| lethe |
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive
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| lethality |
deadliness: the quality of being deadly
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| lethargic encephalitis |
sleeping sickness: an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
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| let-down reflex |
the ejection or release of milk from the alveoli of the breast into the ducts, caused by a combination of neurogenic and hormonal reflexes involving the hormone oxytocin and, to a lesser extent, vasopressin; called also milk ejection r. and milk let-down r.
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| lethal chamber |
a chamber that may be filled with gas, for killing small animals.
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