| LIF | laser-induced fluorescence; left iliac fossa; left index finger; leukemia-inhibiting factor; leukocyte inhibitory factor; leukocytosis-inducing factor |
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| LIFE | lung imaging fluorescence endoscope |
| LIFO | last in, first out |
| LIFR | leukemia inhibitory factor receptor |
| LIFT | lymphocyte immunofluorescence test |
| LIF | Laser induced fluorescence |
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| LIF | Leucocyte Inhibitory Factor |
| LIF | Leucocyte inhibition factor |
| LIF | Leucocyte migration inhibition factor |
| LIF | Leucocyte migration inhibitory factor |
| LIF | Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor |
| LiF | Lithium Fluoride |
| LIF | Local intra-arterial fibrinolysis |
| LIF-R | LIF receptor |
| LIFR | leukemia inhibitory factor receptor |
| CE-LIF | Capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection |
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| life | Origin: AS. Lf; akin to D. Lijf body, G. Leib body, MHG. Lp life, body, OHG. Lb life, Icel. Lf, life, body, Sw. Lif, Dan. Liv, and E. Live, v. See Live, and cf. Alive. 1. The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; used of all animal and vegetable organisms. 2. Of human being: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life. "She shows a body rather than a life." (Shak) 3. <philosophy> The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual. 4. Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government. 5. A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners. "That which before us lies in daily life." (Milton) "By experience of life abroad in the world." (Ascham) "Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime." (Longfellow) "'T is from high life high characters are drawn." (Pope) 6. Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy. "No notion of life and fire in fancy and in words." (Felton) "That gives thy gestures grace and life." (Wordsworth) 7. That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise. 8. The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from, the life. 9. A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed. 10. The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively. "Full nature swarms with life." (Thomson) 11. An essential constituent of life, especially: the blood. "The words that I speak unto you . . . They are life." (John vi. 63) "The warm life came issuing through the wound." (Pope) 12. A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton. 13. Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity. 14. Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; used as a term of endearment. Life forms the first part of many compounds, for the most part of obvious meaning; as, life-giving, life-sustaining, etc. Life annuity, an annuity payable during one's life. Life arrow, Life rocket, Life shot, an arrow, rocket, or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in distress in order to save life. Life assurance. See Life insurance, below. Life buoy. See Buoy. Life car, a water-tight boat or box, traveling on a line from a wrecked vessel to the shore. In it person are hauled through the waves and surf. Life drop, a drop of vital blood. Life estate A line along any part of a vessel for the security of sailors. A line attached to a life boat, or to any life saving apparatus, to be grasped by a person in the water. Life rate, rate of premium for insuring a life. Life rent, the rent of a life estate; rent or property to which one is entitled during one's life. Life school, a school for artists in which they model, paint, or draw from living models. Lifetable, a table showing the probability of life at different ages. To lose one's life, to die. To seek the life of, to seek to kill. To the life, so as closely to resemble the living person or the subject; as, the portrait was drawn to the life. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| life change events | Those occurrences, including social, psychological, and environmental, which require an adjustment or effect a change in an individual's pattern of living. (12 Dec 1998) |
| life cycle | The entire life history of a living organism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| life cycle stages | The continuous sequence of changes undergone by metamorphosing insects and other animals during the developmental process. (12 Dec 1998) |
| life events | Occurrences in one's daily life, some of which act as stressors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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 support care | Care provided patients requiring extraordinary therapeutic measures in order to sustain and prolong life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| life support systems | Systems that provide all or most of the items necessary for maintaining life and health. Provisions are made for the supplying of oxygen, food, water, temperature and pressure control, disposition of carbon dioxide and body waste. The milieu may be a spacecraft, a submarine, or the surface of the moon. In medical care, usually under hospital conditions, life support care is available. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| life-belt cataract | Congenital cataract in which a central white membrane replaces the nucleus. Synonym: disk-shaped cataract, life-belt cataract, umbilicated cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| life-cycle costing | A method of comparing costs of equipment or buildings based on original costs plus all operating and maintenance costs over the useful life of the equipment. Future costs are discounted. (05 Dec 1998) |
| lifeblood | 1. The blood necessary to life; vital blood. 2. That which gives strength and energy. "Money [is] the lifeblood of the nation." (Swift) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
Synonyms :
Synonyms : Analysis, Event History, Event History Analysis, Analyses, Event History, Event History Analyses, Event, Life Change, Event, Stressful, Events, Life Change, Events, Stressful, Experience, Life, Experiences, Life, Life Change Event, Life Experience, Stressful Event
Synonyms : Cycle, Life, Cycles, Life, Life Cycle Stage, Life Cycles, Stage, Life Cycle, Stages, Life Cycle
Synonyms : Life Extension, Expectancies, Life, Expectancy, Life, Life Expectancies
Synonyms : Lifestyle, Self Induced Illness, Illness, Self Induced, Illnesses, Self Induced, Induced Illness, Self, Induced Illnesses, Self, Life Styles, Lifestyles, Self Induced Illnesses, Style, Life, Styles, Life
| life |
a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life" the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others" the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" animation: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life" the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life" liveliness: animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" biography: an account of the series of events making up a person's life the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life" a living person; "his heroism saved a life" living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life" a motive for living; "pottery was his life" the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon" life sentence: a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; "he got life for killing the guard"
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| life science |
any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
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| life style |
a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
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| life cycle |
a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage the course of developmental changes in an organism from fertilized zygote to maturity when another zygote can be produced
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life style: a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
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| LIF | living things collectively |
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| LIF | animation and energy in action or expression |
| LIF | the experience of living |
| LIF | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
| LIF | a motive for living |
| LIF | a living person |
| LIF | the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones |
| LIF | the course of existence of an individual |
| LIF | the condition of living or the state of being alive |
| LIF | a characteristic state or mode of living |
| LIF | the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) |
| LIF | the period between birth and the present time |
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