English Words: L
16,425 words · Page 126 of 329
A student of leprology, a doctor or researcher specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of leprosy.
Synonym of lepromatoid: of or related to leprous lesions (lepromas) or lepromatoid leprosy.
Synonym of lepromatoid: Of or relating to leprous lesions (lepromas) or lepromatic leprosy.
An isolated building or community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
Inhibiting the worsening of Hansen's disease (leprosy), inhibiting the growth of M. leprae.
An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
Having a form somewhat like mites of the order Leptus; said of active insect larvae with three pairs of legs.
A protein hormone produced in adipose tissue; it plays a role in regulating appetite and metabolism.
A former city in Libya, one of the cities of Tripoli that did not survive to modern times.
The flat, transparent larva of an eel, originally thought to be a distinct species.
A chlorite that contains mostly ferric iron rather than ferrous iron. Leptochlorites are typically richer in trivalent ions relative to silicon and divalent ions.
Any of a group of depolarising blockers, such as succinyl-choline, that have a long, thin, flexible structure.
A cystidia on the subhymenium which has smooth, thin walls and no visible contents.
The differential production of leptons, rather than antileptons, in the early universe
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The English alphabetical index for the letter L contains 16,425 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 329 pages, and you are currently viewing page 126. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
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