Glossary L

Glossary L

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

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.

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.

- LMX (Leader–member exchange theory) : LMX or Leader–member exchange theory is a dyadic, relational approach to leadership assuming that leaders develop exchange relationships with each of their subordinates, and that the quality of these Leader–member exchange theory (LMX) relationships influences subordinates’ responsibility, decision influence, access to resources, and performance.

Deutsch: Bummeln / Español: Holgazanería / Português: Preguiça / Français: Fainéantise / Italian: Ozio

Loafing refers to the phenomenon where individuals exert less effort when working in a group compared to when they work alone. In psychology, this behavior is known as social loafing. It highlights the tendency for people to become less productive, motivated, and engaged when they are part of a group, assuming that others will pick up the slack.

Lobes divide the cerebral hemispheres and cortex into four (4) parts