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lambda /lamb·da/ (lam´dah) point of union of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures.
λ /λ/ (lambda, the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet) wavelength; one of the two types of immunoglobulin light chains.
lamb·da (lmd)
n.
1. Symbol The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures.
adj.
Of, relating to, or characterizing a polypeptide chain that is one of two types of light chains present in immunoglobins.

lambda
[lam′də]
1 Λ, λ, the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet.
2 a posterior fontanel of the skull marking the point where the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures meet.

lambda [lam´dah]
1. the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, Λ or λ.
2. the point of union of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures.

lambda (lam´d),
n 1. the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. the point in the skull at which the sagittal and lambdoid sutures meet.
3. The strap of a rubber dam holder placed at this level will hold its position without slipping up or down.

lambda
1. the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, λ or λ.
2. the point of union of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures of the cranium.

lambda chain
one of the two light chains of immunoglobulins; the other is κ.

lambda
λ Symbol for: 1. Light chain–immunoglobulin 2. Wavelength


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