Category: L

  • Local illness

    Pathological changes in a single group of cells that make up one of the body’s organs or systems.  

  • Local education agency (LEA)

    Local school districts.  

  • Local basic administrative unit

    Local school district.  

  • Local anesthetic

    A drug administered for the purpose of anesthetizing a restricted area of the body, general anesthetic. Agent that reduces or eliminates sensation, especially pain, in a limited area of the body by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses in the area.  

  • Lobeline

    A nicotine substitute sometimes used in stop smoking programs. A drug administered by injection to stimulate breathing or given by mouth as a smoking deterrent Side-effects can include nausea, vomiting, coughing, headache, tremors, and dizziness.  

  • Lobectomy

    Excision or removal of parts of the prefrontal lobes of the brain by surgical methods was formerly used in the treatment of certain types of mental illness. A surgical operation to remove one of the lobes of an organ such as the lung. Surgical procedure in which a lobe of the lung is removed; performed…

  • Lobbyist

    In politics, a representative of a special interest who makes contact with members of the legislature to influence the passage or rejection of specific pieces of legislation.  

  • Living together

    An arrangement in which two people live together without the formality of marriage implies intimacy does not constitute a common law marriage.  

  • Livid

    Suffused with blood to give a bright, congested appearance, usually applied to the face. Referring to skin with a blue colour because of being bruised or because of asphyxiation. Denoting a bluish color of the skin, such as that produced locally by a bruise or of the general complexion in cyanosis.  

  • Liver microsomal enzyme

    An enzyme in the liver that is essential in the metabolism of many drugs.