Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
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[ L ]
- LUP left ureteropelvic; low urethral pressure
- LUPV left upper pulmonary vein
- LUQ left upper quadrant
- LURD living unrelated donor
- LUS laparoscopic ultrasound; lower uterine segment
- LUSB left upper scapular border; left upper sternal border
- LUT look-up table
- LUTO lower urinary tract obstruction
- LUV large unilamellar vesicle
- LUZ left upper zone
- LV laryngeal vestibule; latent virus; lateral ventricle; lecithovitellin; left ventricle, left ventricular; Lentivirus, lentivirus; leucovorin; leukemia virus; leukosis virus; live vaccine; live virus; low voltage; low volume; lumbar vertebra; lung volume; lyssavirus
- Lv brightness or luminance
- Lv leave
- LVA left ventricular aneurysm; left vertebral artery
- LVAD left ventricular assist device
- LVap apical aspect of left ventricle
- L-variant a defective bacterial variant that can multiply on hypertonic medium
- LVAS left ventricular assist system
- LVbas lateral basilar left ventricle
- LVBP left ventricular bypass pump
- LVC low-viscosity cement
- LVCS low vertical cesarean section
- LVD left ventricular dysfunction
- LVd latent viroid; left ventricle, distal [electrode]
- LVDD left ventricular diastolic dimension
- LVDd left ventricular diastolic dimension; left ventricular dimension in end-diastole
- LVDI left ventricular dimension
- LVDP left ventricular developed pressure; left ventricular diastolic pressure
- LVDT linear variable differential transformer
- LVDV left ventricular diastolic volume
- LVE left ventricular ejection; left ventricular enlargement
- LVED left ventricular end-diastole
- LVEDA left ventricular end-diastolic area
- LVEDC left ventricular end-diastolic circumference
- LVEDD left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; left ventricular end-diastolic dimension
- LVEDI left ventricular end-diastolic volume index
- LVEDP left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
- LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume
- LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction
- LVEJT left ventricular ejection time
- LVEP left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
- LVESD left ventricular end-systolic dimension
- LVESV left ventricular end-systolic volume
- LVESVI left ventricular end-systolic volume index
- LVET left ventricular ejection time; low volume eye test
- LVETI left ventricular ejection time index
- LVF left ventricular failure; left ventricular function; left visual field; low-voltage fast; low-voltage foci
- LVFP left ventricular filling pressure
- LVFT2 left ventricular slow filling time
- LVFW left ventricular free wall
- LVG left ventriculogram
- LVH large vessel hematocrit; left ventricular hypertrophy
- LVI left ventricular insufficiency; left ventricular ischemia
- LVID left ventricular internal dimension
- LVIDd left ventricle internal dimension in diastole
- LVIDd left ventricle internal dimension in end-diastole
- LVIDs left ventricle internal dimension in systole
- LVIDs left ventricle internal dimension in end-systole
- LVIV left ventricular inflow volume
- LVL left vastus lateralis
- LVLG left ventrolateral gluteal
- LVM left ventricular mass; left ventricular mass index
- LVMF left ventricular minute flow
- LVmid midanterior left ventricle
- LVN Laguerre-Volterra network [artificial neural network]; lateral ventricular nerve; lateral vestibular nucleus; Licensed Visiting Nurse; Licensed Vocational Nurse
- LVO left ventricle outflow
- LVOH left ventricle outflow [tract] height
- LVOT left ventricular outflow tract
- LVOTG left ventricular outflow tract gradient
- LVOTO left ventricular outflow tract obstruction
- LVOV left ventricular outflow volume
- LVP large volume parenteral [infusion]; left ventricular pressure; levator veli palatini; lysine-vasopressin
- LVp left ventricle, proximal [electrode]
- LVPFR left ventricular peak filling rate
- LVPmax maximum left ventricular pressure
- LVPmin minimum left ventricular pressure
- LVPW left ventricular posterior wall
- LVQ learning vector quantization
- LVR loviride
- LVRD left ventricular replacement device
- LVRS lung volume reduction surgery
- LVS laryngovideostroboscopy; left ventricular strain; live vaccine strain
- LVs left ventricular system
- LVSEMI left ventricular subendocardial myocardial ischemia
- LVSI left ventricular systolic index
- LVSO left ventricular systolic output
- LV-SO left ventricular site of origin
- LVSP left ventricular systolic pressure
- LVST lateral vestibulospinal tract
- LVSV left ventricular stroke volume
- LVSW left ventricular stroke work
- LVSWI left ventricular stroke work index
- LVT left ventricular tension; levetiracetam; lysine vasotonin
- LVV left ventricular volume; Le Veen valve; live varicella vaccine; live varicella virus
- LVW left ventricular wall; left ventricular work
- LVWI left ventricular work index
- LVWM left ventricular wall motion
- LVWT left ventricular wall thickness
- LW lacerating wound; lateral wall; Lee-White [method]
- L&W, L/W living and well
- Lw lawrencium
- LWA low weight for age
- LWBS leaving [hospital] without being seen
- LWCT Lee-White clotting time
- LWK large white kidney
- LWP lateral wall pressure
- LWS Lowry-Wood syndrome
- LX local irradiation; lower extremity; lymphatic metastases cannot be assessed [TNM (tumor-node-metastasis) classification]
- Lx latex
- Lx larynx; lower extremity; lux
- L-XRF L x-ray fluorescence
- LXT left exotopia
- LY lactoalbumin and yeastolate [medium]; lymphocyte
- Ly a T-cell antigen used for grouping T-lymphocytes into different classes
- LYDMA lymphocyte-detected membrane antigen
- LYES liver yang exuberance syndrome
- LYG lymphomatoid granulomatosis
- LYM lymph nodes
- Lym, lymph lymphocyte, lymphocytic
- LyNeF lytic nephritic factor
- Lyo lyophilized
- LYP lactose, yeast, and peptone [agar]; lower yield point
- LYS, Lys lysine; lysodren
- lys lysine
- LySLk lymphoma syndrome leukemia
- Lyso-PC lysophosphatidyl phosphatidylcholine
- lytes electrolytes
- LYZ lysozyme
- LZM, Lzm lysozyme
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