| desthiobiotin | A compound derived from biotin by the removal of the sulfur atom; a precursor of biotin in bacteria and molds; it can substitute for biotin in some microorganisms, but is without effect on or is inhibitory to the growth of others. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| destine | To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; often with the remoter object preceded by to or for. "We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe." (Milton) "Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain." (Tennyson) "Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way." (Longfellow) Synonym: To design, mark out, determine, allot, choose, intend, devote, consecrate, doom. Origin: F. Destiner, L. Destinare; de + the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Obstinate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| destiny | Origin: OE. Destinee, destene, F. Destinee, from destiner. See Destine. 1. That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom. "Thither he Will come to know his destiny." (Shak) "No man of woman born, Coward or brave, can shun his destiny." (Bryant) 2. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual. "But who can turn the stream of destiny?" (Spenser) "Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny." (Longfellow) The Destinies, the three Parcae, or Fates; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine its circumstances and duration. "Marked by the Destinies to be avoided." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| destitute | 1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. "To forsake or destitute a plantation." (Bacon) 2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; followed by of. "Destituted of all honor and livings." (Holinshed) 3. To disappoint. "When his expectation is destituted." (Fotherby) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| destrin | <cell biology> Actin depolymerising protein (19 kD) from pig, apparently identical to ADF and similar to cofilin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| destructionist | 1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive. 2. One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked. Synonym: annihilationist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| destructive distillation | Submission of an organic substance to heat in a closed vessel so that oxygen is absent and combustion prevented, with the objective of effecting its decomposition with release of volatile constituents and the formation of new substances. Synonym: destructive distillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| destructiveness | 1. The quality of destroying or ruining. 2. <psychology> The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| destrudo | Energy associated with the death or destructive instinct. Origin: coinage on the analogy of libido fr. L. Destruo, to destroy (05 Mar 2000) |
| destruxin | <protein> Cyclic depsipeptide fungal toxins that suppress the immune response in invertebrates. (18 Nov 1997) |
| desudation | <medicine> A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples. Origin: L. Desudatio, fr. Desudare to sweat greatly; de + sudare to sweat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| desulfhydrases | Enzymes or groups of enzymes catalyzing the removal of a molecule of H2S or substituted H2S from a compound, as in the conversion of cysteine to pyruvic acid by cysteine desulfhydrase (cystathionine gamma-lyase). Synonym: desulfurases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| desulfinase | Term sometimes applied to the enzyme (aspartate-4-decarboxylase) removing sulfite: 1) from cysteinesulfinate, an intermediate in cysteine degradation, yielding alanine; 2) from sulfinylpyruvate, previously postulated to be formed by deamination of cysteinesulfinate, yielding pyruvate; degradation of sulfinylpyruvate is now considered to be spontaneous, not requiring an enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| desulfo xanthine dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Naturally occuring inactive form of xanthine dehydrogenase Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| desulfoglucosinolate sulfotransferase | <enzyme> From brassica; catalyses the conversion of desulfobenzylglucosinolate to benzylglucosinolate Registry number: EC 2.8.2.24 Synonym: paps-desulfoglucosinolate sulfotransferase, paps-dsg sulfotransferase, 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate-desulfoglucosinolate sulfotransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| desaturation |
term commonly used to indicate decrease in oxygen saturation of hemoglobin. Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonitis (DIP) - thought by some to be an early stage of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. This type of interstitial pneumonia occurs in current or past smokers [VHosp]
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| DES |
A synthetic estrogen, diethylstilbestrol is used as a growth stimulant in food animals. Residues in meat are thought to be carcinogenic.
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| desalination |
[Desalinization] (1) Removing salts from ocean or brackish water by using various technologies. (2) Removal of salts from soil by artificial means, usually leaching.
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| desiccant |
A chemical agent that absorbs moisture; some desiccants are capable of drying out plants or insects, causing death.
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Diethylstilbestrol or diethylstilbetrol, a drug prescribed to women from 1938-1971 to prevent miscarriage in high-risk pregnancies. Acts as a potent estrogen (mimics natural hormone) and therefore a potential endocrine disruptor. Female fetus, increased risk abnormal reproductive tract and cancer. Male fetus, abnormal genitalia. Banned by USA FDA in 1979 as a teratogen, previously used as livestock growth promoter. (More? Abnormal Development)
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| DES | preserve by removing all water and liquids from |
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| DES | lacking vitality or spirit |
| DES | lacking vitality or spirit |
| DES | preserved by removing natural moisture |
| DES | thoroughly dried out |
| DES | the process of extracting moisture |
| DES | dryness resulting from the removal of water |
| DES | something desired as a necessity |
| DES | Dutch Renaissance scholar and Roman Catholic theologian who attacked the theology of Martin Luther (1466-1536) |
| DES | the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) |
| DES | a decorative or artistic work |
| DES | a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something |