Category: L
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Labor force
Data reflecting the total number of people employed or unemployed, be they civilians or in the military. These data are usually gathered on a weekly basis.
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Laboratory school
A school under the control of, and often operated by, a college or university that has a teacher preparation program. A provides a setting for student teaching experiences, the study of teaching methods, and the implementation of new curricula or school structuring. Also called a campus school. An elementary or high school linked with a…
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Laboratory research
Scientific study or experiment characterized by controlled experimentation, field research. Research done principally in the laboratory.
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Laboratory method
A type of experimental learning occurring within a community or group. New patterns of behavior are invented and tested in a climate supportive of behavior change.
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Labor
The series of processes by which the fetus and other products of pregnancy are expelled from the uterus. In pregnancy, the events and actions involved in bringing forth a baby, from the beginning of the dilation (widening) of the cervix to the expulsion of the placenta (afterbirth); also the period in which these activities occur.…
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Labioscrotal swelling
Undifferentiated tissue within the embryo that becomes either the scrotum in males or the labia majora in females.
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Lability
Instability, particularly with regard to affect. Emotional instability or mood swings, found in mild form in some children with learning disabilities and in more severe form in some mental disorders such as bipolar disorders and some kinds of schizophrenia.
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Labia minora
The inner or lesser lips of the female genitalia or vulva labia majora. Two small fleshy folds on the inside edge of the vulva. Labium minus, two folds of skin that form the inner smaller lips of the female genitalia, extending from the clitoris backwards on each side of the vaginal opening, inside the labia…
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Labia majora
The outer and larger pair of lips of the female vulva labia minora. Two large fleshy folds at the outside edge of the vulva. Labium majus, two long folds of skin that form the outer and larger lips of the external female genitalia, one on each side of die vaginal opening outside the labia minora;…
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Labia
The liplike structures of the female external genitalia. The lips of the vaginal opening that protect the female’s external genitalia. The outer, thicker folds, which have hair and sweat glands, are called the labia majora. The thinner, inner folds, called the labia minora, form the hood over the clitoris. The labia majora and labia minora…