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Lycopsida
– definition :
- (noun)
- club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta (context:plant)
Lymantriid
– definition :
- (noun)
- dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees (context:animal)
Lymphocytopenia
– definition :
- (noun)
- an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood (context:state)
Lyonia lucida
– definition :
- (noun)
- showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel (context:plant)
Lyrurus tetrix
– definition :
- (noun)
- large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail (context:animal)
Lysogeny
– definition :
- (noun)
- the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material (context:state)
– Sample : “lysogeny”
- when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny
Lye
– definition :
- (noun)
- a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide (context:substance)
Lymphadenoma
– definition :
- (noun)
- an abnormally enlarged lymph node (context:state)
Lymphopoiesis
– definition :
- (noun)
- the formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and spleen (context:process)
Lyophilized
– definition :
- (adjective)
- used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum (context:all)
