Category: L

Interpreting what is being said by watching the speaker’s lip and facial movements and expression. This method is used as a means of speech discrimination by people with hearing impairments. A method of comprehending speech through the interpretation of mouth and tongue movements. Lip-reading is frequently employed by individuals with hearing impairments.  

Any of a group of eicosanoids formed by the action of phospholipases on cell membrane phospholipids. Some lipoxins have anti-inflammatory effects, but some promote inflammation and hypersensitivity reactions.  

An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of the double bonds of an unsaturated fatty acid.  

A vaccine suspended in vegetable oil.  

Congenital absence or extreme smallness of the mouth.  

A device used in plastic surgery to carve out unwanted fat and create smooth contours beneath the skin.  

The surgical removal of fat from one part of the body to another in order to smooth wrinkles, fill hollows, or create new body contours.  

The alteration of fat in a cell so that it becomes visible as droplets.  

The ingestion of fat cells by phagocytes.  

A mixed lipoma and myxoma.