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Local anesthesia
Local anesthesia Partial or complete elimination of pain sensation, in the immediate vicinity of its application or injection.
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Pain
An unpleasant sensory or emotional experience primarily associated with tissue damage, or described in terms of tissue damage, or both.
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In the area of the tumor; confined to one specific area.
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Lordosis
An exaggeration of the forward curve of the lower part of the back, sometimes called sway-back.
Laminate
Thin plastic or porcelain veneer produced in a dental laboratory and then bonded to a tooth.
Laughing gas
Nitrous oxide; odorless inhalation agent that produces relative analgesic (sedation); reduces anxiety and creates a state of relaxation.
Lesion
Injury of bodily tissue due to infection, trauma or neoplasm
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Laminectomy
Operation to remove prolapsed disc - involves removal of part of a vertebra.
Lasegue sign
Pain in the back of the leg on flexing a patient's hip and knee and then extending the knee while the hip is flexed. Results from dural irritation, usually by a prolapsed disc.
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Results from congenital deficiency of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT) - resulting in hyperuricaemia. Causes gout (even in a baby), mental retardation and choreoathetosis.
Letterer-Siwe Disease
A form of Histiocytosis-X
Leukocyte
White blood cell.
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