| dial |
the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments operate a dial to select a telephone number; "You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial" a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called choose by means of a dial; "dial a telephone number"
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| diabetic bullosis |
a condition in which bullae appear spontaneously, usually on the ankles and feet, in some uncontrolled diabetics.
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| diabetic cataract |
a rare, usually bilateral, opacity shaped like a snowflake, affecting the anterior and posterior cortices of young diabetics. Sometimes it can be reversed when the blood glucose is brought under control, but in most cases it progresses rapidly to a mature cataract.
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| diabetic lipemia |
a rare complication of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus consisting of massive increases in plasma triglyceride levels after ingestion of lipid-rich foods, due to deficient metabolism of low-density lipoproteins.
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| dialysis encephalopathy |
a degenerative disease of the brain associated with long-term use of hemodialysis, marked by speech disorders and constant myoclonic jerks, progressing to global dementia, with associated psychological changes; it is often accompanied by osteomalacia and is due to high levels of aluminum in the water used in the dialysis fluid or to aluminum-containing compounds given to control phosphorus levels. Called also progressive dialysis e. and dialysis dementia.
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