Category: L

A type of insight-oriented therapy that focuses on conflict resolution. It is usually conducted with people near the end of their lives and is designed to allow them to come to terms with conflict with others, gain meaning from their lives, and die peacefully.  

A self-reporting instrument to measure personal fulfillment or contentment, especially with one’s social relationships, occupation, maturation, or aging. A total of five rating scales are used.  

A person’s attitudes about life (e.g., morale or relative wellbeing). It is sometimes used as a synonym for “successful aging.”  

The prolongation of life with healthful practices (e.g., regular exercise, balanced diet, abstaining from tobacco, and limiting consumption of alcohol).  

Relating to the spleen and pancreas.  

Softening of the spleen and bone marrow.  

One of the simple tubular glands present in the intestinal mucosa. In the small intestine the crypts open between the bases of the villi, and their epithelium includes absorptive cells that produce digestive enzymes, enteroendocrine cells that secrete hormones, goblet cells that produce mucus, and Paneth cells that secrete lysozyme. In the large intestine the…

Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord associated with pernicious anemia.  

A form of lichen with redness and inflammatory reaction of the skin.  

A papular eruption usually seen on one extremity of a child. It is arranged in linear groups and consists of pink papules. The disease, though self-limiting, may last for a year or longer.