| lice | Small parasitic insects that can cause a itching red rash to the skin of the waist, shoulders, armpits, neck and pubic area. Commonly spread from person-to-person via close contact. The eggs (nits) of head lice can be mistaken for dandruff, but they are adherent to the hair shafts. Symptoms include itching, eggs visible on hair shafts and lice on hair, scalp or clothing. Treatment requires the use of a special prescription insecticide (Kwell) shampoo and/or lotion. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| license | 1. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors. "To have a license and a leave at London to dwell." (P. Plowman) 2. The document granting such permission. 3. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety. "License they mean when they cry liberty." (Milton) 4. That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc. Synonym: Leave, liberty, permission. Origin: F. Licence, L. Licentia, fr. Licere to be permitted, prob. Orig, to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See Loan, and cf. Illicit, Leisure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| licensed practical nurse | A nurse who has graduated from an accredited school of practical (vocational) nursing, passed the state examination for licensure and been licensed to practice by a state authority. Program is generally one year in length. Synonym: licensed vocational nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| licensed vocational nurse | A nurse who has graduated from an accredited school of practical (vocational) nursing, passed the state examination for licensure and been licensed to practice by a state authority. Program is generally one year in length. Synonym: licensed vocational nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| licensure | The legal authority or formal permission from authorities to carry on certain activities which by law or regulation require such permission. It may be applied to licensure of institutions as well as individuals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| licensure, dental | The granting of a license to practice dentistry. (12 Dec 1998) |
| licensure, hospital | The granting of a license to a hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| licensure, medical | The granting of a license to practice medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| licensure, nursing | The granting of a license to practice the profession of nursing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| licensure, pharmacy | The granting of a license to practice pharmacy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| licentiate | 1. One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology. "The college of physicians, in July, 1687, published an edict, requiring all the fellows, candidates, and licentiates, to give gratuitous advice to the neighboring poor." (Johnson) 2. A friar authorised to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. 3. One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor. 4. On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor. Origin: LL. Licentiatus, fr. Licentiare to allow to do anything, fr. L. Licentia license. See License. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lich | A dead body; a corpse. <zoology> Lich fowl, the European goatsucker; called also lich owl. Lich gate, a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed to await clergyman; a corpse gate. Lich wake, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. Lich wall, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground. Lich way, the path by which the dead are carried to the grave. Origin: AS.lic body. See Like. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lichen | A large group of symbiotic associations between fungi and green and occasionally blue green algae. Several genera of algae and of fungi are involved and the associations are so stable and of such varied but distinct types that the lichens have been classified into genera and species. A variety of incompatibility phenomena are often manifest between individual lichens. Confined to terrestrial habitats and often used as indicators of pollution status of the environment. (18 Nov 1997) |
| lichen acuminatus | A primary disorder of the skin resulting in violaceous, polygonal, flat skin lesions that often pruritic (itchy). Seen commonly on the wrists, shins, lower back and genitalia. Involvement of the scalp may lead to hair loss. The cause of lichen planus is unknown, but may occur after the use of a drug (thiazide diuretics, phenothiazines, antimalarials). Treatment with topical corticosteroids is common. In most patients, spontaneous regression of the disease will be seen 6 months to 2 years after onset. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lichen agrius | Acute papular eczema of severe type. Synonym: Celsus' papules. (05 Mar 2000) |