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La, in proper namesLa. For names beginning thus and not listed here, see second element; e.g., for La Ceiba, see Ceiba, La Ceiba, La (lä sā`bä), city (1997 est. pop. 96,000), N Honduras, capital of Atlántida dept., on the Caribbean Sea...... Click the link for more information. . La, chemical symbolLa, symbol for the element lanthanum lanthanum (lăn`thənəm) [Gr.,=to lie hidden], metallic chemical element; symbol La; at. no. 57; at. wt. 138.9055; m.p...... Click the link for more information. . La (chemistry)
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| [Editor's note: This is the backward leaking of blood in the heart from the left ventricle (lower chamber) to the left atrium (upper chamber). The now oxygen rich blood travels into the pulmonary vein (this is the only vein in the body to carry oxygenated blood) and then goes into the left atrium. He attributed a case of left vocal fold immobility to compression of the recurrent laryngeal nerve by a dilated left atrium in a patient with mitral valve stenosis. |
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