LEUKOPHLEGMATIC 



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LEUKOPLEUROUS 



tendency to dropsy, accompanied by a pale, flabby 

 skin, and general edema of the whole body; edema 

 without pitting on pressure . 2. Phlegmasia alba dolens. 

 Also, subcutaneous emphysema. L>. ^Ethiopum, 

 African cachexia. L. dolens puerperarum. Same 

 as Phlegmasia alba dolens, q. v. L., Essential, a 

 form in which there is a rapid and widespread swell- 

 ing, with fever, chills, and scanty urine. L., Hys- 

 teric, a peculiar form occurring in hysteric patients. 

 L., Primary. See L. , Essential. L., Urinary, 

 anasarca following suppression of urine. 



Leukopiper {lu-ko-pi'-per) \\evk6c, white ; piper, pep. 

 per]. White pepper. 



Leukoplakia (lu-ko-pla' -ke-ah) [Ievkoc-, white ; 

 surface]. Whitening of a surface. L. buccalis, a 

 chronic superficial glossitis characterized by the pres- 

 ence of pearly-white or bluish-white patches on the 

 surface of the tongue. This condition is also called 

 Leukoma and lingual psoriasis. It is a rare affection 

 in individuals under twenty, and in women. It is clue 

 to some irritant cause, such as the smoking of a pipe 

 and the wearing of tooth-plates. 



TABLE OF LEUKOMAINS. 



Leukophlegmatic {lu-ko-fleg-mat' -ik) \\zvn6q t white ; 

 <ple.y/ia, phlegm]. Affected with or pertaining to leu- 

 kophlegmasia. 



Leukophlegmatodes {lu-ko-Jleg-mat-o' -diz). See Leu- 

 kophlegmatic. 



Leukophthalmous {lu-koff-lhaP -mus) [XevkSc, white ; 

 6<j>6a'A/i6r, eye]. Having unusually white eyes. 



Leukophyl \lu'-ko-fil) [Xevicdc, white; <f>i>/,Xov, leaf]. 

 In biology, a chlorophyl-producing chromogen believed 

 to exist in etiolated plants. 



Leukoplaques {lu' ' -ko-plaks)\lfVK6c, white; ~'f>K, su 

 face]. The white patches of Leukoplakia buccalu,q.' . 



Leukoplasia {lu-ko-pla' -ze-ah). See Leukoplakia. 



Leukoplast, or Leukoplastid {lu-ko-plasf ', or lu-kr 

 plast'-id) \1fvk6c, white; nMaoeiv, to form]. ' 

 biology, one of the starch-forming, colorless, proteiu 

 bodies found in cells not exposed to light ; amylo] 



Leukoplaxia [lu-ko-plaks f -e-ak). See Leukoplam* 



Leukopleurous (lu-ko-plu'-rus)\}i m6c, win! 

 rib]. Having white sides or flanks. 



