Category: L

Myoclonus occurring after any disease or condition that limits the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain.  

A device for producing and applying light, heat, radiation, and various forms of radiant energy for the treatment of disease, resolution of impairments, or palliation of pain.  

A division of one of the vertebral laminae. An alternative procedure, offering a minimally invasive approach to a laminectomy, involves the utilization of a drilling technique to create a perforation through the lamina. This innovative method provides a less intrusive means to access the affected area, reducing the need for extensive tissue removal while effectively…

Any disease caused by defective construction of lamins within cells.  

A polysaccharide obtained from Laminaria species of seaweed. It consists principally of glucose residues.  

A genus of kelp or seaweed that, when dried, has the ability to absorb water and expand with considerable force. It has been used to dilate the uterine cervical canal in induced abortion and to induce cervical ripening. Hazards associated with the use of seaweed include cervical lacerations, accidental rupture of membranes, and infection.  …

Filtered air moving along separate parallel flow planes to surgical theaters, patient rooms, nurseries, bacteriology work areas, or food preparation areas. This method of air flow helps to prevent bacterial contamination and collection of hazardous chemical fumes in areas where they would pollute the work environment.  

One of the laminae extending from the pedicles of the vertebral arches and fusing together to form the dorsal portion of the arch. The spinous process extends from the center of these laminae.  

The thin layer of areolar connective tissue, blood vessels, and nerves that lies immediately beneath the surface epithelium of mucous membranes.  

A thin, smooth plate of bone on the lateral surface of the ethmoid bone; it forms part of the orbital plate.