| locality | Origin: L. Localitas: cf. F. Localite. 1. The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits. "It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality." (Glanvill) 2. Position; situation; a place; a spot; especially, a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant. 3. Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial. 4. <psychology> The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| localization | Act of localising, or state of being localised. <physiology> Cerebral localization, the localization of the control of special functions, as of sight or of the various movements of the body, in special regions of the brain. Origin: Cf. F. Localisation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| localization agnosia | The inability to recognise the area where the skin is touched. (05 Mar 2000) |
| localization related epilepsy | A clinically diverse group of epilepsy syndromes, some benign, some progressive. Many are hereditary with mendelian and nonmendelian mitochondrial inheritance. All are characterised by the occurrence of myoclonus, which may be limited or predominate in the condition. Specific syndromes include cherry red spot myoclonus syndrome, ceroid lipofuscinosis, myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibres, and Baltic myoclonus. Synonym: localization related epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| localizing electrode | A small electrode whose exciting effect is used to stimulate or record potentials from a localised area. Synonym: exciting electrode, localizing electrode, therapeutic electrode. (05 Mar 2000) |
| localizing symptom | A symptom indicating clearly the seat of the morbid process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| locant | A number or letter preceding a substituent name in the name of a complex chemical that specifies the position (location) of the substituent on the parent molecule; e.g., 5 in 5-methyluridine, S in S-adenosylmethionine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| location directories and signs | Directory signs or listings of designated areas within or without a facility. (12 Dec 1998) |
| locator | An instrument or apparatus for finding the position of a foreign object in tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| locellate | <botany> Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones. Origin: L. Locellus a compartment, dim. Of locus a place. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| loch | <medicine> A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture. Origin: F. Looch, Ar. La'g, an electuary, or any medicine which may be licked or sucked, fr. La'g to lick. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| loche | <zoology> See Loach. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lochia | <obstetrics> The vaginal discharge that takes place during the first week or two after childbirth. Origin: Gr. Lochia (18 Nov 1997) |
| lochia alba | The last discharge no longer tinged with blood. Synonym: lochia purulenta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lochia cruenta | The initial discharge stained with blood. Synonym: lochia rubra. (05 Mar 2000) |