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genus of plants producing a re- 

 markable kind of gourd of a very 

 disagreeable odour, Ord. Cucur- 

 bitacese : Luffa Egyptiaca, e'-jlp- 

 ti'dk'ti, (of or from Egypt), the 

 towel gourd, its split fruit being 

 used as a flesh brush. 



Luhea, n., 16 -h^ a (after Luhe, a 

 German botanist), a genus of 

 pretty plants, Ord. Tiliacese : 

 Luhea grandiflora, grandf-l-fld^-a 

 (L. grandis, great, large ; flos, a 

 flower, /om, of a flower), a species 

 whose bark is used in Brazil for 

 tanning leather, and an infusion 

 of whose flowers is used as an 

 antispasmodic and expectorant. 



lumbago, n., lum-bag-o (mid. L. 

 lumbago from Ij.lumbus, the loin 

 or haunch), a form of chronic 

 rheumatism, chiefly affecting the 

 loins : lumbar, a. , lum'bdr, of or 

 pert, to the loins: lumbar region, 

 the lower part of the trunk : lum- 

 bar vertebrae, the bones of the 

 spine of the lower part of the 

 trunk. 



lumbricales, n. plu., lum'bmk' 

 al'-ez (L. lumbrlcus, an earth- 

 worm), four muscles of the hand 

 and foot which assist in bending 

 the fingers or toes, so named from 

 their resemblance to earth-worms : 

 Lumbricus, n., lum'-brZk-iis, a 

 genus of worms : Lumbricus 

 terrestris, ter-rtstf-ris (L. terrest- 

 ris, of or belonging to the earth 

 from terra, the earth), the 

 common earth-worm. 



lunate, a., I6n f -dt (L. luna, the 

 moon), like a half moon ; cres- 

 cent - shaped : lunar caustic (L. 

 luna, old term for silver), nitrate 

 of silver, used surgically as a 

 caustic ; the Argenti nitras, or 

 fused nitrate of silver, moulded 

 into small sticks. 



lunula, n., Idn'-ul-a, lunulae, n. 

 plu., Idn'-ut-e (L. lunula, a little 

 moon from luna, the moon), a 

 small portion of the nail near the 

 root which is whiter than the 

 rest, so named from its shape ; 



the thinner portions of the arterial 

 valves of the heart. 



Lupinus, n., Idp-in'-us (L. luplnus, 

 a kind of pulse), the lupine, a 

 genus of very beautiful annual 

 and herbaceous border flowers, 

 Ord. Leguminosse, Sub-ord. Pap- 

 ilionaceaB : Lupinus albus, alb f >us 

 (L. albus, white), a species extens- 

 ively cultivated in S. Europe for 

 forage, the seeds or peas being 

 used as food after their bitterness 

 has been removed by boiling. 



lupulin, n., I6p'*ul-in (L. lupulus, 

 the hops from lupus, the hop- 

 plant), the bitter aromatic prin- 

 ciple of hops : lupulinic glands, 

 a., I6p f -ul'in r 'ik, the name applied 

 to the resinous glandular scales 

 surrounding the fruit of the hop- 

 plants, also called ' lupulin. ' 



lupus, n., Idp'us (L. lupus, a wolf), 

 a general name applied to certain 

 forms of obstinate inflammatory 

 and ulcerative affections of the 

 nose, cheeks, and lips, which 

 often destroy soft parts, and 

 cause much disfigurement, usually 

 associated with scrofula, and 

 occasionally with syphilis : ery- 

 thematous lupus (see 'erythema'), 

 a variety least troublesome, in 

 which slightly elevated deep-red 

 or livid patches appear on the 

 skin of the nose or face, which 

 increase and run together, forming 

 large purple patches, sometimes 

 becoming covered with thick 

 crusts of scarf skin : lupus non- 

 exedens, n5n>eks f -%d'$nz (L. non, 

 not ; ex&dens, eating up, devour- 

 ing), a variety of the disease in 

 which there is no destruction of 

 parts : 1. exedens, the most 

 severe form of the disease in 

 which the parts affected, usually 

 the nose or lips, are destroyed. 



lusus naturae, n., I6z f -Us ndt-ur'-e 

 (L. lusus, sport or freak ; natura, 

 nature, naturce, of nature), a term 

 applied to anything unnatural in 

 an animal at birth, or in a veget- 

 able production ; a monstrosity. 



