Laminaria
A thin piece of sterile seaweed that can be used to gradually dilate the cervix.
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A surgical procedure in which the posterior arch of a vertebra is removed. Laminectomy is done to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or on the nerve roots that emerge from the spinal canal. The procedure may be used to treat a slipped or herniated disc or to treat spinal stenosis.
- Lancet
A small, pointed knife that is used to prick a finger for a blood test.
- Lancet, The
a short wide knife with a double-edged blade commonly used to make punctures and small incisions.
- Lancing device
A device that holds a lancet firmly, and when triggered, moves the lancet linearly ahead to prick the skin in a controlled manner. Lancing devices usually can be adjusted to alter the depth that the lancet goes into the skin. The purpose is to obtain a small amount of capillary blood for testing. Also called […]
- Landau-Kleffner syndrome
A disorder with seizures starting in childhood in which the patient loses skills, such as speech, and develops behavior characteristic of autism. A major feature of the Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) is the gradual or sudden loss of the ability to understand and use spoken language. All children with LKS have abnormal electrical brain waves that […]