambere to lick. See Lambent. A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lambda | 1. The name of the Greek letter lambda, corresponding with the English letter L, l. 2. <anatomy> The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull. <zoology> Lambda moth, a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| E-LAM | <abbreviation> Endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule. (05 Mar 2000) |
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