| dart | 1. <zoology> A fish; the dace. See Dace. 2. <zoology> Dart sac, a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure. (07 Mar 2000) |
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| dartars | A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs. Origin: F. Dartre eruption, dandruff. 240. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| darter | 1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts. 2. <zoology> The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird. 3. <zoology> A small fresh water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dartoic | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the dartos. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dartoic tissue | Tissue resembling tunica dartos. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dartoid | <anatomy> Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue. Origin: Dartos. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dartos | <anatomy> A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Flayed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dartos fascia | A layer of smooth muscular tissue in the integument of the scrotum. See: dartos muliebris. Synonym: tunica dartos, dartos muscle, membrana carnosa, tunica carnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dartos muscle | A layer of smooth muscular tissue in the integument of the scrotum. See: dartos muliebris. Synonym: tunica dartos, dartos muscle, membrana carnosa, tunica carnea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dartrous | <medicine> Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic. Dartroud diathesis, A morbid condition of the system predisposing to the development of certain skin deseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, and pityriasis. Also called rheumic diathesis, and hipretism. Origin: F. Dartreux. See Dartars. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |