| desmosomes | A type of junction that attaches one cell to its neighbor. One of a number of differentiated regions which occur, for example, where the cytoplasmic membranes of adjacent epithelial cells are closely apposed. It consists of a circular region of each membrane together with associated intracellular microfilaments and an intercellular material which may include, for example, mucopolysaccharides. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| desmosterol | <chemical> Chemical name: Cholesta-5,24-dien-3-ol, (3beta)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| desmoteric medicine | The branch of medical practice that deals with health problems occurring among prison inmates. Origin: G. Desmoterion, prison, fr. Deo, to bind, + -ic (05 Mar 2000) |
| desmotubule | <cell biology> Cylindrical membrane lined channel through a plasmodesma, linking the cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum in the two cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| desmoyokin | <cell biology> Desmosomal plaque protein (680 kD) from bovine muzzle keratinocytes. Homologous with human AHNAK protein. (18 Nov 1997) |
| desogestrel | <drug> A synthetic progestational hormone used often as the progestogenic component of combined oral contraceptive agents. Pharmacological action: contraceptives, oral, synthetic, progestational hormones, synthetic. Chemical name: 18,19-Dinorpregn-4-en-20-yn-17-ol, 13-ethyl-11-methylene-, (17alpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| desolate | 1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. 2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. "Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war." (Sparks) Origin: Desolated; Desolating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| desolvation | The release of the water electrostatically bound to a particle in awater-based solution. (09 Oct 1997) |
| desonide | <chemical> 16-hydroxyprednisolone 16,17-acetonide. Nonfluorinated corticosteroid anti-inflammatory agent used topically for dermatoses. Pharmacological action: glucocorticoids, topical. Chemical name: Pregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione, 11,21-dihydroxy-16,17-((1-methylethylidene)bis(oxy))-, (11beta,16alpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| desoxalic | <chemistry> Made or derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid. Origin: F. Pref. Des- from + E. Oxalic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| desoximetasone | <chemical> Topical anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid used in dermatoses, skin allergies, psoriasis, etc. Pharmacological action: glucocorticoids, synthetic, glucocorticoids, topical. Chemical name: Pregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione, 9-fluoro-11,21-dihydroxy-16-methyl-, (11beta,16alpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| desoxy sugar | A sugar containing fewer oxygen atoms than carbon atoms and in which, consequently, one or more carbons in the molecule lack an attached hydroxyl group. Synonym: desoxy sugar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| desoxycorticosterone | <chemical> 21-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione. Mineralocorticoid. Desoxycorticosterone acetate (doca) is used as replacement therapy in addison's disease. Chemical name: Pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 21-hydroxy- (12 Dec 1998) |
| desoxycortone | 11-Deoxycorticosterone; 21-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione;an adrenocortical steroid, principally a biosynthetic precursor of corticosterone and possibly aldosterone, that rarely appears in adrenocortical secretions; a potent mineralocorticoid with no appreciable glucocorticoid activity. Synonym: 21-hydroxyprogesterone, cortexone, deoxycortone, desoxycortone. Deoxycorticosterone acetate, desoxycorticosterone acetate;acetate salt used for intramuscular injection for replacement therapy of the adrenocortical steroid. Deoxycorticosterone pivalate, desoxycorticosterone pivalate;pivalate salt of the steroid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| despair | 1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. "We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair." (Keble) "Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair." (Macaulay) 2. That which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery he cures." Synonym: Desperation, despondency, hopelessness. Origin: Cf. OF. Despoir, fr. Desperer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| desmoid tumor |
A tumor of the tissue that surrounds muscles, usually in the abdomen. A desmoid tumor rarely metastasizes (spreads to other parts of the body). Also called aggressive fibromatosis, especially when the tumor is outside the abdomen.
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| desmoplastic |
Causing or forming adhesions or fibrous connective tissue within a tumor.
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| desmoplastic melanoma |
A rare form of malignant melanoma marked by nonpigmented lesions on sun-exposed areas of the body, most commonly on the head and neck.
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| Desault's sign |
a sign of intracapsular fracture of the femur, consisting of alteration of the arc described by rotation of the great trochanter, which normally describes the segment of a circle, but in this fracture rotates only as the apex of the femur as it rotates about its own axis.
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| descriptive statistics |
Brief numerical descriptions of data.
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| DES | burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico |
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| DES | evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods |
| DES | remote from civilization |
| DES | left desolate or empty |
| DES | a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) |
| DES | a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. |
| DES | a type of soil that develops in arid climates |
| DES | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility |
| DES | the act of giving something up |
| DES | an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved |
| DES | be worthy of or have a certain rating |
| DES | proper and appropriate |