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Dieulafoy lesion
A vascular defect in the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract (typically the stomach, but sometimes other organs) in which an arteriole protrudes into the lumen and bleeds briskly. Dieulafoy lesions are an uncommon cause of massive gastrointestinal blood loss. The bleeding can be controlled with cauterization, rubber banding, wedge resection, or other techniques.
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Lesch-Nyhan disease
An X-linked recessive metabolic disease, in which mental retardation, aggressive behavior, self-mutilation, and renal failure are exhibited by affected boys. The disease is caused by faulty purine metabolism, resulting in excessive uric acid levels in the body.
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Leriche’s syndrome
Occlusion of the abdominal aorta by a thrombus at its bifurcation. This causes intermittent ischemic pain (i.e., claudication) in the lower extremities and buttocks, impotence, and absent or diminished femoral pulses.
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Leptus autumnalis
Parasitic mite larvae causing itch and sometimes wheals.
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Leptospira interrogans icterohaemorrhagiae
The species that causes hemorrhagic, spirochetal jaundice (Weil’s disease). The bacteria are found worldwide; the natural hosts are wild animals and dogs, which develop chronic kidney infection. Humans acquire the bacteria from exposure to animal urine, often in water such as ponds and puddles. Symptomatic infection ranges from mild gastrointestinal upset to fatal liver failure…
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Leptoscope
An optical device for measuring the thickness of cell membranes.
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Leptoprosopia
Narrowness of the face.
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Leptocephalus
An individual possessing an abnormally vertically elongated, narrow skull.
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Leptocephalia
Having an abnormally vertically elongated, narrow skull.
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Leprology
The study of leprosy and methods of treating it.
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