Lec"i*thin (?), n. [Gr. le`kiqos the yolk of an egg.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed
through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and
nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.
Lec"tern (?), n. See Lecturn.
||Lec*ti"ca (?), n.; pl. Lecticæ (#). [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of
||litter or portable couch.
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Lec"tion (?), n. [L. lectio, fr. legere, lectum, to read. See lesson,
Legend.] 1. (Eccl.) A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in
divine service.