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Leeville
Leeville is a shaft-accessed underground gold mine on the Carlin Trend in northern Nevada, near Elko. It was Newmont's first Nevada underground mine reached by shaft, producing ore from 2006.
Leeward Islands
The Leeward Islands are the northern Lesser Antilles chain from the Virgin Islands to St Lucia, named for shelter from northeast trade winds; includes Antigua, St Kitts, Guadeloupe, and the former British Federal Colony (1871).
Leeza Gibbons
Leeza Gibbons (born 1957, Hartsville, South Carolina) is an American TV host and Entertainment Tonight correspondent whose talk show Leeza (1994–2000) won three Daytime Emmys; she later founded Leeza's Care Connection and won Celebrity Apprentice.
Leeza Mangaldas
Leeza Mangaldas, Indian sex educator, Columbia '11 graduate, author of The Sex Book (HarperCollins, 2022), and co-founder of Leezu's; creates Hindi and English sex-ed content with over 100 million YouTube views.
LEF (journal)
LEF (ЛЕФ, from Levii front iskusstv, "Left Front of the Arts") was a Soviet avant-garde journal published in Moscow from 1923 to 1925 and edited by Vladimir Mayakovsky.
LEF1
LEF1 (lymphoid enhancer binding factor 1), also called TCF1ALPHA or TCF7L3, is a human gene at 4q25 encoding a TCF/LEF family Wnt/β-catenin transcription factor, a CLL diagnostic marker, and a cancer prognostic biomarker.
Lefamulin
Lefamulin (Xenleta, formerly BC-3781) is a first-in-class semisynthetic pleuromutilin antibiotic, approved IV and oral for adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, noninferior to moxifloxacin in the LEAP 1 and LEAP 2 phase 3 trials.
Leffen
Leffen (William Hjelte, born 1994) is a Swedish Melee Fox main, the "Godslayer" who first beat all Five Gods, won EVO 2018 Melee and EVO 2023 in a traditional fighting game, sponsored by Team SoloMid.
LEFFTDS study
LEFFTDS (Longitudinal Evaluation of Familial Frontotemporal Dementia Subjects) was an NIH-funded North American natural history study following 300-plus members of families with MAPT, GRN, or C9orf72 mutations; it merged with ARTFL into ALLFTD in 2019.
Lefkada (Λευκάδα)
Lefkesida (Λευκά시다), also known as Lefkes, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea between Corfu and Kefalonia, connected to the mainland by a 50-meter floating bridge.
Lefkandi
Lefkandi (Λευκαντί) is an archaeological site on the west coast of Euboea, Greece, between Chalcis and Eretria, comprising the Xeropolis settlement and Early Iron Age cemeteries, including the Toumba building, excavated since 1964.
Leflunomide
Leflunomide (Arava) is an oral DMARD for rheumatoid arthritis, approved by the FDA in 1998. A prodrug of teriflunomide, it inhibits DHODH; boxed warnings cover pregnancy contraindication and hepatotoxicity, with cholestyramine washout available.
Lefse
Lefse is a Norwegian soft flatbread, best known in its potato form (potetlefse) made of riced potato, flour, butter, and cream, cooked on a griddle (takke). Distinct from crisp flatbrød, it has many regional varieties and is a Norwegian-American holiday staple.
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead is Valve and Turtle Rock's 2008 four-player co-op zombie shooter for PC and Xbox 360, known for its AI Director, four five-map campaigns, Versus mode, and its controversial 2009 sequel.
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2: Valve and Turtle Rock's 2009 cooperative zombie shooter, five campaigns from Savannah to New Orleans, new special infected, melee weapons, and the AI Director 2.0.
Left and Right Yulin Guards (Feathered Forest Guards)
The Left and Right Yulin Guards (左右羽林軍), or Feathered Forest Guards, were the elite Northern Palace guard armies of the Tang dynasty, created by Emperor Gaozong in 662.
Left anterior descending artery
Left anterior descending artery (LAD), anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery; supplies 50-60% of the left ventricle; its occlusion causes anterior STEMI, the highest-risk coronary occlusion.
Left anterior fascicular block
Left anterior fascicular block (LAFB, left anterior hemiblock) is a conduction delay in the anterior fascicle of the left bundle branch, causing marked left axis deviation on ECG; common in the elderly and a marker of cardiac risk.
Left atrial appendage closure
Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) is a catheter-based or surgical procedure that seals the left atrial appendage to prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation patients unable to take anticoagulants.
Left atrial appendage occlusion
Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO), also called left atrial appendage closure, seals the left atrial appendage to prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation; Watchman and Amulet devices show noninferiority to anticoagulation with less non-procedural bleeding.
Left atrial enlargement
Left atrial enlargement (LAE), also called left atrial dilatation, is atrial remodeling from chronic pressure or volume overload due to hypertension, diastolic dysfunction, or mitral valve disease; defined by indexed LA volume >34 mL/m², it predicts atrial fibrillation, stroke, and heart failure.
Left axis deviation
Left axis deviation (LAD): ECG finding with QRS frontal axis between -30 and -90 degrees, positive lead I and negative leads II/aVF. Causes include left anterior fascicular block, LVH, inferior MI; borderline finding in athlete screening.
Left Bank of the Rhine
The Left Bank of the Rhine was German-speaking territory annexed by France in 1801. It was organized into four departments and governed as part of metropolitan France until 1814.
Left Behind
Left Behind is Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins' dispensationalist rapture-thriller series published by Tyndale House from 1995, sixteen novels selling over 80 million copies, with Kirk Cameron and Nicolas Cage film adaptations.
Left Behind (2014 film)
Left Behind (2014 film), directed by Vic Armstrong, starring Nicolas Cage as Rayford Steele; a $16 million reboot of the 2000 Kirk Cameron Rapture film, grossing $14 million domestically with a 2% Rotten Tomatoes critics score.
Left Behind: The Movie
Left Behind: The Movie is a 2000 Christian apocalyptic thriller directed by Vic Sarin, adapted from the 1995 novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, starring Kirk Cameron.
Left bundle branch block
Left bundle branch block (LBBB) is a ventricular conduction disorder with QRS ≥120 ms on ECG, common after age 50, linked to heart disease and TAVR, and a key CRT selection criterion.
Left colectomy
Left colectomy is an operation that removes the left portion of the colon, typically for cancer or diverticular disease, with splenic flexure mobilization as its key challenge.
Left communism
Left communism: revolutionary Marxist current formed in opposition to Leninist tactics, rejecting parliament, unions, and frontism; main currents are Italian Bordigism and Dutch-German council communism; key episodes include Lenin's 1920 polemic and the 1921 Livorno split.
Left Democratic Front (ഇടതുപക്ഷ ജനാധിപത്യ മുന്നണി)
Left Democratic Front (ഇടതുപക്ഷ ജനാധിപത്യ മുന്നണി, LDF): CPI(M)-led left-wing coalition in Kerala, India, formed 1980 by reunited CPI and CPI(M). Rival UDF; won 2016 (91/140) and 2021 (99/140) under Pinarayi Vijayan; defeated in 2026 with 35 seats after ten years in power.