LUMINOSITY
is a term used to describe the visual sensation of the degree of brightness of a light source. An example…
LUMINOSITY CURVE
a graphic which depicts the degree of luminosity as a function of the wavelength of light.
LUMINOUS FLUX
is the rate at which light is emitted from a source or reflected from a reflective surface.
LUMINOUS INTENSITY
is measured in candelas and dictates the amount of luminous flex emitted per unit of solid.
LUNATIC ASYLUM
was a name historically used to described a psychiatric hospital or mental institution.
LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (LE)
results in fatigue, fever, migratory joint paints, rashes appearing on the nose and cheeks and potentially scaly red patches on…
LURIA, ALEXANDER R
was a Russian neuropsychologist who earned his medical degree in 1937 after having worked in the field of psychology for…
LURIA-NEBRASKA NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL BATTERY ILNNB)
was a set of tests built on the original neuropsychological testing procedures proposed by Alexander Luria meant for use with…
LUST MURDER
one of the most extreme kinds of sexual sadism where one partner achieves sexual exhilaration from the murder of a…
LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH)
is a molecule (a gonadotropin) found in the human females which is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, which stimulates…
LYCANTHROPY
the process through witchcraft or magic, whereby a person is transformed from their human state into an animal, specifically this…
LYCOMANIA ZOANTHROPY 2
the believed delusion that a person may successfully transform into a wolf or other animal.