| duke | 1. A leader; a chief; a prince. "Hannibal, duke of Carthage." (Sir T. Elyot) "All were dukes once, who were "duces" captains or leaders of their people." (Trench) 2. In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland. 3. In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king. Duke's coronet. To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner. See Dine. Origin: F. Duc, fr. L. Dux, ducis, leader, commander, fr. Ducere to lead; akin to AS. Teon to draw; cf. AS. Heretoga (here army) an army leader, general, G. Herzog duke. See Tue, and cf. Doge, Duchess, Ducat, Duct, Adduce, Deduct. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Duke bleeding time test | A bleeding time test in which an incision is made in the earlobe and the time until bleeding stops is measured. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duke, William | <person> U.S. Pathologist, 1883-1945. See: Duke bleeding time test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dukes' classification | A classification of the extent of operable adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum commonly modified as follows: A (Duke's A), confined to the mucosa; B1, into the muscularis mucosae; B2, through the muscularis mucosae; C1, limited to the bowel wall, with nodal metastases; C2, through the bowel wall, with nodal metastases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dukes' disease | An exanthem-producing infectious disease of childhood; unknown aetiology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dukes, Clement | <person> English physician, 1845-1925. See: Dukes' disease, Filatov Dukes' disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dukes, Cuthbert | <person> British pathologist, 1890-1977. See: Dukes' classification. (05 Mar 2000) |