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- leuprolideAlternative form of leuprorelin: A synthetic analog of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (trademark Eligard, Lupron) that downregulates the secretion of gonadotropins, and is administered by injection in the form of its acetate …
- leuenkephalinAn endogenous opioid peptide neurotransmitter found naturally in the brains of many animals, including humans; one of the two forms of enkephalin (the other being metenkephalin).
- LeuvenThe largest city and provincial capital of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
- leucineAn essential amino acid, C₆H₁₃NO₂, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.
- leucylThe univalent radical derived from leucine.
- leucomaAn opaque area or scar on the cornea of an eye
- LeucharsA small town in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4521).
- leuciteA mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can only be seen …
- LeucasAlternative form of Lefkada (“Greek island”).
- ChisleuAlternative form of Kislev (“month of Jewish calendar”).