| lai-ty | 1. The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders. "A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal caste." (Macaulay) 2. The state of a layman. 3. Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it. See: Lay. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| laimer triangle | <anatomy> The triangular-shaped area of the cervical oesophagus bordered by the oblique fibres of the inferior constrictor muscle of the pharynx and the transverse fibres of the cricopharyngeus muscle through which Zenker's diverticulum occurs, and the A-V nodal triangle between the coronary sinus orifice and the ventricular crest. Synonym: laimer triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laissez faire | Noninterference; an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc, by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government. Origin: F, let alone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |