the responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the client
leaf shape
Noun
any of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume
leaf form
Noun
any of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume
lower bound
Noun
(mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set
line of life
Noun
a crease on the palm
life line
Noun
a crease on the palm
line of heart
Noun
a crease on the palm
line roulette
Noun
a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
latent hostility
Noun
feelings of hostility that are not manifest
lightlessness
Noun
total absence of light
low status
Noun
a position of inferior status
lowliness
Noun
a position of inferior status
lowliness
Noun
the state of being humble and unimportant
lower status
Noun
the state of being inferior
lower rank
Noun
the state of being inferior
legal status
Noun
a status defined by law
love affair
Noun
a relationship between two lovers
life eternal
Noun
life without beginning or end
life imprisonment
Noun
a sentence of imprisonment until death
legal representation
Noun
personal representation that has legal status
local anesthesia
Noun
loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
local anaesthesia
Noun
loss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)
loginess
Noun
a dull and listless state resulting from weariness
local option
Noun
freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction
logginess
Noun
a dull and listless state resulting from weariness
lead poisoning
Noun
toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
lead colic
Noun
symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation
learning disorder
Noun
a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills
learning disability
Noun
a disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skills
lying-in
Noun
concluding state of pregnancy
lymphangiectasia
Noun
dilatation of a lymph vessel
lymphangiectasis
Noun
dilatation of a lymph vessel
laryngospasm
Noun
a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs
lymphedema
Noun
swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas
lipomatosis
Noun
pathology in which fat accumulates in lipomas in the body
lithiasis
Noun
the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ
liver disease
Noun
a disease affecting the liver
logagraphia
Noun
a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion
laryngostenosis
Noun
abnormal narrowing of the larynx
latent diabetes
Noun
a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures
lobar pneumonia
Noun
pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung
liver cancer
Noun
malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer
lues venerea
Noun
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete
lues
Noun
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete
locomotor ataxia
Noun
syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration of sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence
leprosy
Noun
chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions
lepromatous leprosy
Noun
a very serious form of leprosy characterized by lesions that spread over much of the body and affecting many systems of the body
legal blindness
Noun
vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet)
listeriosis
Noun
an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes
listeria meningitis
Noun
an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes