| diplo- | Double, twofold. See: haplo-. Origin: G. Diploos, double (05 Mar 2000) |
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| diploalbuminuria | The coexistence of nephritic, or pathologic, and nonnephritic, or physiologic, albuminuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplobacillus | Two rod-shaped bacterial cells linked end to end. Origin: diplo-+ bacillus (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplobacteria | Bacterial cells linked together in pairs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diploblastic | Describes an animal which, as an embryo, had two distinct embryonic tissue layers - the ectoderm and endoderm. This is in contrast to animals which are triploblastic (has three distinct tissue layers) and those which do not have any distinct tissue layers as an embryo (nor organs and distinct tissues as an adult). Jellyfish and comb jellies are diploblastic animals. (09 Oct 1997) |
| diplocardia | An anomaly in which the two lateral halves of the heart are separated to varying degrees by a central fissure. Origin: diplo-+ G. Kardia, heart (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplocardiac | <anatomy> Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary. Origin: Gr. Double + E. Cardiac. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diplocephalus | Symmetrical conjoined twins with two separate heads. See: conjoined twins. Synonym: bicephalus, diplocephalus. Origin: G. Di-, two, + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplocheiria | Synonym: dicheiria. Origin: diplo-+ G. Cheir, hand (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplococcaemia | The presence of diplococci in the blood; used especially in referring to Neisseria meningitidis (meningococci) in circulating blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplococci | Plural of diplococcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplococcin | An antibiotic crystalline substance isolated from cultures of lactic acid-producing cocci present in milk active against lactobacilli and certain Gram-positive cocci, but inactive against Gram-negative bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplococcus | Bacterial strain in which two spherical cells (cocci) are joined to form a pair like a dumb bell or figure of eight. (18 Nov 1997) |
| diplocoria | The occurrence of two pupils in the eye. Synonym: dicoria. Origin: diplo-+ G. Kore, pupil (05 Mar 2000) |
| diploe | <anatomy> The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Fold, fr. Twofold, double. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |