Category: L
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Livedo
Discoloured spots on the skin. A discolored area or spot on the skin, often caused by local congestion of the circulation. A mottled staining of the skin, often blue or purple, as may be seen in a bruise.
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Live
Living, not dead. Carrying electricity.
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Little toe
The smallest toe on the foot.
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Little finger
The smallest finger on the hand.
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Litmus paper
A small piece of paper impregnated with litmus, used to test for acidity or alkalinity. Chemically prepared blue paper that is turned red by acids and remains blue in alkali solutions; pH range is 4.5 to 8.5.
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Litmus
A substance which turns red in acid and blue in alkali. Litmus, which is prepared from several lichens, is a vegetable dye-substance, which on contact with alkaline fluids becomes blue, and on contact with acid fluids, red. Slips of paper, impregnated with litmus, form a valuable test for the acidity of the secretions and discharges.…
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Lithuria
The presence of excessive amounts of uric acid or urates in the urine.
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Lithuresis
The passage of small stones from the bladder during urination.
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Lithotrite
A surgical instrument which crushes a stone in the bladder. A device inserted into the urinary bladder for the purpose of crushing a stone.
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lithotomy
A surgical operation to remove a stone from the bladder. Surgical removal of a stone (calculus) especially from the urinary tract. The surgical removal of a stone (calculus) from the urinary tract. The operation of cutting for stone in the bladder. The operation is of great historic interest, because more has probably been written about…