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Laccadive Sea

The Laccadive Sea, also called the Lakshadweep Sea, is a body of water in the northern Indian Ocean bordering India, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka.

Laccaria

Laccaria (Berk. & Broome 1883) is a genus of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms in Hydnangiaceae, Agaricales, with about 110 species worldwide; Laccaria bicolor is a model symbiosis fungus with Populus.

Oct 15, 2026

Laccase

Laccase, also called urishiol oxidase, is a multi-copper oxidase enzyme found in fungi, bacteria, and plants, used industrially for bleaching denim, treating wastewater, and stabilizing wine.

Lace

Lace, also known as lace making, is an openwork textile whose holes are deliberately formed by manipulating threads into the design, arising in the early sixteenth century.

Lace is Shirley Conran's 1982 debut novel, a defining 'bonkbuster' in which film star Lili asks four women, 'which one of you bitches is my mother?'; adapted as a 1984 ABC miniseries with Phoebe Cates.

Lace curtain and shanty Irish

Lace curtain and shanty Irish: paired American class labels for Irish Americans, coined in the 1890s, dividing a piano-and-parlor middle class from poor one-room-cabin immigrants; later scholarship finds the divide caricatured.

Lace Lithography

Lace Lithography is a Bergen, Norway-based semiconductor equipment startup, founded in 2023 by physicist Bodil Holst, that patterns chips with helium atom beams instead of light.

Lacedaemon/Laconia

Lacedaemon/Laconia (Λακωνική, Λακεδαίμων), the southeastern Peloponnese region with capital Sparta; Spartan territory until the 190s BCE, later the Free-Laconian league, now a Greek regional unit.

Laceration of Achilles tendon

Laceration of the Achilles tendon, an open tendon injury (ICD-10 S86.12-), often from toilet-seat or motorcycle-spoke trauma; treated with irrigation, antibiotics, and primary repair within 24 hours.

Laceration of bladder

Laceration of bladder, or urinary bladder laceration and bladder rupture, is a cut in the bladder wall most often caused by blunt trauma and is classified under ICD-11 as NB92.21.

Laceration of duodenum

Laceration of duodenum (十二指腸裂創), a traumatic tear of the duodenal wall graded I to V on the AAST scale and WSES classes I to IV; rare, retroperitoneal, diagnosed by CT, treated by primary repair or damage control surgery.

Laceration of lung

Laceration of lung (pulmonary laceration, traumatic pneumatocele) is a traumatic tear of lung parenchyma, usually from penetrating trauma or severe blunt chest trauma, classified into four Wagner types, diagnosed mainly by CT, and managed mostly conservatively.

Laceration of pleura

Laceration of pleura (ICD-11 NB32.60) is a tear of the pleural membrane, usually from rib fractures or penetrating chest trauma, causing pneumothorax or hemothorax treated by chest tube drainage or surgery.

Laceration of rectum

Laceration of rectum (ICD-11 NB91.91), a traumatic tear of the rectal wall, usually from penetrating pelvic trauma; rare (0.1% of injuries), managed by location-based repair or fecal diversion.

Laceration of small intestine

Laceration of small intestine (ICD-10 S36.438/S36.439; ICD-11 NB91.71), a traumatic tear of jejunal or ileal bowel wall, usually from blunt or penetrating abdominal trauma; graded by the AAST scale and treated by repair or resection.

Laceration of ureter

Laceration of ureter (ICD-11 NB92.11, 尿管裂傷) is a tearing injury of the ureter, usually iatrogenic during pelvic surgery or from penetrating and deceleration trauma; diagnosis relies on delayed-phase CT because hematuria is unreliable.

Laceration of urethra

Laceration of urethra (ICD-11 NB92.31) is a traumatic tear of the urethral wall from blunt, penetrating, or iatrogenic causes. Distinguished by blood at the meatus, retrograde urethrography diagnosis, and stricture rates up to 97% without realignment.

Sep 29, 2026

Laceration repair

Laceration repair is the clinical procedure of closing torn skin or soft tissue wounds with sutures, staples, tissue adhesives, or adhesive strips, aiming for hemostasis, cosmetic appearance, and reduced infection risk.

Lacerta

Lacerta is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae, established by Linnaeus in 1758; its nine recognized species, the green lizards, live mainly in Europe's southern peninsulas.

Lacertidae

Lacertidae, the Old World lacertid lizards, is a family of about 340 squamate species dominant in Europe, split into Gallotiinae and Lacertinae, with a Paleocene crown age and climate-linked substitution rates.

Laces BC

Laces BC (Laces Basketball Club) is a Miami-based Unrivaled 3-on-3 women's basketball team, one of six founding clubs announced October 24, 2024, coached by Andrew Wade, captained by Alyssa Thomas (2025) and Jackie Young (2026).

Lacework (company)

Lacework, Inc. was a data-driven cloud security company founded in 2014 in the San Francisco Bay Area, acquired by Fortinet in 2024 for $152.3 million.

Sep 27, 2026

Lacey A. Collier

Lacey A. Collier (born 1935) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Florida since 2003.

Lacey Chabert

Lacey Chabert (Lacey Nicole Chabert, born 1982) is an American actress known as Claudia Salinger on Party of Five, Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls, and star of more than 40 Hallmark films.

Lacey Evans

Lacey Evans, real name Macey Estrella, American professional wrestler and former U.S. Marine military police officer; WWE 2016-2023, "The Lady of WWE," Mae Young Classic, first Saudi women's match, no titles, 2020 Slammy winner.

Sep 27, 2026

Lacey Hull

Lacey Hull is an American politician and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 138, first elected in 2020 and chair of the House Committee on Human Services.

Lacey Nymeyer

Lacey Nymeyer (Lacey Pearl Nymeyer-John), American swimmer born 1985 in Tucson, Arizona; 2008 Olympic silver medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, 2007 world-record 4x200 m freestyle relay, and 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year at the University of Arizona.

Lacey Schwimmer

Lacey Schwimmer (born 1988), American ballroom and West Coast Swing dancer from the Schwimmer dance family; SYTYCD Season 3 fourth-place finalist and first SYTYCD alum to become a Dancing with the Stars pro (Season 7, Lance Bass), later founder of The Ballroom Project convention.

Lacey Sculls

Lacey Sculls (Lacey Conner), Dallas-born industrial rock singer: Nocturne co-founder, Pigface guest vocalist, 2010 Lords of Acid touring frontwoman, Rock of Love season 1 villain, Storm TV founder and Talk of Love podcast host.