Title: L
Course: Level 3 - Glossary > Section: Glossary I-L

Lactation - ምጥባው

The production of colostrum and then milk by the breasts, and the release of these nutritious fluids when the baby suckles the mother's nipple.

ሓንቲ ኣዶ ክተጥቡ ትኽእለሉ ኩነታት/ግዜን እቲ ቆልዓ ክጦቢ ኮሎን ምግቢ ክረክብ ከሎን

Larviciding - ምቅታል/ምጥፋእ ላርቫ

The use of chemicals or biological agents or toxins to kill mosquito larvae. Water collections that cannot be managed by environmental control measures can be dealt with by larvicides.

መርዛም ኬሚካላት ተጠቒምካ ላርቫታት ምቅታል/ምጥፋእ

Lateral - ጎናዊ

Away from the midline (sides, edges).

ካብ ማእኸል ናብ የማን/ፀጋም ዘበለ/ዝወፀ

Leachate - ዝለሓኸ ነገር

In landfill sites and some community waste disposal sites, the solid waste decomposition process will produce leachate. Leachate is formed when the liquid fraction from a mixed solid waste is separated by gravity from the solid component.

ጎሓፍ ኣብ ቆልቃላ ቦታ ክቅመጥ ከሎን ፋሳሲ ዝኾነ ክፋል ክፍለ ወይ ድማ ሊሒኹ ክእከብ ከሎ

Leading - ምምራሕ/ ኣመራርሓ

Leading is the management function that you will use when influencing, motivating and directing people in your team towards the achievement of your organisational goals. All teams benefit from direction and as a leader you must deal with and motivate the people you work with in your health teams.

ሓይሊ ሰብ አነቓቒሕካን አርኣያ ኮይንካን ናብ ዝተሓሰበ ሽቶ ክብፃሕ ምኽኣል

Leishmaniasis - ለይሽማንያ ወይ ድማ ካላዛር

A chronic parasitic disease, which exists in two forms: visceral leishmaniasis (also known as kala-azar), which affects the internal organs such as the liver and spleen, and cutaneous leishmaniasis, which affects the skin.

ብፅግዕተኛ ተሃዋስን ዝመፅእ ቆርበትን ዉሽታዊ ካላትን ዝጎድእ ሕማም ልሽማንያ ወይ ድማ ካላዛር

Length - ንውሓት

Extent in time, duration. E.g. For women in labor, length refers to the amount of time each contraction lasts. Measure the time on your watch (if you have one).

ሓደ ኩነታት ዝተኸናወነሉ ንውሓት ግዜ

Lens - ሌንስ

The lens of the eye is a clear flexible structure that is located just behind the iris and the pupil. The lens focuses the light as it passes through the eye onto the retina at the back of the eye.

ኣብ ዓይኒ ውሽጢ ዝርከብ ብርሃን ተስተኻኺሉ ክአቱ ዝገብር ሌንስ

Licit - ሕጋዊ

Legal, lawful. Licit substances: those which are not regulated or prohibited.

ብሕጊ ዘይተኸልከለ ወይ ድማ ብሕጊ ዝተፈቅደ

Liquor - ፈሳሲ ወይ ድማ ሽንቲ ቆልዓ

The medical term for the amniotic fluid; if the fetal membranes have ruptured.

ሽንቲ ቆልዓ ወይ ድማ ኣብ ጊዜ ወሊድ ቀዲሙ ካብ ማህፀን ዝወእ ፈሳሲ

LLINs - ዛንዜራ

Long-lasting insecticidal nets. LLINs are nets treated in the factory with an insecticide incorporated into the net fabric which makes the insecticide last at least 20 washes in standard laboratory testing and three years of recommended use under field conditions. With LLINs therefore the time consuming method of retreating old nets is no longer necessary.

ተሓፂቡ ውን ንነዊሕ ግዜ ጣንጡ ዘዳኽምን ዝቐትልን ኬሚካል ዝተሓከመ ወይ ድማ ዝተነኽረ ዛንዚራ ወይውን ኣጎበር

LNMP - ሓንቲ Õል ኣንስተይቲ ንመጨለሻ ግዜ ፅግያ ዝረአየትሉ መዓልቲ

First day of the woman's Last Normal Menstrual Period (LNMP). It is used to calculated the expected date of delivery.

ሓንቲ Õል ኣንስተይቲ ንመጨለሻ ግዜ ፅግያ ዝረአየትሉ መዓልቲ

Lobbying - ናይ ምእማን ስራሕቲ

In health promotion, one of the advocacy tools you will use is lobbying, which means influencing the policy process by working closely with key individuals in political and governmental structures, together with other decision makers at local level.

ጥዕና ሕብረተሰብ ንምብልፃግ ተባሂሉ ዝግበር ናየ ፖሊሲ ለውጢ ንምምጻእ ዝግበር ናይ ምልዓዓልን ምእማንን ስርሒቲ ንመራሕቲ ፖለቲካ

Lochia - ድሕሪ ወሊድ ካብ ማህፀን ዝወፅእ ፈሳሲ

The liquid discharge from the uterus that appears after childbirth.

ድሕሪ ወሊድ ካብ ማህፀን ዝወፅእ ፈሳሲ

Louse-infested - ብቑማል ዝተወረረ

When body lice are found, for example in clothes, the articles are said to be louse-infested.

ብቑማል ዝተወረረ ኣካል/ክዳን

LRIs - ታሕተዋይ መተንፈሲ ኣካል ረኽሲ ከጋጥም ከሎ

Lower respiratory tract infections (LRIs) are the leading cause of pneumonia and bronchitis.

ታሕተዋይ መተንፈሲ ኣካል ረኽሲ ከጋጥም ከሎ

LTBI - ምልክት ዘየርአየ ረኽሲ ዓባይ ሰዓል ወይ ሕማም ተቢ

Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Up to one-third of the world's population is thought to be infected with latent TB. A person with latent TB does not develop active TB or become ill at the time. LTBI is not contagious.

ምልክት ዘየርኢ ረኽሲ ዓባይ ሰዓል ሕማም ተቢ

Lymphocytes - ልምፎሳይትስ

The most important group of white blood cells in our defence against infection. There are several types of lymphocytes. E.g. Lymphocytes called B cells are responsible for producing special proteins called antibodies.

ናይ ፃዕዳ ደም ሴል ክፍሊ ኮይኖም ሕማም ዝከላኸሉ ሕዋሳት