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fluke, an animal parasite found 

 in the liver, the ' Fasciola hepat- 

 ica, ' common in the sheep, some- 

 times met with in the human 

 bocty. 



lixiviation, n., liks-W-i-af-shun 

 (L. lixivius, made into lye 

 from lix, lye), the operation or 

 process of extracting alkaline 

 salts from ashes by mixing or 

 washing them with water, and 

 then running off and evaporating 

 the water. 



Loasacese, n. plu., lo'-as-af'S^-e, 

 (origin unascertained), the Chili 

 nettle family, an Order of plants 

 of America, distinguished by 

 their stinging qualities : Loasa, 

 n., lo-ds'a, a genus, highly in- 

 teresting from the beauty of their 

 curiously formed flowers : Loasa 

 placei, plas f '&i (unascertained), 

 a species possessing powerful 

 stinging properties. 



lobe, n., lob (Gr. lobos, the tip of 

 the ear), in bot., a large division 

 of a leaf or seed; a division of 

 the anther ; a part or division of 

 the lungs, liver, etc.: lobate, a., 

 lob'-dt, divided into small lobes ; 

 having lobes or divisions ; lobulse, 

 n. plu., Idb'iil-e, or lobules, n. 

 plu., Idb'Ulz, subdivisions of a 

 lobe ; very minute lobes. 



Lobeliacese, n. plu., lo-betfi-d'se'e, 

 also Lobeliads, n. plu., Iti-bel'i- 

 adz (after Lobel, the French 

 physician and botanist to James 

 I.), the Lobelia family, an Order 

 of plants in which acridity pre- 

 vails more or less : Lobelia, n., 

 IS-bel'-i-a, a genus of plants pro- 

 ducing beautiful blossoms : Lo- 

 belia inflata, m-flatf-ct (L. infldt- 

 us, puffed up, inflated from in, 

 into;/0, I blow), Indian tobacco, 

 a native of North America, used 

 medicinally, chiefly as a sedat- 

 ive : L. longiflora, Idn'-ji-flor'-a 

 (L. longus, long ; flos, a flower, 

 floris, of a flower), one of the 

 most venomous of plants : L. 

 syphilitica, sif-U-U^k-a (Gr. sun, 



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with ; phileo, I love : or sits, a 

 swine ; philos, dear), a plant 

 whose root is acrid and emetic : 

 L. urens, ur'-enz (L. wrens, burn- 

 ing), a plant whose milky juice is 

 said to be vesicant : lobelina, n., 

 lob'-el-in'-a, a volatile alkaloid 

 obtained from the Lobelia in- 

 flata. 



lobule, n., lob'ul (a dim. of Gr. 

 lobos, a lobe, which see), a small 

 lobe : lobulate, a., I6b'-ul'dt, 

 divided into small lobes. 



lobulus, n., loV'Ul'Us (a mod. L. 

 dim. of Gr. lobos, a lobe), a small 

 lobe or division : lobulus auris, 

 dwr'-is (L. auris, the ear, auris, 

 of the ear), the lower dependent 

 portion of the pinna of the ear : 

 1. spigelii, spi-jel'-i'l (after Spigel, 

 a Belgian physician), a small lobe 

 of the liver, on the left of the 

 great lobe : 1. caudatus, lcdwd< 

 dt'-us (mod. L. caudatus, tailed 

 from L. cauda, a tail), the tailed 

 appendage ; a small tail - like 

 appendage to the lobulus spigelii : 

 lobuli testis, loV-ull &s f >tis (L. 

 testis, a testicle, testis, of a tes- 

 ticle), the lobules of the testis ; 

 the numerous lobules of which 

 the glandular structure of the 

 testis consists. 



lochia, n., lolc-i'-a (Gr. locheia, 

 child-birth), the discharges from 

 the uterus and vagina after child- 

 birth while the mucous membrane 

 is returning to its primary con- 

 dition. 



lock - hospital, n., lok - htis'-pit-al 

 (Dut. locken, Icel. loka, to shut, 

 to fasten ; AS. loc, a place shut 

 in : F. loquet, the latch of a 

 door), a charitable institution for 

 the treatment of venereal dis- 



NOTE. The origin of this name is much 

 disputed. There seems to be but little 

 doubt that the name was first applied 

 to a leper or lazar-house in the sense, 

 as given in the root-words, ' of being 

 shut off or isolated from all others. ' The 

 hospitals for venereal diseases, after 

 the disappearance of leprosy from this 



