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* '''Lapis lazuli''': Lapis lazuli is one of the stones with the longest tradition of being considered a gem, with a history stretching back to 5000 BC. Deep blue in color and opaque, this gemstone was highly prized by the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, as can be seen by its prominent use in many of the treasures recovered from pharaonic tombs. It is still extremely popular today. Lapis is a rock and not a mineral because it is made up from various other minerals. To be a true mineral it would have one constituent only. The first part of the name is the Latin lapis, meaning stone. The second part, lazuli, is the genitive form of the medieval Latin lazulum, a loanword adapted from the Arabic (al-)lazward, itself a borrowed word from the Persian لاژورد lazhward. This was originally a place-name, but soon came to mean blue because of its association with the stone. The English word azure also derives from this source. Taken as a whole, lapis lazuli means stone of azure (Notice also that the color blue in Spanish is named azul). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapis_Lazuli * In Alchemy, the 'lapis' is another name for the Philosopher's Stone. 'Lapis' is Latin for 'stone'. The philosopher's stone, in Latin 'lapis philosophorum', is a mythical substance that supposedly could turn inexpensive metals into gold and/or create an elixir that would make humans younger, thus delaying death. It was a longtime "holy grail" of Western alchemy. In the mystic view of alchemy, making the philosopher's stone would bring enlightenment upon the maker and conclude the Great Work. It is also known by several other names, such as materia prima. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher%27s_stone * '''lapis:''' ALP * '''"Lazily eye"''' – Amblyopia, or lazy eye, is a disorder of the eyes. It is characterised by poor or blurry vision that is not correctable with glasses in an eye that is otherwise physically healthy and normal. The problem is due to either no transmission or poor transmission of the visual image to the brain for a sustained period of dysfunction or disuse during early childhood. The condition will only arise at this young age because most of the visual system's development in humans is complete and "locked in" by a few years of age. Amblyopia normally only affects one eye, but it is possible to be amblyopic in both eyes if both are similarly deprived of a good, clear visual image. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_eye * The area created by the overlapping of the two circles in the diagram of ALP resembles an eye.

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