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I EPTOMENINGES 



Lcpromorphc 









the 



ln.mi- 

 . 



It 



I, non tuber- 



ited. 



i the 



diarrhea, 



spiration, 



104 



months, 1 



• lUS Spots 



, the anterior 



inthem is 



: purplish red 



I 1 his li posit 



- of from 

 r. Papules then form 



- egg and 

 ITuberculation 



r the 

 • 

 •turn, and penis. 



in thickening 



in, and the 



Non- 



fi irm. 



• in. At the 



it, usually 



inns, 



I . Veil- 



t. They 



usually a 

 ith results 

 I debility, 

 ommon t 



■ 

 I v i 5 



ind the 

 L., Anesthetic. 

 L., Articular 

 !. Black, a furm in w 



I. 

 I- . Italian. Pell 

 L ■ : L., Mae 



! by the 

 I- of Mal- 

 L., Mixed Tubercu- 

 I- Nerve, 



! the 





| e p, iplasm in the peripheral sensory nerves, 



.„,,, r extent in the motor branches also. 



The condition i> marked l>\ pain along the course 

 , nerves, followed by an eruption of 

 maculae whi< h a- they enlarge become anesthetic. 

 L., Nodular. See /., Tubercu lar, under Leprosy. 

 L.. Smooth, anesthetic leprosy. L., Tubercular, 

 and L., Tuberculated. See Leprosy. L., White. 



Leprotic ' ik), Leprous [lep'-rus) [Mirpa, lep- 



Affected with, or relating to, leprosy. 

 Leprousness {lepr" -rus-nes) [leprosus, leprous]. The 



state <>f being leprous. 

 Leptandra m'-drah) [Xeirrdg, thin; avfjp, male]. 



Culver's Root. The rhizome and rootlets of L.vir- 



now called Veronica virginica. Its properties 



thought to Ik' due to a glucosid, leptandrin. It i> 



a tonic, laxative, and cholagogue, and is indicated in 



indigestion and chronic constipation. Dose of the 

 i. gr. j-iij ; of the fid. ext. Itixx-gj. 

 Leptandrin [lep-tan' -drin) [>,'.-rr», thin; avf)p, male]. 



The precipitate from a tincture of the root of Leptan- 

 dra [Veronica) virginica; alterative, deobstruent, 



laxative, cholagogue, and tonic. Dose from 2 to 4 



grains. Unol. 

 Lepthymenia [lep-thi-me' '-ne-ah) ['/f7tt6c, thin ; hftfyv, 



membrane]. Delicacy or thinness of membrane. 

 Lepthymenic {lep-thi-men' -ik) \1e-kt6c, thin; Ififfv, 



membrane]. Relating to lepthymenia. 

 Lepto- [lep'-to-) ['/i-roc, thin, small, slender]. A 



x signifying small or slen> 

 Leptocardia \lep-to-kar f -de-ah) [>f~roc, thin; Kapdia, 



heart]. A group of fishes of which the lancelets are 



the only r presentatives. 

 Leptocephalia (lep-to-sef-a'-Je-ak) [?.e-r6<;, thin, small ; 

 head]. Abnormal smallness or narrowness of 



the skull. 

 Leptocephalic (lep-to-jef-al'-ik), Leptocephalous [lep- 

 •f'-al-us) [leirrdg, slight ; Kioa'/r/, head]. Having 



an abnormally small head. 

 Leptocephalus [Up to-sef '-al-us) [^£7rr<5c, thin ; w 



head]. A monster with an abnormally small head 



from premature union of the frontal and sphenoid 



bones. 

 Leptocephaly [lep-to-sef f -al-e). See Leptocephalia. 

 Leptochasmus {lep-to-kaz* -mus) [>e— roc, thin ; ^dir^n, 



chasm]. 1 is-auer's term for a skull in which the 



angle formed by two lines drawn from the punctum 



ale vomeris to the posterior nasal spine and the 



anterior margin of the foramen magnum respectively 



i^ between 94 and 114°. 

 Leptochroa [lep-tok' -ro-ah) [Xeirrdg , thin ; XP^ a > skin]. 



I '( licacy of the skin. 

 Leptochrous (Up 1 '-tok-rus) [aettt6c, thin ; XP^ a i skin]. 



Having a delicate skin. 

 Leptochymia (/</> to-klm f -e-ah) [lenrdc, thin ; Jiy/^c, 

 ce]. Abnormal thinness or meagerness of the 



fluids of the body. 

 Leptodactylous [lep-to-dak' -til-us) \_af~t6c, delicate ; 

 rvTvog, digit]. Characterized by slenderness of the 



fingers or toes, or both. 

 Leptodera [lep-tod' -er-ah) [AETrr^c, thin ; Skpog, skin]. 



A genus of vinegar eels. L. stercoralis. See 



Thread ind Parasites {Animal), Table of. 



Leptodermic, Leptodermous [lep-to-der* '-mik , lep-to- 

 f -mus) [/'-r.yr, thin; dipfia, skin]. Having a 



delicate >kin. 

 Leptodontous [lep-to-don' -tus) [Xeirrdg, thin; bdobg, 



tooth]. Having thin or slender teeth. 

 Leptomeninges {lep-to-men-in 7 -jlz) [1f-t6c, thin; 

 1 in' mbrane]. The arachnoid and pia, or the 



pia alone. 



