Medical Abbreviations

LARC Stands For : long-acting reversible contraception | long acting reversible contraception | long acting reversible contraception.

LAS Stands For : laxative abuse syndrome | Life Attitudes Schedule | locum appointment for service | London Ambulance Service | low amplitude signal | lymphadenopathy syndrome | lymphokine-activated suppressor | Label As Such.

LASSD Stands For : Local Authority Social Services Department.

LAT Stands For : lactic acid threshold | latency | latency-associated transcript | lateral atrial tunnel | latex agglutination test | latissimus dorsi | lidocaine | locum appointment for training | lateral | Last Action Type | Lateral | Lidocaine.

LBC Stands For : lamellar body count | liquid-based cytology | load-bearing capacity | lymphoid blast crisis.

LCA Stands For : lateral costal artery | left carotid artery | left circumflex artery | leukocyte common antigen | lithocholic acid | liver cell adenoma | Logical Connection Architecture | Left Coronary Artery.

LCCB Stands For : local collaborative commissioning board.

LCFS Stands For : Locality Counterfraud Specialist.

LCV Stands For : large cell variant | lateral cerebral ventricle | limited clinical value (procedures of limited clinical value) | lymphocytc choriomeningitis virus | LeukoCytoclastic Vasculitis | Laboratoire Central V̩t̩rinaire.

LD Stands For : L-dopa | lactase deficiency | lactate dehydrogenase | Lafora disease | lamina densa | Laron dwarfism | lateral dorsal | Leishmania donovani | leukocyte depletion | Liberal Democrat (!) | light dark | limit of detection | linkage disequilibrium | lipodystrophy | liver disease | living donor | loading dose | local democracy (!) | local development | luminal diameter | lymphocyte depletion | lymphoproliferative disorder | Labor & Delivery | Lactic Dehydrogenase | Low Dose | Lethal Dose | Logarithm Digitalis | low dose | letahal dose | lethal dose | low dose | Low Dose | Lyme Disease.

LDAF Stands For : Learning Disabilities Award Framework.

LDC Stands For : leucocyte differential count | lidocaine | Local Dental Committee | lysine decarboxylase.

LDPB Stands For : Learning Development Partnership Board.

LDS Stands For : lacrimal drainage system | late developmental stage | local development scheme | locked door seclusion.

LEA Stands For : labour epidural analgesia | lead education agency | Lewis a | lower extremity amputation | lumbar epidural anaesthesia | Late Embryogenesis Abundant.

LEL Stands For : large extracellular loop | lower explosive limit (!) | lowest effect level | lymphoepithelial lesion.

LEO Stands For : Leading Empowered Organisations | Law Enforcement Officer.

LEPT Stands For : Learning Environment for Pathology Trainees.

LES Stands For : Lower OEsophageal Sphincter | Lipid Extract Surfactant | Lower Esophageal Sphincter | Lambert-Eaton Syndrome | LESion | Lower Esophageal Sphincter.

LESLP Stands For : London Emergency Services Liaison Panel.

LGA Stands For : left gastric artery | light for gestational age Rarely used in practice | low grade astrocytoma | Large For Gestational Age | Local Government Association.

LGBT Stands For : Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Or Transgender.

LHB Stands For : lateral habenular nucleus | left heart bypass | Local Health Board (Wales) | long head of biceps.

LHC Stands For : lead hazard control | left heart catheterisation | Local Health Community | Local Health Council.

LHCC Stands For : local health care co-operative (Scotland).

LHE Stands For : latent hepatic encephalopathy | light and heat energy | local health economy.

LHG Stands For : local health group (Wales) | Left Hand Grip.

LHP Stands For : late hyperpolarising potential | latent hypoparathyroidism | local health partnership | local health plan.

LHVN Stands For : Locality Health Voice Network.

LIFT Stands For : Late Intervention Following Thrombolysis | Local Implementation Finance Trust.

LIG Stands For : ligation | local implementation group | ligament.

LIN Stands For : linoleic acid | lobular intraepithelial neoplasia | Local Intelligence Network | low-income neighbourhood | lysis inhibition | Laryngeal Intraepithelial Neoplasia | linimentum - liniment.

LINks Stands For : Local Involvement Networks.

LIS Stands For : lanthanide-induced shift | left intercostal space | liposome immunosensor | lissencephaly | lobular in situ | locked in syndrome | low intermittent suction | low ionic strength | low-income subsidy | lymphocytic infiltration of the skin | Laboratory Information System | Lacking In Serotonin | Living Information System.

LISA Stands For : less invasive surgical approach | LHC‰ÛÒLocal Health Community IM&T‰ÛÒInformation Management and Technology Self Assessment | localised in situ amplification.

LIT Stands For : local immune therapy | lumbar infusion test | Leukocyte Immune Therapy | Leukocyte Immunization Therapy.

LIZ Stands For : London Initiative Zone.

LLL Stands For : La Leche League | left lobe of liver | Leave Lower Left | left lower lobe (lung) | Le Leche League | Left Lower Leg | Left Lower Lid | Left Lower Lobe | Left Lower Lung.

LLM Stands For : lipid-laden macrophage | Master of Laws.

LMC Stands For : lateral motor column | left main coronary artery | left middle cerebral artery | lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity | Local Medical Committee.

LMDT Stands For : local multi-disciplinary team.

LMR Stands For : Local Modernisation Review | Left medial rectus (of eye).

LMS Stands For : lateral medullary syndrome | left main stem | Licentiate of Medicine and Surgery | Laboratory Management System | Laboratory Management System | LeioMyoSarcoma.

LMSG Traffic Light System Stands For : Leicestershire Medicines Strategy Group traffic light system.

LMSSA Stands For : Licentiate of Medicine & Surgery of The Society of Apothecaries.

LMT Stands For : left main trunk | leukocyte migration test | long-term memory | Last Minute Treatment.

LMWAG Stands For : Local Medical Workforce Advisory Group | This body appears to have had its heyday from 1996 to 2000-ish With 58 hits on 08112011.

LNG Stands For : levonorgestrol | local negotiating committee | levonorgestrel.

LOA Stands For : Leber optic atrophy | left occiput anterior | linoleic acid | loosening of association | loss of attachment | lysis of adhesions | Live On Arrival | Law of Attraction | Left Occipitoanterior.

LOBNH Stands For : lights on but nobody home (!).