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Biology Dictionary: L

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  • L-d body
  • L-glucose
  • Labia
  • Labia majora
  • Labile
  • Labour
  • Labyrinth
  • Lac operon
  • Lacertilia
  • Laciniate ligament
  • Lacrimal gland
  • Lacrimation
  • Lactase
  • Lactate level
  • Lactation
  • Lactic acid
  • Lactobacillus casei
  • Lactogen
  • Lactose
  • Lactose intolerance
  • Lactosuria
  • Lactotroph
  • Lactulose
  • Lacuna
  • Lacus lacrimalis
  • Lagging strand
  • Lamarckian theory
  • Lamarckism
  • Lamellae
  • Lamina ventralis
  • Laminarin
  • Lamination
  • Lampbrush chromosome
  • Lamprey
  • Lancelet
  • Langerhans cell
  • Langhans giant cell
  • Lanugo
  • Large-scale mutation
  • Larva
  • Laryngopharynx
  • Last universal ancestor
  • Late-successional reserve
  • Latency
  • Lateral
  • Lateral canthus
  • Lateral meristem
  • Lateral surface
  • Lateralization
  • Latex
  • Law of biogenesis
  • Law of Dominance
  • Law of Independent Assortment
  • Law of Purity of Gametes
  • Law of recapitulation
  • Law of regression to mean
  • Law of Segregation
  • Law of similars
  • Law of specific nerve energies
  • Law of the minimum
  • Law of Unit Characters
  • Lawn
  • Laws of association
  • Layering
  • Lead-pipe rigidity
  • Leader sequence
  • Leaf
  • Leaf Area Duration
  • Leaf Blade
  • Leaflets
  • Leafstalk
  • Lean
  • Leapfrog position
  • Leaves – Dorsiventral
  • Lectin
  • Leech
  • Leg
  • Legals test
  • Legumes
  • Leishman-donovan bodies
  • Lemon
  • Lentic
  • Lenticel
  • Lenticular
  • Lepidoptera
  • Leptocardia
  • Leptomonad
  • Leptotene
  • Lesion
  • Lesser ape
  • Lesser supraclavicular fossa
  • Lethal
  • Lethal Gene
  • Lethal mutation
  • Lethargy
  • Lettuce
  • Leucoplast
  • Leukocyte
  • Leukocytosis
  • Leydig cell
  • Lh surge
  • Liana
  • Liebermann-Burchard test
  • Lien
  • Life
  • Life cycle
  • Life table
  • Ligand
  • Ligand gated ion channels
  • Ligase
  • Light
  • Light energy
  • Light reactions
  • Light sense
  • Light-dependent reaction
  • Light-independent reaction
  • Lignification
  • Lignin
  • Lilies
  • Liliopsida
  • Limbus
  • Liminal stimulus
  • Limit dextrin
  • Limitation
  • Limiting factor
  • Limiting sulcus
  • Limulus
  • Line of demarcation
  • Line Of Descent
  • Linea arcuata
  • Linea aspera
  • Linea nigra
  • Linea pectinea
  • Lineage
  • Linear acceleration
  • Lines
  • Lines of zahn
  • Ling
  • Lining
  • Lining cell
  • Lining cells
  • Lining mucosa
  • Linkage
  • Linkage map
  • Linked genes
  • Linker DNA
  • Lip
  • Lipase
  • Lipid
  • Lipidosis
  • Lipofuscin
  • Lipogenesis
  • Lipolysis
  • Lipophilic
  • Lipotropin
  • Liquid glucose
  • Liquor folliculi
  • Lithosphere
  • Litter size
  • Liver
  • Living anatomy
  • Living things
  • Llama
  • Loa loa
  • Load
  • Lobar pneumonia
  • Lobry de bruyn-van ekenstein transformation
  • Lobule
  • Local hormone
  • Local immunity
  • Localisation
  • Localized peritonitis
  • Lock-and-key model
  • Locke-ringer solution
  • Loco
  • Locomotion
  • Locomotory
  • Loculation
  • Locus
  • Lodicule
  • Logarithm
  • Lohmann reaction
  • Lomentum
  • Long bone
  • Long-terminal repeats
  • Longitudinal section
  • Loop
  • Loop of henle
  • Loose associations
  • Loose connective tissue
  • Lorain-levi dwarfism
  • Lotic
  • Lotus
  • Lower lip
  • Lubrication
  • Luciferase
  • Luciferin
  • Luer slip
  • Lumbar region
  • Lumen
  • Lump
  • Lunate surface of acetabulum
  • Lung capacity
  • Lung compliance
  • Lung melanosis
  • Lungs
  • Luteinizing hormone
  • Luxury gene
  • Lyase
  • Lycinibacillus fusiformis
  • Lymph
  • Lymph capillary
  • Lymph follicle
  • Lymph glands
  • Lymph nodes
  • Lymphatic duct
  • Lymphatic vessel
  • Lymphitis
  • Lymphocyte
  • Lymphoid cell
  • Lymphoid organ
  • Lymphoid tissue
  • Lymphokines
  • Lymphokinesis
  • Lymphopoiesis
  • Lysine
  • Lysis
  • Lysogenic conversion
  • Lysogenic cycle
  • Lysosomal enzyme
  • Lysosome
  • Lysozyme
  • Lytic cycle
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