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Lupus erythematosus
Lupus erythematosus A usually chronic inflammatory disease that causes abnormalities of blood vessels and connective tissue in various parts of the body.
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Chronic
Ongoing or recurring. Chronic medical conditions include diabetes, epilepsy, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Tissue
Biological tissue is a group of cells that perform a similar function.The study of tissues is known as histology, or, in connection with disease, histopathology.The classical tools for studying the tissues are the wax block, the tissue stain, and the optical microscope, though developments in electron microscopy, immunofluorescence, and frozen sections have all added to the sum of knowledge in the last couple of decades.
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Lupus
Lupus is a chronic disease in which the body's immune system, instead of serving its normal protective function, forms antibodies and cells that attack healthy tissues and organs. Discoid Lupus affects the skin, causing a rash and scars, most commonly on the face and upper parts of the body.
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Loins
The portion of the back between the rib cage and pelvis.
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide. A hallucinogenic drug.
Lumbago
Pain in the lower back.
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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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.
Lymph
Consists primarily of a clear, yellowish fluid and white blood cells. Found in the lymphatic system.
Lymph node
Any of many small, compact structures lying in groups along the course of the lymphatic vessels and producing lymphocytes.
Lymphadenitis
Inflammation of the lymph nodes.
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