Category: L

The hidden (i.e., unconscious) meaning of thoughts or actions, especially in dreams or fantasies. In dreams, it is expressed in distorted, disguised, condensed, and symbolic form. Contrast with manifest content. In psychoanalytic theory, repressed wishes that are indirectly expressed in the manifest content of dreams. In psychoanalysis, that part of a dream or unconscious mental…

A developmental phase extending from age 6–7 to age 10–11 years, originally identified by Freud as the period between the oedipal phase and puberty, distinguished by quiescence in regard to libidinal and aggressive drive. The period of time between the administration of a drug and the beginning of a response. State of being concealed, delayed,…

The term is of malaysian or indonesian origin, but the syndrome has been found in many parts of the world. In malaysia, latah is more common in middle-aged women. It presents as hypersensitivity to sudden fright, often with echolalia, echopraxia, command obedience, and dissociative or trancelike behavior. Other terms for this condition are amurakh, irkunii,…

A slip of the tongue due to unconscious factors.  

A severe form of mixed receptiveexpressive language disorder accompanied by seizures and other central nervous system (CNS) dysfunction. Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS)—also called acquired epileptiform aphasia, infantile acquired aphasia, or aphasia with convulsive disorder—is a rare, childhood neurological disorder characterized by the sudden or gradual development of aphasia (loss of language) and an abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG).…

An anticonvulsant medication sometimes used in psychiatry to prevent or treat the symptoms of mania and depression in bipolar disorder. Marketed under the brand name lamictal. A drug that helps to control petit mal epilepsy. An antiepileptic drug for the treatment of patients with epilepsy. Lamotrigine, an anticonvulsant medication, is employed either independently or in…

Brand name for the anticonvulsant drug lamotrigine.  

Tearing; it may be a significant symptom in opioid withdrawal. The excessive secretion of tears. Secreting and discharging tears. The production of tears. Normal continuous secretion of tears by the lacrimal glands. The usual or heightened production of tears, leading to watery eyes.  

Literally, “beautiful indifference.” Seen in certain patients with conversion disorder who show an inappropriate lack of concern about their disabilities. A disproportionate degree of indifference to, or complacency about, symptoms such as paralysis or loss of sensation in a part of the body. It is characteristic of conversion disorders.  

The low back area of the vertebral column that consists of five large vertebrae. The largest five vertebrae between the thorax and the pelvis, the area that needs the most protection during exercise. That part of the spine consisting of the most inferior five individual vertebrae located just superior to the sacrum. Situated above the…