| decantation | Pouring off the clear upper portion of a fluid, leaving a sediment or precipitate. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| decapacitation | Prevention of spermatozoa from undergoing capacitation and thus from becoming able to fertilise ova. See: decapacitation factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decapacitation factor | A factor, postulated to be present in epididymal fluid and seminal plasma, that prevents the capacitation of spermatozoa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decapentaplegic | Drosophila gene, product related to TGF. (18 Nov 1997) |
| decapeptide | An oligopeptide containing 10 amino acids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decaphyllous | <botany> Having ten leaves. Origin: Pref. Deca- + Gr. Leaf: cf. F. Decaphylle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decapitate | 1. To cut off the head; specifically, to remove the head of a foetus to facilitate delivery in cases of irremediable dystocia; to cut off the head of an animal in preparation for certain physiologic experiments; obsolete term. 2. Relating to an experimental animal with the head removed. Origin: L. De-, away, + caput, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| decapitation | Removal of a head. See: decapitate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decapod | <zoology> A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively. Origin: Cf. F. Decapode. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decapoda | 1. <zoology> The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others. 2. <zoology> A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Ten +, foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase | <enzyme> Forms all-trans-decaprenyl pyrophosphate from isopentenyl pyrophosphate and either farnesyl pyrophosphate or geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate; does not transfer dimethylallyl or geranyl groups Registry number: EC 2.5.1.- Synonym: dp-pp-synthetase (26 Jun 1999) |
| decapsulation | Incision and removal of a capsule or enveloping membrane. Decapsulation of kidney, removing or stripping off the capsule of the kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decarbonate | To deprive of carbonic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decarbonization | Rarely used term denoting the process of arterialization of the blood by oxygenation and the removal of carbon dioxide in the lungs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decarbonize | To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. Decarbonised iron. See Malleable iron. Decarbonised steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron. Origin: Decarbonised; Decarbonizing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |