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An authorization to function in a particular skill or profession. A permission granted to an individual or organization by competent authority, usually public, to engage in a practice, occupation or activity otherwise unlawful. licensure is the process by which the license is granted. Since a license is needed to begin lawful practice, it is usually…

A disregard for authority or for convention in sexual or religious matters.      

The cells found in the seminiferous tubules that secrete the male sex hormone, testosterone. Testosterone-producing cells between the tubules in the testes. One of the interstitial cells in the testicles that produce testosterone.  

The vocabulary of a language.  

The process of recognizing and understanding a word, which is presumably achieved by making contact with the word in the mental lexicon.  

Intended to stimulate sexual excitement, particularly in an offensive manner.  

An ancient custom whereby when a Jewish husband dies without heirs, his closest male relative is obliged to provide the widow with children.  

A custom that mandates that when an older brother dies, his younger brother should marry his widow.  

A person’s health status as measured in terms of (a) primary level, (b) intermediate level, or (c) secondary level.