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1
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To cut or tear into irregular segments.

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Lacerate

2
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Wounded characterized by irregular tearing of tissue.

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Laceration

3
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Oil from sheep wool.

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Lanolin

4
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A fine growth of downy hair which is sometimes founds on the face of a baby.

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Lanugo

5
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Substances used to kill insect larvae.

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Larvicide

6
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Away from the midline

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Lateral

7
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The amount of a poison (or radiation) that will kill 50% of the group to which it has been administered.

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Lethal Dose 50% (LD50)

8
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A severe, often fatal bacterial disease characterized by pneumonia, dry cough and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms.

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Legionnaires Disease

9
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Any change in structure produces during the course of a disease of injury.

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Lesion

10
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A chronic or acute disease of unregulated clonal proliferation of the stem cells of the blood forming tissues; resident cells eventually replaced by tumor cells.

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Leukemia

11
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Increases in number of leukocytes (above 10,000 per cumm) in the blood, generally caused by infection and usually transient.

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Leukocytosis

12
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To tie off an artery and vein upon completion of embalming.

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Ligate

13
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Thread, cord, or wire used for typing vessels, tissues, or bones.

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Ligature

14
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An inexpert test for death in which a finger is ligated and if it becomes discolored, then life is present.

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Ligature Test

15
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A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the skin to represent the approximate location of some deeper-lying structure.

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Linear Guide

16
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Preparation room materials used on cases where the lips and/or eyelids are difficult to close properly.

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Lip Sealer aka Lip Cement

17
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Decomposition of fats

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Lypolysis

18
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Type of sealing compounds used to brush over incision, cavities, raw surfaces and areas where any pinpoint leakage may occur.

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Liquid Adhesives aka Collodions aka Solutions

19
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Postmortem, intravascular, red-blue discoloration resulting from hypostatsis of blood can usually be cleared via arterial injection and drainage.

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Livor Mortis aka Lividity aka Cadaveric Lividity aka Postmortem Lividity

20
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A vascular incision that is made lengthwise on a vessel.

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Longitudinal Incision

21
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a single, noose-like suture, not pulled taut before knotting, which stands from the skin and which anchors restorative materials.

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Loop Stitch

22
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The cavity or opening of a vein, artery, or intestine. The further away from the heart the smaller the opening becomes.

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Lumen

23
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Tuberculosis of the skin; patches ulcerate and leave scars on healing.

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Lupus Vulgaris

24
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A specific antibody acting destructively upon cells and tissues.

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Lysin

25
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Organelle that exists within a cell, but separates from the cell; contains hydrolytic enzymes that break down proteins and certain carbohydrates.

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Lysosome