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Long-term care or LTC refer to to the range of medical and/or social services designed to help people who have chronic care needs or disabilities ; services may be provided in a person's home, in the community, or in residential facilities.

Long-term care facilities refer to institutions that deliver chronic care services; may be residential care, intermediate care, or skilled nursing care facilities.

- Long-term depression (LTD) : Long-term depression (LTD) is defined as prolonged decrease in response to an axonal input that has been repeatedly paired with some other input, generally at a low frequency

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Deutsch: Langzeitgedächtnis / Español: Memoria a largo plazo / Português: Memória de longo prazo / Français: Mémoire à long terme / Italian: Memoria a lungo termine

Long Term Memory (LTM and as a noun phrase without hyphens) is a crucial component of the human memory system, responsible for storing information for extended periods, ranging from days to a lifetime. It contrasts with short-term memory, which holds information temporarily. Long-term memory is essential for learning, recalling past experiences, and performing complex cognitive tasks.

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Long-term reorganization refers to the second stage of the Rape trauma syndrome, which involves a restoration of order in the victim’s lifestyle and reestablishment of control.

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Long-term store refers to a very large capacity, capable of storing information for very long periods, perhaps even indefinitely In information-processing approaches to cognition, Long-term store is the large and presumably permanent repository of information in the brain.

Longanimity means calmness in the face of suffering and adversity; forbearance.

Deutsch: Langlebigkeit / Español: Longevidad / Português: Longevidade / Français: Longévité / Italiano: Longevità /

Longevity is defined as the length or duration of life; number of years a person can expect to live.

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