Category: L
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Latent learning
Learning that occurs without manifestation of any performance. Learning that is inapparent to the individual at the time it occurs, only to become evident later.
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Latent homosexual
A person with hidden homosexual impulses.
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Latent function
In sociology, the results or consequences neither expected nor intended by participants in a social system.
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Latent dream
The wish fulfillment during dreams that represents the person’s hidden desires, Freud’s theory of dreams.
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Latency stage of syphilis
Refers to a period in syphilitic infection when all symptoms disappear. It may last as long as 30 years. However, during this time, the disease is invading muscles and nerve tissues.
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Latency period
In psychoanalytic psychology, a stage in psychosexual development in which sexuality lies essentially dormant from ages 5 to 12. The time from the stimulus to the response of the tissue stimulated.
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Lascivious
Tending to stimulate lustful urges.
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Larynxgology
The study and treatment of the diseases of the throat.
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Larynx
The structure in the neck that contains the vocal cords. The organ in the throat which produces sounds. Organ that contains the vocal cords and is responsible for sound production; it is part of the air passageway connecting the pharynx and the trachea, and it produces a bump—the Adam’s apple—in front of the neck, also…
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Laryngoscope
An instrument for directly visualizing the larynx and its related structures. An instrument for examining the inside of the larynx using a light and mirrors. An instrument used to visualize the larynx. An instrument for examining the larynx. There are several types, the simplest consisting of a curved blunt metal blade, used to press the…