LOC
- noun
- Specialized
- In subjects over 50 years old, internal LOC was associated with the presence of a high level of nSec.
- external LOC
- internal LOC
- LOC score
Examples
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As noted, women with external LOC rated themselves less satisfied with their marriages than did the other two groups.
Academic text (1994) -
Third, as with the POMS, there has been no research using LOC with baseball players.
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Among older subjects, the correlations between needs and LOC were reversed.
Academic text (1994) -
The results suggest that there were no differences in LOC orientation between the female and male obese subjects.
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LOC was measured with Pettersen's (1984, 1985) 28-item LOC scale designed for the work context.
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The positive correlation between nSec and LOC in these subjects resulted in a negative correlation between nAch and LOC.
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Levenson (1973) delineated a measure for LOC in multidimensional terms.
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The O/P pessimism scale scores correlated with both the pessimism and the external LOC metaphor scores.
Academic text (1993) -
Most of the studies on the topic of prediction and the POMS and LOC have been limited to discriminant analyses and ANOVA variations.
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The patient was responsive after the accident, showing no signs of LOC despite the impact.
Synonyms
A short time when a person is not aware of what is around them and does not respond
A short time when someone faints
Antonyms
How Conscious
Surface Forms
Etymology
LOC stands for loss of consciousness, literally the 'loss' of being 'conscious' or awake. So LOC is used to name a short time when someone becomes unconscious and does not respond.