laba

A surname from Polish.

(pharmacology) Initialism of long-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist, a drug class used in the treatment of respiratory diseases.

Ellipsis of Laba Festival. [A moveable Chinese festival day occurring between December 30th and January 28th on the Gregorian calendar, historically variously associated with propitiatory end-of-year sacrifices, ancestral veneration, and the Enlightenment of the Buddha, now chiefly observed by the consumption of Laba porridge.]