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Lungennountree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nutsverified
Lunginouna long piece of brightly colored cloth, such as cotton or silk, used as clothing in India, Pakistan, and Burma; also known as a sarongverified
Lungless SalamandernounMWEmostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skinverified
Lungyinouna long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burmaverified
Lunitidal IntervalnounMWEinterval between the moon's transit of a particular meridian and the next high tide at that meridianverified
Lupus ErythematosusnounMWEa chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)verified
Luridnessnoununnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)verified
Lustrumnouna ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the censusverified
Lutenounchordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboardverified
Lutefisknoundried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistencyverified
Lutfisknoundried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistencyverified
Lutingnouna substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquidverified
Lycanthropynoun(folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolfverified
LycheenounChinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seedverified
Lychgatenouna roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funeralsverified
Lymantriidnoundull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous treesverified
Lymphnouna thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyleverified
Lymph CellnounMWEan agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infectionverified
Lymph VesselnounMWEa vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulationverified
Lymphadenopathynounchronic abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes (usually associated with disease)verified
Lymphangiogramnounan angiogram of the lymph nodes and lymph vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substanceverified
Lymphangiographynounroentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast mediumverified
Lymphatic SystemnounMWEthe interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the bodyverified
Lymphatic VesselnounMWEa vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulationverified
Lymphedemanounswelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areasverified
Lymphoblastic LeukemianounMWEa form of lymphocytic leukemia in which the abnormal cells in the circulating blood are almost totally lymphoblastsverified
Lymphocytenounan agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infectionverified
Lymphocytic ChoriomeningitisnounMWEa form of viral meningitis caused by a virus carried by the common house mouseverified
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis VirusnounMWEthe RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitisverified
Lymphocytic LeukemianounMWEleukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating bloodverified