| daw | <zoology> A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. "The loud daw, his throat displaying, draw The whole assembly of his fellow daws." (Waller) The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: "Then thou dwellest with daws too." Origin: OE. Dawe; akin to OHG. Taha, MHG. Tahe, tahele, G. Dohle. Cf. Caddow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Dawbarn's sign | <clinical sign> Pain of subacromial bursitis disappears when the arm is abducted. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dawbarn, Robert | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1860-1915. See: Dawbarn's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dawn phenomenon | Abrupt increases in fasting levels of plasma glucose concentrations between 5 and 9 a.m., in the absence of antecedent hypoglycaemia; occurs in diabetic patients receiving insulin therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dawson's encephalitis | <neurology> Chronic progressive illness seen in children a few years after measles infection and involving demyelination of the cerebral cortex. Virus apparently persists in brain cells: usually considered a slow virus disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Dawson, James | <person> U.S. Pathologist, *1908. See: Dawson's encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dawsonite | <chemical> A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals. Origin: Named after J. W. Dawson of Montreal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |