Glossary L

Liver is the largest gland in the body; it aids digestion by producing bile, regulates organic components of the blood, and acts as a detoxifier of blood.

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Deutsch: Lebererkrankung / Español: Enfermedad hepática / Português: Doença hepática / Français: Maladie du foie / Italiano: Malattia epatica

Liver disease in the psychology context refers to the mental and emotional effects associated with liver dysfunction, including cognitive impairments, mood disorders, and behavioral changes. The liver plays a crucial role in detoxifying the body, and when it becomes diseased, toxins can accumulate in the bloodstream and affect brain function, leading to psychological and neurological symptoms.

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Livid means extremely angry. Livid also means reddish, grayish, bluish, or pallid.

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Living case is defined as a case study based on a real situation rather than a hypothetical one.

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Living donor is defined as an individual who donates replaceable materials, one of a pair of twinned organs, such as the kidney, or a portion of certain organs for transplantation, research, or educational purposes

Living will refers to a will prepared by a person with a terminal illness, requesting that extraordinary life-sustaining procedures not be used in the event that the person's ability to make this decision is lost. Living will, moreover is a document instructing physicians, relatives, or others to refrain from the use of extraordinary measures, such as life support equipment, to prolong one's life in the event of a terminal illness.

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Living-dead refers to a view found in some African thought according to which the human community consists of both the living and the living-dead or those individuals who are no longer living here, but are living in some different part of the world; as ancestors they continue to have concerns for the well-being of their descendants

LMC is the abbreviations of Language-making capacity which refers to a hypothesized set of specialized linguistic processing skills that enable children to analyze speech and to detect phonological, semantic, and syntactical relationships.