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LIOMYOMA 



Linea {lin'-e-ah) [L.]. A line. See Line. 



Lineage {lin'-e-aj) [linea, a line]. The line of de- 

 scent from an ancestor ; ancestry. 



Lineal {lin'-e-al) [linea, line]. Pertaining to lineage. 

 See also, Linear. 



Lineament {lin' -e-am-ent) [lineatnentum ; linea, a 

 line]. The outline of the face, or of any of its fea- 

 tures. Also, the outline of the embryo. 



Linear (lin'-e-ar) [linea, a line]. Resembling or per- 

 taining to a line. Applied in biology to an organ that 

 is narrow, many times longer than broad, and that has 

 parallel margins. L. Craniectomy. See Craniec- 

 tomy. L. Extraction. See Cataract. L. Frac- 

 ture, one forming a line, and attended with little or no 

 displacement of the fragments. 



Lineolate {lin' -e-o-laf) [lineola, a little line]. In bi- 

 ology, minutely lined or scored. 



Lineolet {lin f -e-o-lef) [lineola, a small line]. In bi- 

 ology, a minute line. 



Ling's System. A method of treatment of disease by 

 gymnastic and other rhythmic movements of the body, 

 employed by Ling, a Swedish physician ; kinesither- 

 apy. See Swedish System. 



Lingam {lin'-gam). See Phallus. 



Lingism {ling'-izm). See Ling's System. 



Lingua (lin'-givah) [L.: gen. and //. , Lingua']. The 

 tongue. L. fraenata, tongue-tie. L. geographica, 

 leukoplakia of the tongue. L., Posterior, the epi- 

 glottis. L. propendula, an obsolete synonym of 

 Macroglossia. 



Lingual {lin' '-gzval) [lingua, tongue]. Shaped like the 

 tongue. Pertaining to the tongue. L. Artery. See 

 Arteries, Table of. L. Bone. See Hyoid Bone. L. 

 Muscle. See Muscles, Table of. L. Nerve. See 

 Nerves, Table of. L. Nerve of Fifth Pair. See 

 Lingual {3), Table of Nerves. L. Nerve of Vagus. 

 See Tneumogastric, Table of Nerves. L. Ribbon. 

 See Odonlophore. 



Lingualis {ling-gwa'-lis). See Muscles, Table of. 



Linguatula {lin-givaf '-u-lah) [lingula, a small tongue]. 

 See Parasites, Table of 



Linguetta {ling-givef '-ah) [L. , dim. of lingua, a 

 tongue]. A small tongue. L.laminosa. See Lingula. 



Linguiform {ling' ' -gwif-orm) \_lingua, tongue ; forma, 

 form] . Shaped like a tongue. 



Lingula {lin' '-gu-lah) [dim. of lingua, a tongue]. A 

 transversely lamellose lobule between the valve of 

 Vieussens and the central lobule of the cerebellum. 

 It is called, also, the linguetta laminosa, the ligula, 

 and the processus petrosus anticus. Also, the line 

 of demarcation between the genera], pial surface of 

 the myel and oblongata, and the endymal, metacelian 

 surface. L. mandibularis, the prominent, thin scale 

 of bone partly surrounding the large foramen of the 

 lower jaw ; it serves for the attachment of the spheno- 

 mandibular ligament. L. sphenoidalis, a small, 

 tongue- like process of bone projecting backward in the 

 angle between the body and great wing of the sphenoid 

 bone. L. of Wrisberg, connecting fibers of the 

 motor and sensory roots of the trifacial nerve. 



Lingulate {ling'-gu-lat) [lingula, dim. of lingua, 

 tongue]. Tongue -shaped. 



Linhart's Mixture. See Anesthetic. 



Liniment {lin'-im-ent). See Linimentum. 



Linimentum {/iii-im-en'-tum) \_linere, to smear: pi., 

 Linimenla]. A liniment. A thin, liquid ointment 

 for external application, usually a solution of a medi- 

 cinal substance in an excipient of oil or oily mixtures. 

 There are nine official linimenta, and 23 others are 

 given in the U. S. Dispensatory. L. exsiccans. 

