Category: L

Enlargement and distortion of facial bones, giving one the appearance of a lion. It can occur as a complication of hyperparathyroidism, Paget’s disease, uremia, and other conditions. This isn’t a specific disease but rather a term used to describe a single symptom—the enlargement of one or more facial bones. In severe cases, this enlargement can…

A pigmented lesion of the skin in which a large number of superficial, atypical melanocytes are found.  

A lens of the eye that has extreme anterior spherical bulging.  

To the lenticular nucleus and the thalamus.  

To the lenticular nucleus and corpus striatum of the basal ganglia.  

The surgical removal of the lens of the eye.  

The measurement of the distance between two points.  

Atrioventricular or intraventricular conduction abnormalities resulting from fibrosis of the His-Purkinje fibers of the heart.  

A cell that becomes a neurilemma cell.  

The causative agent of Oriental sore (cutaneous leishmaniasis).