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country, appear to have replaced lazar- 

 houses, or at least to have had the 

 same name continued to them. We 

 have also loke, a house for lepers ; and 

 in Ger. lockern, to play the rake or 

 libertine. 



lock-jaw, lok-jaw, the disease 

 called ' trismus, ' in which the jaws 

 become locked or closely joined 

 together by the persistent contrac- 

 tion of the voluntary muscles of 

 the jaws. 



locomotor ataxia, n., Idlc'-d-mot'tir 

 at- dies $ a ( L . loc us, a place ; motum, 

 to move ; and ataxia, which see), 

 the want of co-ordination in the 

 movements of the arms, legs, or 

 both, depending upon fascicular 

 sclerosis of the posterior column 

 of the spinal cord. 



loculament, n., lok'-ul-a-ment, 

 also loculus, ii., lok'ul-us (L. 

 loculamentum, a case, receptacle 

 from loculus, a little place), in 

 bot. , a cavity in the pericarp con- 

 taining the seed called ' uni- 

 locular ' with one cavity, and ' bi- 

 locular with two cavities, and so 

 on; one of the cells of the anther: 

 loculicidal, a., lok'-ul-i'Sid'-al (L. 

 ccedo, I cut), in bot., having the 

 fruit dehiscing through the back 

 of the carpels. 



locus coeruleus, lok'us ser-ul'8-us 

 (L. locus, a place, a spot ; ccerul- 

 $us, dark blue), in the fourth 

 ventricle of the cerebellum, a 

 small eminence of dark-grey sub- 

 stance which presents a bluish 

 tint through the thin stratum 

 covering it : locus niger, nldj'6 

 (L. niger, black, dark), a mass 

 of dark-grey matter in the cer- 

 ebrum, situated in the interior of 

 the crura : 1. perforatus, per'for 

 dt'-us (L. perforatus, bored 

 through), a whitish - grey sub- 

 stance situated between the crura 

 cerebri, and perforated by apert- 

 ures for vessels. 



locusta, n., Idk-ust'a (L. locusta, 

 a cray-fish, a locust), in bot., a 

 spikelet of grasses formed of one 

 or more flowers : locust tree, the 



Ceretonia siliqua, Ord. Legum- 



inosse, Sub-ord. Csesalpinieae. 



lodicule, n., lo<l'-lk-ul (L. lodicula, 

 a small coverlet), a scale at the 



base of the ovary of grasses, and 

 of the grape vine. 



Loganiacese, n. plu., log'-an-i-af- 

 se-e, also Loganiads, n. plu., log> 

 an'-i-adz (after Logan, a botanist), 

 the Nux Yomica family, an Order 

 of plants possessing intensely 

 poisonous properties, of which 

 strychnos is an example : Logan- 

 ieae, n. plu., Idg'-an'i'-e-e, a Sub- 

 order : Logania, n., log-dn'-i-d, 

 an interesting genus of shrubs 

 producing their flowers in axillary 

 or terminal branches. 



Lolium, n., lol'-l-um (L. lolmm, 

 darnel, tares), a genus of grasses, 

 rye-grass, Ord. Graminese : Lol- 

 ium perenne, p$r'&n'-n& (L. per- 

 ennis, that continues the whole 

 year, perennial), the perennial 

 rye-grass, an esteemed fodder- 

 grass : L. temulentum, l&m'ul* 

 ent'-um (L. temulentus, intoxic- 

 ated), darnel grass, the supposed 

 tares of Scripture, said to be 

 narcotic. 



Lomentacese, n. plu., lorn'tint-a'- 

 se-e (L. lomentum, bean meal), a 

 Sub- order or division of the Cru- 

 ciferse, founded on the seed vessels: 

 lomentum, n., lom-ent'-um, a 

 legume or pod with transverse 

 partitions, each division contain- 

 ing one seed: lomentaceous, a., 

 Idm'$nt>d f -8hu8, furnished with a 

 loment. 



longipennatae, n. plu., Ifafii'ptin* 

 ndt'e (L. longus, long ; penna, a 

 wing), in zool., a group of the 

 natatorial birds : longipennate, 

 a. , -pen'ndt, long - winged 

 applied to birds. 



longirostres, n. plu., Idnj'i-rds'trez 

 (L. longm, long ; rostrum, a 

 beak), in zool., a group of the 

 Wading birds, having long bills : 

 longirostral, a., lonf-i-ros'-trul, 

 long-beaked applied to birds. 



longissimus dorsi, Itin-jfe'sim-us 



