| lassa fever | (n) an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon |
| lassa virus | (n) the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever |
| cooley's anemia | (n) a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged, Syn. Cooley's anaemia, thalassemia major, thalassaemia major |
| lhasa | (n) the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers, Syn. Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City |
| pulasan | (n) East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan, Syn. pulassan, pulasan tree, Nephelium mutabile |
| pulasan | (n) fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter, Syn. pulassan |
| thalassemia | (n) an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin, Syn. Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassaemia |
