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L. 



d in 



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i the 



. the 



liment D 



n \u, horn]. 



the bill-sh 



urn- 



:,>!)■ See 



•', a 

 if. 

 step]- 



have 



; rectus, 

 luscle. See 



. side ; 

 Pi •Mining 

 L. Posture, S 



iorly. 

 . lateral ; 

 the neck. 



urn , 

 upper 



••roflexion ( ' hun) 



d], Flexion or 







>n iteral ; 



Re- 



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ide ; 

 n the 



LAI DANUM 



to turn"). A term applied to the deviation of the 

 uterus from the central position. It may be quite con- 

 sistent with health and require no treatment 



l ate . ■ L I ■ ■ liquid : //. , Latices\ 1 he sap or 



the the tubes or vessels oi plants. L.-cells, 



c< | to latex or milky juice. 



Latham's Theory. A theorj as to the constitution of 



the proteid molecule; it chums that the living proteid 



lol achainofcyanalcohols.orcyanhydrins, 



as they are sometinn ied, united to a benzene 



nucleus. 

 Lathyrin [lath' -ir-in) [XaBvpig, pulse]. A bitter ex- 

 tractive of lathyrus, 

 Lathyrism (lath' -ir-izni) [Udvpig, pulse]. Lupuiosis; 

 an affection, observed only in males, produced by the 

 use J from varieties of vetches, chiefly the 



xtivus and L. cicera. The grain is popu- 

 larly known as the chick-pea. It gives rise to a 

 form of spastic paraplegia, with tremor, involving 

 chiefly the legs, and this may proceed to complete 

 gia. There is exaggeration of the knee-jerk 

 and ankle-clonus. The arms are rarely, if ever, 

 cted. li appears to be a slow sclerosis induced by 

 this toxic agent. 

 Lathyrus (lath'-ir-us) [Aadvptr, pulse]. A genus of 

 leguminous plants. L. cicera, a species of vetch, 

 commonly known as "chick-pea." L. sativus. 

 See Lathyrism. 

 Latibulum (la-tib> '-u-lum) [L., latere, to lie hid]. A 



lurking-plac ■ for disease, infection, or poison. 

 Laticiferous (lat-is-if '-er-us) [latex, liquid ; ferre, to 

 bear]. In biology, producing or containing latex, or 

 milky juice. 

 Laticostate (lat-ik-os' -tat) \latus, broad; costa, rib]. 



Having 1 in pad ribs. 

 Latifia (la-tif-e'-ah) [Cf. Ratafia']. An alcoholic li- 

 queur, or aromatic cordial, with tonic drugs, as gentian, 

 cherry-bark, quassia, and rhubarb; it is called also 

 Dutch bitters. 

 Latifoliate [lat-if-o> '-le-at) [/a/us, broad; folium, a 



leaf] . 1 i ved. 



Latipennate (lat-ip-en' -at) \latus, broad; penuatus, 



winged]. Tn biology, broad-winged. 

 Latipennine (lat-ip-en' -in). Same as Latipennate. 

 Latissimus (lat-is' -im-us) [superl. of la/us, wide]. An 

 adjective signifying widest. It is used as descrip- 

 tive of certain muscles. L. colli. See Muscles 

 itysma myoides), Table of. L. dorsi. See 

 Muscles, Table of. 

 Latrine (la-trln') [Fr.]. A water-closet or privy, 



ecially one in a public place or institution. 

 Lattice-work of the Thalamus. The formatio retic- 

 ularis, 1/ 7'. 

 Latus (la'-tus) [L.]. P.road. L. ani, synonym of 



Levator ani. See Muscles, Table of. 

 Laudable (law' -da-bl) {laudabilis, or laudandum, 

 liseworthy]. Formerly, indicative of a healthy or 

 improving condition ; characterizing an active inflam- 

 mation, as laudable pus. (Obs.). 

 Laudanin (law 1 '-dan-in) [Tiddavov, a gum], < '.,„! I r N0 4 . 

 One of the alkaloids of opium. It is soluble in chlo- 

 roform and in alkaline solutions. 

 Laudanosin (law-dan' -o-sin) [X&Savov, a gum], 



il,-\'i» r \ crystallizable alkaloid of opium. 

 Laudanum (lod'-an-um) [derivation undetermined; 

 by some derived from laudatum medicamentum, the 

 praiseworthy drug; l>v others from laude dignum, 

 irthy of praise; by others, again, from Ladanum~\. 

 Tinctura opii. See Opium. L., Liquid. Synonym of 

 Vinum opii. Sec Opium. L., Rousseau's, a prepa- 

 ration used in Belgium, France, and Mexico, consisting 

 of opium, h ir-yeast, water, and alcohol. L., 



