human lifespan

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanandlifespan

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human
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mən/us
/ˈhjuː.mən/
being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed ...
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lifespan
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.spæn/us
/ˈlaɪf.spæn/
the length of time for which a person, animal, or ...
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(Definition ofhumanandlifespanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Mapping cortical change across thehumanlifespan.
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Another has been a contention about the priority (and funding) to be given to research programmes that seek radical extensions of thehumanlifespan.
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The evidence would suggest, however, that the strength of the association, and hence the validity of this assumption, may diminish across thehumanlifespan.
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The use of the ' health span' concept does not entirely avoid the moral and social dilemmas associated with a fundamental increase in the achievedhumanlifespan.
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While pain reflexes to unconditioned pain stimuli remain potent across thehumanlifespan, both respondent and operant learning are relevant to the shaping of pain behaviors.
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In so doing, he contributed to a medical fixing of thehumanlifespanproposed in other institutions, such as life insurance and pension and retirement programs.
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One very positive fact: thehumanlifespanis increasing constantly while external signs of ageing are decreasing significantly.
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Retirement now comprises one third of thehumanlifespan.
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Research in the past 10 years has made it clear that we are not talking about an inevitable last stage in thehumanlifespan.
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This enables the extension of ahumanlifespanto several centuries.
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The youth referred to is usually meant to be in contrast to the depredations of aging, rather than a specific age of thehumanlifespan.
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Based onhumanlifespan, contemporary history would extend for a period of approximately 80 years.
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Animal studies suggest that further lengthening ofhumanlifespancould be achieved through calorie restriction mimetic drugs or by directly reducing food consumption.
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That is, there is no fixed upper limit to human longevity, or fixed maximumhumanlifespan.
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Averagehumanlifespanwill be 100 years.
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That is, there is no fixed upper limit to human longevity, or fixed maximalhumanlifespan.
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Despite this interest, he was pessimistic about near-term prospects for extension ofhumanlifespan.
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While plasticity is evident throughout thehumanlifespan, it occurs most often at younger ages, during sensitive periods of development.
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If the time needed for a mission to reach another star takes longer than ahumanlifespan, it may require many generations to finish the journey.
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According to reliability theory,humanlifespanis not fixed, and it could be further increased through better body maintenance, repair, and replacement of the failed body parts in the future.
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