 See Pick's Liniment. L., St. John Long's, a power- 

 ful counter-irritant containing oil of turpentine, acetic 



acid, and yolk of egg. L., Stokes', a stimulating lini 

 ment containing oil of turpentine 100, acetic acid 15 

 rose-water 80, linseed oil 4, and the yolk of one egg 

 L., Swediaur's, a salve for application to carcinoma 

 tous ulcers, containing arsenious acid and olive oil. 



Linin {li'-nin) [linum, flax]. 1. A strongly purgativ 

 principle obtainable from Linum catharticum, or purg 

 ing flax. Unof. 2. In biology, minute threads extend 

 ing between the individual microsomata {ids) in 

 cell-nucleus. (O. von Rath.) The achromatin of th 

 nuclear network ; parachromatin, less correctly callei 

 nucleo-hyaloplasm . 



Linitis {li-ni'-lis) \71vov, web; trig, inflammation]. A 

 inflammation of the network of filamentous areola 

 tissue surrounding the vessels of the stomach. L. 

 Plastic, a term for fibrinous infiltration of the pylorus 

 L., Suppurative, suppurative or phlegmonous gat 

 tritis. 



Link {lingk) [ME., lenke, a link]. A loop of a chair 



Linoleic Acid {lin-o-le'-ik). See Acid. 



Linolein {lin-o' -le-in) [linum, flax ; oleum, oil], Th 

 neutral fat contained in linseed oil, to which th 

 drying property of the oil is due. It is, chemically, 

 linoleate of glycerin. 



Linseed {lin'-sed). See Linum. L. Oil, Oleum lini, i 

 expressed from the seeds of the Linum usitatissimuir 

 or flax-plant. By cold pressure is obtained a pah 

 tasteless oil, which is used in Russia and Polan 

 in cooking, as a substitute for lard or butter. By war 

 pressure an amber-colored or dark-yellow oil is ol; 

 tained. Linseed oil is, when fresh, somewhat viscii , 

 but as a drying-oil it gradually absorbs oxygen, an 

 becomes thick and eventually dry and hard. It is use 

 in the preparation of paints, varnishes, printers' in! 

 and oil-cloth. L. Poultice, a poultice made of linsee 

 meal. 



Lint [linum, flax]. A loosely woven or partly felti 

 mass of broken linen-fibers, made by scraping anj 

 "picking" old linen cloth. It is used as a dressin 

 for wounds and raw surfaces. See Charpie. L., Corr; 

 mon, lint that is twilled on one side and " woolly I 

 on the other. In the spreading of an ointment t! 

 twilled side is used. 



Linteum {lin'-te-um) [L.]. Lint. L., Paten 

 English, charpie ; lint that is scraped on both side 

 a soft finish being thus given to the two surface' 

 L., Picked, charpie. 



Linum {li'-num) [L. : gen., Lini]. Flaxseed. Lii 

 seed. The seeds of L. usitatissimum, the commc 

 flax-plant, containing 30-40 percent, of fixed (linsee 

 oil in the embryo of the seed, and 15 per cent. 

 mucilage in the epithelium. It is a demulcent, cmo 

 lient, and expectorant, useful in all inflammations 1 

 mucous membranes. L., Cataplasma ( 1!. P.), ma 

 from linseed meal. L. catharticum is an active purg 

 tive and vermifuge. L., Farina (1>. P.), flaxseed me 

 used as a poultice. L., Ol., the fixed oil of flaxse* 

 expressed cold ; a glycerid of linoleic acid, 

 ^ss-ij. L., Infus., unof., "flaxseed tea. 

 giij, licorice root Z), water ^x, infused four hoi" 

 Dose indefinite. L., Semen, linseed or flaxseo 

 Carron Oil, linseed oil emulsified in lime-water. 1 I 

 genus Linum contains several other species. 



Liodermia {li-o-dcr'-me-ah) Vtfinc, smooth; Up 

 skin]. A condition of smoothness anil glo 

 the skin. L. essentialis cum melanosi et telang 

 ectasia. Synonym of Xeroderma pigmentosum. 



Liomyoma {li-o-mi-o'-mah) [Xeloc, smooth 



a muscle-tumor]. A tumor composed of unsin" 

 muscular tissue ; its most common seat is the uteru 

 where, on account of the admixture of fibrous tistui . 

 is known as uterine fibroid. 



