| decongestant | <pharmacology> This represents a large group of sympathomimetic medications that act to constrict blood vessels in the nasal passages and reduce congestion or swelling. Common medications include pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, phenylpropanolamine, oxymetazoline and phenylephrine. Can be delivered as a pH balanced nasal solution. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| decongestants | Drugs that shrink the swollen membranes in the nose and make it easier to breath. Decongestants can be taken orally or by nasal spray. Decongestant nasal spray should not be used for more than five days without the doctor s advice, and if so, usually only when accompanied by a nasal steroid. Many decongestant nasal sprays often cause a rebound effect if taken too long. A rebound effect is the worsening of symptoms when a drug is discontinued. This is a result of a tissue dependence on the medication. Decongestants should not be used by patients with high blood pressure (hypertension) unless under doctor's supervision. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decongestive | Having the property of reducing congestion. Synonym: decongestant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decontamination | The freeing of a person or an object of some contaminating substance such as war gas, radioactive material, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| deconvolution | A mathematical technique for solutions of functions whose input includes their output; used to solve for the image elements in computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. Origin: de-+ L. Convulutio, a rolling up, fr. Convolvo, to roll up (05 Mar 2000) |
| decoquinate | <chemical> A coccidiostat for poultry. Pharmacological action: coccidiostats. Chemical name: 3-Quinolinecarboxylic acid, 6-(decyloxy)-7-ethoxy-4-hydroxy-, ethyl ester (12 Dec 1998) |
| decorin | <molecular biology, protein> A small proteoglycan, 90-140 kD, of the extracellular matrix, so called because it decorates collagen fibres. The core protein has a mass of approximately 42 kD and is very similar to the core protein of biglycan and fibromodulin. All three have highly conserved sequences containing 10 internal homologous repeats of approximately 25 amino acids with leucine rich motifs. Decorin has one glycosaminoglycan chain, either chondroitin sulphate or dermatan sulphate and N linked oligosaccharides. (18 Nov 1997) |
| decorticate reflex | <neurology, physiology> Spontaneous flexion of the elbows with the legs extended. Accompanies severe damage to the contralateral cerebral hemisphere above the midbrain (for example stroke). The destruction of the cerebral cortex, usually due to anoxia, trauma or toxic insult, may proceed to decerebration (a more severe neurologic state). (27 Sep 1997) |
| decorticate rigidity | A unilateral or bilateral postural change, consisting of the upper extremities flexed and adducted and the lower extremities in rigid extension; due to structural lesions of the thalamus, internal capsule, or cerebral white matter. Synonym: decorticate state. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decorticate state | A unilateral or bilateral postural change, consisting of the upper extremities flexed and adducted and the lower extremities in rigid extension; due to structural lesions of the thalamus, internal capsule, or cerebral white matter. Synonym: decorticate state. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decortication | Spontaneous flexion of the elbows with the legs extended. Accompanies severe damage to the contralateral cerebral hemisphere above the midbrain (for example stroke). The destruction of the cerebral cortex, usually due to anoxia, trauma or toxic insult, may proceed to decerebration (a more severe neurologic state). (27 Sep 1997) |
| decorticator | A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decorum | <psychology> Propriety and good taste especially in conduct, manners or appearance. (18 Nov 1997) |
| decoupling | A regulatory design that breaks the link between utility revenues and energy sales to encourage utility investment in conservation. (05 Dec 1998) |
| decoy | To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net. "Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy." (Thomson) "E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy." (Goldsmith) Synonym: To entice, tempt, allure, lure. See Allure. Origin: Pref. De- + coy; orig, to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See Coy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decremental conduction |
the delay or failure of propagation of an impulse in the atrioventricular node resulting from progressive decrease in the rate of the rise and amplitude of the action potential as it spreads through the node.
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| decerebrate rigidity |
the posture produced in an experimental animal by decerebration (qv), marked by rigid extension of the legs. In humans it occurs as a result of lesions of the upper part of the brain stem or of severe bilateral lesions of the cerebrum and is manifested as a posture of lying in rigid extension with arms internally rotated at the shoulders and pronated; elbows, knees, and hips rigidly extended; and fingers, ankles, and toes flexed. Cf. antigravity reflex.
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| decidual endometritis |
inflammation of the decidua of pregnancy.
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| decision analysis |
a statistical method used for delineating the probabilities of various outcomes by determining the probabilities of each option available at each point where a decision can be made; often graphed as a decision tree to display the array of choices and outcomes as nodes and branches.
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| decision analysis |
Decision analysis (DA) is the discipline comprising the philosophy, theory, methodology, and professional practice necessary to address important decisions in a formal manner. ...
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| DEC | bring to an end |
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| DEC | cause to decide |
| DEC | influence or determine |
| DEC | recognizable |
| DEC | without question and beyond doubt |
| DEC | the cognitive process of reaching a decision |
| DEC | having the power or quality of deciding |
| DEC | the epithelial tissue of the endometrium |
| DEC | (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season |
| DEC | (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth |
| DEC | a holly tree |
| DEC | a plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season |