| dor | <zoology> A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Synonym: dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock. Origin: Cf. AS. Dora drone, locust, D. Tor beetle, L. Taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Dor procedure | A method of repairing congenital tunnel-type subaortic stenosis and narrowing of the left ventricular-aortic junction by aortoventriculoplasty and prosthetic valve replacement. Synonym: Dor procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorado | 1. <astronomy> A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish. 2. <zoology> A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphaena. Origin: Sp. Dorado gilt, fr. Dorar to gild, fr. L. Deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| doraphobia | Morbid fear of touching the skin or fur of animals. Origin: G. Dora, hide, skin, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorbeetle | <zoology> See 1st Dor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| doree | <zoology> A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow colour. The popular name in England is John Doree, or Dory, well known to be a corruption of F. Jaune-doree, i. E, golden-yellow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Dorello's canal | A bony canal sometimes found at the tip of the temporal bone enclosing the abducens nerve and inferior petrosal sinus as these two structures enter the cavernous sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dorello, P | <person> Italian anatomist, *1872. See: Dorello's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dorendorf's sign | <clinical sign> Fullness of one supraclavicular groove in aneurysm of the aortic arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dorendorf, H | <person> German physician, *1866. See: Dorendorf's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dorfman, Maurice | <person> 20th century Israeli dermatologist. See: Dorfman-Chanarin syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dorfman-Chanarin syndrome | <syndrome> Congenital ichthyosis, leukocyte vacuoles, and variable involvement of other organ systems. Synonym: neutral lipid storage disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorhawk | <zoology> The European goatsucker; so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. Alternative forms: dorrhawk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| doric | 1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect. 2. Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order. This order is distinguished, according to the treatment of details, as Grecian Doric, or Roman Doric. 3. Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war. Origin: L. Doricus, Gr, fr. The Dorians. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Doring, G | <person> German neurologist. See: Pette-Doring disease. (05 Mar 2000) |