locoweed
- n any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock
- n street names for marijuana
locule
- n a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
loculus
- n a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
locum
- n someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
locum tenens
- n someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
locus
- n the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
- n the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
- n the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions
the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle
locus niger
- n a layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain; associated with the striate body; is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson's disease and with Huntington's disease
locus of infection
- n the specific site in the body where an infection originates