bo 

 to 



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LURID! 



. mu- 

 mu- 

 ll pus 

 ninens. 



■ 



LYCOIDES 



L. 



L. 



L. se- 



L. 



L. 

 itch. 



L., 



■ 

 :i margin 



U-.ll- 



L. terebrans. 



tuberculosus. 



L. tuberosu m ol 



L. tumidus, 



us infilti I connec- 



. 



L. ulcerosus. Synonym 



L. %-egetans, L. verrucosus, the 



; i oking 



i from tim 



the ham Is and 



L. vorax. See L. exul- 



ilgaris. L. vulgaris 



cmatodc with l< ibling 



It may 



the mucous membrane of the 



L. of the Vulva. 



. lur r, yellow color], 

 with in certain cachectic con- 

 • 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 >-. 

 Bursa. L.'s Cartilage, 



r part of the 

 L.'s Gland, the coccygeal gland, 

 lying near the tip of 

 attachment of the 

 Its function is not known. See Gland. 

 I u normally exists 



iian tubes, analo- 



Luschka's 









mphoid constituents of the 



./" and "Pharyn- 



L.'s Villi, minute spheroid, partially 



layei of the pia, 



nian bodies. 



[/«, I], I . The state 



specially 

 natism. 



\ washing. 



I 



iW of. 



Bacillus of. 









ial appe- 



ist]. Libidinous; hav- 



vmatic 

 Method, a method ol the 



Hum to purify]. 



\ 

 any 



I 



iud]. 



el. 



play ; 



: uietic 



Lutein ") [luteus, yellow]. I. A pigment 



obtained from corpora lutea by extraction with chloro- 

 . n . ii occurs in minute rhombic prisms or plates 

 that are pleochromatic and insoluble in water, but 

 readily soluble in alcohol, ether, and chloroform. 

 Lutein is more or less rapidly bleached by the action 

 of light. 2. A red 

 lipochrome pigment 

 found by MacMunn 

 in the 1 >1 < •• •« I of Ho- 

 a nigra. L.- 

 cells, large cells, 

 containing granules 

 of lutein, character- 

 istic of the metamor- 

 phosed clot of rup- Lutein-cells. 

 tured < Jraafian t>>l- 



licles, to the margins of which they impart a bright 

 yellow color, whence the name corpora lutea. These 

 cells appear to arise from the theca interna. See il- 

 lustration. 



Luteolin (lu f -te-o-liri) [luteus, yellow]. A yellow color- 

 ing-substance obtained from diphenylamin and diazoxy- 

 lenesulphonic acid ; also, a crystalline body, C 20 H I4 O 8 , 

 found in Reseda Intra. See Pigments, Conspectus of. 



Luteolous (lu-te' '-o-lus) [luteolus, dim. of luteus, 

 golden-yellow]. In biology, buff, or yellowish. 



Luteous \lu f -te-us) [lutum, mud]. Clay-colored, mud 

 colored; saffron, or reddish-yellow. 



Lutescent {lu-tes'-ent) [lutum, mud]. In biology, 

 yellowish, or becoming yellow. 



Luton's Sugar-test. See Tests, Table of. 



Lutose (lu'-tos) [lutum, mud]. In biology, applied to 

 such organisms as are covered with a substance like mud. 



Luxation (luks-a'-sliun). See Dislocation. 



Luxatura [luks-at-u'-raK). See Dislocation. 



Luxus {Inks' -us)[\.., " excess,"]. Excess. L. -breath- 

 ing, the breathing of more air than is actually called 

 for by the needs of the organism. L. -consump- 

 tion, a term applied by Bidder and Schmidt to the 

 metabolism of certain surplus proteid material, which, 

 though inside the body, does not form a component 

 part of any of its tissues, but constitutes a kind of res- 

 ervoir of force upon which the organism can draw. 



Luys's Body. A lentiform ganglion of a milk-and-coffee 

 color, which lies in the ideal continuation of the lateral 

 part of the ganglion of Soemmering. It represent- the 

 boundary between the crusta and the tegmentum. 

 L.'s Transference Method. See Hypnotism. 



Lycaconitin {hk ak-ou'-it-in) [//'»«;, a wolf; aconitum, 

 aconite], C 27 H 3t N 2 O fi H 2 0. An amorphous alka- 

 loid, soluble in water, alcohol, and chloroform, obtained 

 from Aconitum lycoctonum. In its toxicologic action 

 it resembles curare. 



Lycanthrope {Ii' -kan-throp) [M/coc, wolf; hvBpunoq, 

 man]. A person affected with lycanthropy. 



Lycanthropic (// kan-throp' -ik) [tvnoc, wolf; avdpuiror, 

 man]. Pertaining to or affected with lycanthropy. 



Lycanthropy {li-kan' -thro-pe) ["kbicoq, a wolf; avdpanog, 

 man]. A form of mania in which a person imagines 

 himself a wild beast. Cf. Zoantkropy. 



Lychnidiate lik-nid' '-e-at) ['/i yi'or, a lamp]. In bi- 

 ology, luminous, phosphorescent. 



Lycin ' n). See Betain. 



Lycodes (li-ko' -dez) [>i/v<», wolf], A chronic form of 

 tonsillitis Sec Lycoides. 



Lycoid (ti'-koiJ) [>/v», wolf; el6o(, like]. Resem- 

 bling a wolf. 



Lycoides (li-koid'-ez) [>iM», wolf; eldoc, like]. A 

 term applied to a form of quinsy popularly attributed 

 to exi - ss of spermatic fluid in the seminal reservoirs 

 and ii- entrance into the blood. 



