Category: L

A device for making a record of laryngeal movements.  

Concerning or resembling laryngeal spasm.  

An airway that can be blindly inserted into the hypopharynx to use when advanced airway control is needed during procedures that require brief anesthesia. It consists of an airway tube with a proximal cuff, which holds the middle of the tube in place at the base of the tongue, and a distal cuff to fix…

An agent that destroys insect larvae.  

Hidden, concealed, as a hidden symptom.  

A type of larva migrans. The organism, Strongyloides stercoralis, travels subcutaneously at the rate of about 10 cm an hour rather than at the slow rate of larva migrans.  

A rare autosomal disorder characterized by multiple joint dislocations and flattening of the face with widely spaced eyes, among other findings.  

Primary insensitivity or resistance to the effects of growth hormone. It is a common cause of dwarfism. Affected individuals have high levels of circulating growth hormone, but do not make insulin-like growth factor- 1 (IGF-1). They can be treated with IGF-1.  

In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the frequency of the radio wave that will resonate with all the protons in the nucleus of a given element. The Larmor radio frequency induces the magnetic resonance used to create MRI images.  

Obtaining a biopsy of the uterine cervix in patients in whom the colposcopic examination or Pap smear indicates the area is abnormal. The tissue is obtained by use of an electrically heated wire loop. This procedure is used in treating noninvasive carcinoma of the cervix.