| ILSS | integrated life support system; intraluminal somatostatin |
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| LSS | life support station; lumbosacral spine |
| LSTAT | life support for trauma and transport |
| LSU | lactose-saccharose-urea [agar]; life support unit |
| PALS | parietolateral lymphocyte sheath; pediatric advanced life support; prison-acquired lymphoproliferati... |
| life events | Occurrences in one's daily life, some of which act as stressors. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| life expectancy | <epidemiology> Longevity, the average length of life of individuals in a population. (05 Dec 1998) |
| life instinct | The instinct of self-preservation and sexual procreation; the basic urge toward preservation of the species. Synonym: sexual instinct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| life stress | Events or experiences that produce severe strain, e.g., failure on the job, marital separation, loss of a love object. (05 Mar 2000) |
| life table | A representation of the probable years of survivorship of a defined population of subjects; since survivorship is changed by new methods of prevention or treatment, a diachronic study is commonly used because the main interest lies in the composite structure of the current population. (In the summarizing technique used to describe the pattern of mortality and survival in a population, survivors to age x are denoted by the symbol lx and the expectation of life at age x is denoted by the symbol x. (05 Mar 2000) |
| life tables | Summarizing techniques used to describe the pattern of mortality and survival in populations. These methods can be applied to the study not only of death, but also of any defined endpoint such as the onset of disease or the occurrence of disease complications. (12 Dec 1998) |