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lac(2) (iou) and right lobe of liver (medicine)


lac(2) (iou)



lac noun2. [lak] M20.
[Abbreviation of LACTOSE.]
Biology. Used (usu. attrib. and printed in italics) orig. to denote the ability (of normal individuals) or inability (of mutants) of the bacterium Escherichia coli to metabolize lactose, and now also to designate (the parts of) the genetic system involved in this ability. Also, a lac+ bacterium; the lac operon.
Comb.: lac operon a group of adjacent genes in E. coli which, in the presence of lactose, cause the synthesis of the enzymes required for lactose metabolism.

right lobe of liver (medicine)


right lobe of liver


The largest lobe of the liver, separated from the left lobe above and in front by the falciform ligament and from the caudate and quadrate lobes by the sulcus for the vena cava and the fossa for the gallbladder; it contains two segments, anterior and posterior.

Synonym: lobus hepatis dexter.