### failure | loss:

Job loss
* brings emotional problems stemming from loss of support, self-esteem and identity.
* can also lead to symptoms of depression.
* is also a very personal experience which people handle in very individual ways
  - usually an involuntary and uncontrollable exit from the labor force
* major transition in one's life.

Loss of control
* appears to be proliferating as a response to over-control.
* can occur anytime in a person's drinking history.
* continues to be the most common type of fatal general aviation accident.
* is due to an overly yin condition in the brain and nerve cells
  - one of the most readily identified problems faced by patients and their families
* major feature of all addictions.
* signal that a person needs an assessment from a professional.

Loss of libido
* is better than loss of memory or loss of hair.
* is one of the most common symptoms of depression
  - very first symptoms of a hormone imbalance

Loss of teeth
* can create a psychological complex in some patients
  - make the lips look shrunken
  - result in changes in facial contour and create problems in the digestive tract
* increases with age.
* means loss of bone.

Net loss
* are increases in loss reserves after reinsurance offsets are taken into account.
* reflects an increase in equity in losses of affiliates.

Packet loss
* is the performance killer on a network.
* occurs when information is unable to successfully travel from one server to another.
* simple measure of lost packets divided by packets sent.

Pecuniary loss
* includes the cost of repair or replacement of the property affected.
* means the loss of money or things that have monetary value.

Pregnancy loss
* Some pregnancy losses occur in the second trimester.
* can be hard for others to understand
  - occur in the first, second or third trimester of pregnancy
* means different things to different couples.
* uniquely female experience and has hormonal as well as emotional fall-out.

Return loss
* is one of several methods of measuring the degree of match between the two
  - the reflection caused by an impedance mismatch
* measure of how closely the impedance of a source matches that of a load
  - the reflections from the cable due to variations in the impedance
* refers to how far below the incident light the reflected light is.
* way of measuring impedance changes in a cable.

Sensorineural loss
* affects the inner ear and the auditory nerve and can range from mild to profound.
* is secondary to abnormalities of the vestibulocochlear system.

Sensory loss
* is non-anatomic.
* typical feature of leprosy.

Sight loss
* can occur as a result of at the apex of the orbit.
* requires significant adjustment in a person's life.

Sleep loss
* Most sleep loss is due to poor sleep habits and stress
  - stress or poor habits
* affects personal safety on the road.
* can have a significant impact on a person's quality of life.
* common problem after surgery.
* tends to provoke mania in the manic-depressive.

Soil loss
* increases more rapidly with slope steepness than it does with slope length.
* loss to all living beings.
* occurs as the result of water or wind action.

Tissue loss
* induces switching of feeding mode in spionid polychaetes.
* occurs immediately below the skin.

Tooth loss
* Most tooth loss is the result of dental caries and periodontal diseases.
* can worsen existing medical problems and contribute to psychosocial difficulties.
* is also a major cause for elongation due to the loss of the opposing tooth
  - caused more frequently by gum disease than tooth decay
* natural part of aging.

Traumatic loss
* can lead some people into depression, alcohol or drug abuse.
* involve some kind of head injury, and are sudden.
* is most often a life changing experience.