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Lumbago
Lumbago Pain in the lower back.
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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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Lumbar
Having to do with the lower back, the loins.
Lumbar puncture
A procedure in which spinal fluid is drawn from the spinal column to check for diseases, including meningitis.
Lumbosacral
Relating to the lumbar vertebrae and the sacrum.
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Lobectomy
Surgical removal of the lobe of an organ.
Lobotomy
A surgical operation in which a lobe of the brain, especially the frontal lobe of the cerebrum, is cut into or across. This used to be a common procedure to calm selected psychotic patients before the development of modern tranquilizers.
Lockjaw
Tetanus infection.
Loins
The portion of the back between the rib cage and pelvis.
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide. A hallucinogenic drug.
Lumbago
Lumbar
Having to do with the lower back, the loins.
Lungs
The main respiratory organs in the chest where blood is oxygenated.
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A usually chronic inflammatory disease that causes abnormalities of blood vessels and connective tissue in various parts of the body.
Luteinizing hormone
A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, responsible for stimulating ovulation in the female and testosterone production in the male.
Lyme disease
A disease spread by deer ticks characterized at first by a skin rash, headache and fever, and later by arthritis and heart damage.
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