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Latchkey ChildnounMWEa school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work)verified
Latchstringnounopener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outsideverified
Late BlightnounMWEblight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestansverified
LatencynounThe time it takes a system and network delay to respond Scope Note: More specifically, system latency is the time that a system takes to retrieve data. Network latency is the time it takes for a packet to travel from the source to the final destination.Metric
Latency PeriodnounMWE(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activitiesverified
Latency PhasenounMWE(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activitiesverified
Latency StagenounMWE(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activitiesverified
Latent DiabetesnounMWEa mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic proceduresverified
Latent HeatnounMWEheat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressureverified
Latent PeriodnounMWEthe time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptomsverified
Latent SchizophrenianounMWEschizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophreniaverified
Lateral EpicondylitisnounMWEpainful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles such as in twisting of the handverified
Lateral GeniculatenounMWEa neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortexverified
Lateral Geniculate BodynounMWEa neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortexverified
Lateral Humeral EpicondylitisnounMWEpainful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand)verified
Lateral VentriclenounMWEeither of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphereverified
Lath and PlasternounMWEa building material consisting of thin strips of wood that provide a foundation for a coat of plasterverified
Latitudenounthe angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itselfverified
Latticenounan arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensionsverified
Lattice TechniquesnounMWELattice Techniques use security designations to determine access to information.Control
Laudanumnounnarcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredientverified
Laugh TracknounMWEprerecorded laughter added to the soundtrack of a radio or television showverified
Launderettenouna self-service laundry where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customersverified
Laundromatnouna self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customersverified
Laundry BasketnounMWEa hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be driedverified
Laundry DetergentnounMWEany of various detergents designed for use in a washing machine for clothingverified