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<suffix>
1. A suffix used to form adjectives and adverbs from nouns, meaning not having, without, free from (doubtless; powerless).
2. A suffix from verbs meaning not affected by or doing the action of the verb (fathomless; tireless).
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| lesser alar cartilages | medical dictionary |
The two to four cartilaginous plates of the wing of the nose posterior to the greater alar cartilage.
Synonyms: cartilagines alares minores, accessory quadrate cartilage.
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| lesser arterial circle of iris | medical dictionary |
An arterial circle near the pupillary margin of the iris.
Synonyms: circulus arteriosus iridis minor.
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| lesser circulation | medical dictionary |
Preferred term: pulmonary circulation
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| lesser cul-de-sac | medical dictionary |
Preferred term: pyloric antrum
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| lesser curvature of stomach | medical dictionary |
The right border of the stomach to which the lesser omentum is attached.
Synonyms: curvatura ventriculi minor.
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| lesser horn of hyoid bone | medical dictionary |
The shorter and more medial of the two processes on either side of the hyoid bone.
Synonyms: cornu minus ossis hyoidei, styloid cornu.
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| lesser internal cutaneous nerve | medical dictionary |
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| lesser multangular bone | medical dictionary |
Preferred term: trapezoid bone
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| lesser occipital nerve | medical dictionary |
<nerve>
<anatomy> Arises from the ventral primary rami of the second and third cervical nerves; supplies the skin of the posterior surface of the auricle and the adjacent portion of the scalp. Posterior to the auricle.
Synonyms: nervus occipitalis minor.
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| lesser palatine artery | medical dictionary |
<artery>
<anatomy> One of several posterior branches of the descending palatine in the greater palatine canal, distributed to the soft palate and tonsil.
Synonyms: arteria palatina minor.
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| lesser palatine foramina | medical dictionary |
Openings on the hard palate of palatine canals passing vertically through the tuberosity of the palatine bone and transmitting the smaller palatine nerves and vessels.
Synonyms: foramina palatina minora, posterior palatine foramina.
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| lesser palatine nerves | medical dictionary |
Usually two, these nerves emerge through the lesser palatine foramina and supply the mucosa and glands of the soft palate and uvula; they are branches of the pterygopalatine ganglion and contain postsynaptic parasympathetic and sensory fibres of the maxillary nerve.
Synonyms: nervi palatini minores.
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| lesser pancreas | medical dictionary |
Preferred term: uncinate process of pancreas
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| lesser pelvis | medical dictionary |
The cavity of the pelvis below the brim or superior aperture.
Synonyms: pelvis minor, pelvis vera, small pelvis, true pelvis.
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| lesser peritoneal cavity | medical dictionary |
Preferred term: omental bursa
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| lesser peritoneal sac | medical dictionary |
Preferred term: omental bursa
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| lesser petrosal nerve | medical dictionary |
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| lesser rhomboid muscle | medical dictionary |
Preferred term: rhomboid minor
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| lesser ring of iris | medical dictionary |
The narrow inner zone of the iris.
Synonyms: annulus iridis minor.
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| lesser sciatic notch | medical dictionary |
The notch in the posterior border of the ischium below the ischial spine.
Synonyms: incisura ischiadica minor.
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| lesser splanchnic nerve | medical dictionary |
<nerve>
<anatomy> One of the abdominopelvic splanchnic nerves arising in the thorax from the last two thoracic sympathetic ganglia and passing through the diaphragm to the aorticorenal ganglion; conveys presynaptic sympathetic fibres and visceral afferent fibres.
Synonyms: nervus splanchnicus minor.
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| Lesser's triangle | medical dictionary |
The space between the bellies of the digastric muscle and the hypoglossal nerve.
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| lesser superficial petrosal nerve | medical dictionary |
<nerve>
<anatomy> The parasympathetic root of the otic ganglion, derived from the tympanic plexus; it leaves the tympanic cavity through the canal for the lesser petrosal nerve and passes within the cranium to the sphenopetrosal fissure, or to the foramen ovale, or to the petrosal foramen through which it descends to reach the otic ganglion; conveys presynaptic parasympathetic fibres from the glossopharyngeal nerve concerned with secretomotor innervation of the perotid gland.
Synonyms: nervus petrosus minor, lesser petrosal nerve.
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| lesser supraclavicular fossa | medical dictionary |
<anatomy> A triangular space between the two heads of origin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Synonyms: fossa supraclavicularis minor.
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| lesser trochanter | medical dictionary |
A pyramidal process projecting from the medial and proximal part of the shaft of the femur at the line of junction of the shaft and the neck; it receives the insertion of the psoas major and iliacus (iliopsoas) muscles.
Synonyms: trochanter minor, small trochanter, trochantin.
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| lesser tubercle of humerus | medical dictionary |
The anterior of the two tubercles of the neck of the humerus on which the subscapularis is inserted.
Synonyms: tuberculum minus humeri, lesser tuberosity of humerus.
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| lesser tuberosity of humerus | medical dictionary |
Preferred term: lesser tubercle of humerus
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| lesser tympanic spine | medical dictionary |
The posterior edge of the tympanic notch (of Rivinus).
Synonyms: spina tympanica minor.
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| lesser vestibular glands | medical dictionary |
A number of minute mucous glands opening on the surface of the vestibule between the orifices of the vagina and urethra.
Synonyms: glandulae vestibulares minores.
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| lesser wing of sphenoid bone | medical dictionary |
One of a bilateral pair of triangular, pointed plates extending laterally from the anterolateral body of the sphenoid bone. Forming the posteriormost portion of the floor of the anterior cranial fossa, their sharp posterior edge forms the sphenoidal ridge separating anterior and middle cranial fossae. The medial end of the lesser wing attaches to the body by means of two pedicles, thus forming the optic canal. The wing itself forms the superior margin of the supraorbital fissure.
Synonyms: ala minor ossis sphenoidalis, ala orbitalis, Ingrassia's apophysis, Ingrassia's wing.
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| lesser zygomatic muscle | medical dictionary |
Preferred term: zygomaticus minor
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| Lesshaft, Pjotr | biographical dictionary |
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| Lesshaft's triangle | medical dictionary |
Preferred term: grynfeltt's triangle
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| less is more | education dictionary |
<instructional design> A principle built on the idea that quality is of higher importance than quantity.
It is reflected in instruction that guides students to focus on fewer topics investigated in greater depth, with teachers performing the task of prioritising subjects as well as specific skills within those subjects.
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| -lessly | English dictionary |
<suffix>
A suffix used to form adverbs related to -less.
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| -lessness | English dictionary |
<suffix>
A suffix used to form nouns related to -less.
Origin: Old English -leas from leas 'devoid of'
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| less than | computing dictionary |
"<" ASCII character 60.
Common names: ITU-T: less than; bra (">" = ket); left angle; left angle bracket; left broket. Rare: from; read from; suck (">" = blow); comes-from; in; crunch (all from Unix); INTERCAL: angle.
See also: greater than.
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| LessTif | computing dictionary |
<library> The Hungry Programmers' version of OSF/Motif. It will be source code compatible with Motif, meaning that the same source will compile with both libraries and work exactly the same. All the programming is being done with no reference to the header files for the motif widgets, so that LessTif can be distributed as free software.
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