| dub | 1. To confer knight. The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword. 2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call. "A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth." (Pope) 3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. "His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones." (Morte d'Arthure) 4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles. To dub a fly, to dress a fishing fly. To dub out, to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections. Origin: AS. Dubban to strike, beat ("dubbade his sunu . . . To ridere." AS. Chron. An 1086); akin to Icel. Dubba; cf. OF. Adouber (prob. Fr. Icel) a chevalier, Icel. Dubba til riddara. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| dubb | <zoology> The Syrian bear. See Bear. Alternative forms: dhubb, and dub. Origin: Ar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Dubin | I. Nathan, U.S. Pathologist, 1913-1980. See: Dubin-Johnson syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dubin-Johnson syndrome | <syndrome> An inherited disorder (autosomal recessive) that is characterised by long-standing mild jaundice. This occurs secondary to an abnormality in the transport of bilirubin from the liver to the biliary system. This leads to an accumulation of bilirubin in the liver. Avoidance of alcohol and medications which can affect the liver is important. Inheritance: autosomal recessive. (27 Sep 1997) |
| dubiosity | Origin: L. Dubiosus. The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing. "Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities." (Sir T. Browne) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dubious | 1. Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. "Dubious policy." "A dubious, agitated state of mind." 2. Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer. "Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more dubious pocket handkerchief." (Thackeray) 3. Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle. Synonym: Doubtful, doubting, unsettled, undetermined, equivocal, uncertain. Cf. Doubtful. Origin: L. Dubius, dubiosus, fr. Duo two. See Two, and cf. Doubt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Dubois' abscesses | Small cysts of the thymus containing polymorphonuclear leukocytes but lined by squamous epithelium; reported in congenital syphilis but also found in the absence of syphilis. Synonym: Dubois' disease, thymic abscesses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dubois' disease | Small cysts of the thymus containing polymorphonuclear leukocytes but lined by squamous epithelium; reported in congenital syphilis but also found in the absence of syphilis. Synonym: Dubois' disease, thymic abscesses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| DuBois' formula | A formula for predicting a man's surface area from weight and height: A = 71.84W0.425 H0.725, where A = surface area in cm2, W = weight in kg, and H = height in cm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dubois, Eugene | <person> U.S. Physiologist, 1882-1959. See: DuBois' formula, Aub-DuBois table. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dubois, Paul | <person> French obstetrician, 1795-1871. See: Dubois' abscesses, Dubois' disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| duboisia | <medicine> Same as Duboisine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| duboisine | <medicine> An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree (Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Duboscq's colourimeter | An apparatus for measuring the depth of tint in a fluid by comparing it with a standard fluid; glass cylinders are immersed in each of two cups one containing standard fluid, the other the fluid to be tested; on looking through the cylinders, the tints are equalised by raising or lowering the cylinder in one cup, and the extent of this raising or lowering is indicated on a scale and gives the exact difference in tint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duboscq, Jules | <person> French optician, 1817-1886. See: Duboscq's colourimeter. (05 Mar 2000) |