| de bene esse | Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| de Bordeau theory | That each organ of the body manufactured a specific humor which it secreted into the bloodstream. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de Clerambault | G., French psychiatrist, 1872-1934. See: de Clerambault syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de Clerambault syndrome | <syndrome> Erotomania accompanied by the delusional belief that a certain person is in love with you. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de Lange | Cornelia, Dutch paediatrician, 1871-1950. See: de Lange syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de Lange syndrome | <syndrome> A congenital anomaly characterised by impaired development, mental retardation, characteristic facies with snyophrys and hairline well down on forehead, depressed bridge of nose with uptilted tip of nose, small head with low-set ears, and flat spadelike hands with simian crease and short tapering fingers. Synonym: Amsterdam syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de lange's syndrome | <syndrome> A congenital syndrome in which severe mental retardation is associated with many abnormalities, including short stature (amsterdam dwarf), brachycephaly, low-set ears, webbed neck, carp mouth, depressed bridge of the nose with the end tilted up and forward-directed nostrils, bushy eyebrows meeting at the midline, unruly coarse hair growing low on the forehead and neck, and flat spadelike hands with short tapering fingers. Called also brachmann-de lange or cornelia delange syndrome and typus degenerativus amstelodamensis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| De Morgan's spots | <tumour> A red papule due to weakening of the capillary wall, seen mostly in persons over 30 years of age. Synonym: cherry angioma, De Morgan's spots, ruby spots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| De Morgan, Campbell | <person> English physician, 1811-1876. See: De Morgan's spots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de Morsier's syndrome | <radiology> Blindness, hypopituitarism, hypoplastic optic nerves, optic chiasm rotated 90 degrees, bulbous 3rd ventricle, CT findings: absent septum pellucidum, small optic nerves (12 Dec 1998) |
| de Morsier, G | <person> 20th century Swiss neurologist. See: de Morsier's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de Musset's sign | <clinical sign> In incompetence of the aortic valve, rhythmical nodding of the head, synchronous with the heart beat. Synonym: de Musset's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de novo | Anew; often applied to particular biochemical pathways in which metabolites are newly biosynthesised (e.g., de novo purine biosynthesis). Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de novo pathway | <biochemistry> A pathway for synthesising a biomolecule from simple precursor molecules. Compare: salvage pathway. (12 Jan 1998) |
| de Pezzer catheter | A self-retaining catheter with a bulbous extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |