| Dulong-Petit law | The specific heats of many solid elements are inversely proportional to their atomic weights. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dulse | <botany> A seaweed of a reddish brown colour, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. Alternative forms: dillisk] "The crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter." (Percival) Origin: Cf. Gael. Duileasg; duille leaf + uisge water. Cf. Whisky. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dulwilly | <zoology> The ring plover. Origin: Prob. Imitative. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dumas | <dermatology> Yaws of the feet with keratoderma of the palms and soles and ulcer formation. Synonym: crab yaws, dumas, tubba, tubbae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dumb | 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. "To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures." (Hooker) 2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. "This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him." (Shak) "To pierce into the dumb past." (J. C. Shairp) 3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a colour. "Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun colour." (De Foe) Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute. Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined "chill." Dumb animal, any animal except man; usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; so called in contradistinction to man, who is a "speaking animal." Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. <botany> Dumb cane, a west Indian plant of the Arum family (Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. Dumb crambo. See crambo. Dumb show. Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise." . Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech. Synonym: Silent, speechless, noiseless. See Mute. Origin: AS. Dumb; akin to D. Dom stupid, dumb, Sw. Dumb, Goth. Dumbs; cf. Gr. Blind. See Deaf, and cf. Dummy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dumb rabies | A form or stage of rabies marked by paralytic symptoms. Synonym: dumb rabies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dumbbell ganglioneuroma | <tumour> A ganglioneuroma in which the gross configuration resembles a dumbbell, e.g., two spheroidal masses connected by a narrow portion, usually the result of the neoplasm being somewhat molded by a resistant structure such as two ribs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dumbledor | <zoology> A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. Origin: The first part is prob. Of imitative origin. See Dor a beetle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Dumdum fever | A chronic disease, occurring in India, Assam, China, the area formerly known as the Mediterranean littoral areas, the Middle East, India, Pakistan, China, South and Central America, Asia, Africa caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of an appropriate species of sandfly of the genus Phlebotomus or Lutzomyia; the organisms grow and multiply in macrophages, eventually causing them to burst and liberate amastigote parasites which then invade other macrophages; proliferation of macrophages in the bone marrow causes crowding out of erythroid and myeloid elements, resulting in leukopenia, and anaemia, splenomegaly, and hepatomegaly which are characteristic, along with enlargement of lymph nodes; fever, fatigue, malaise, and secondary infections also occur; different strains of leishmaniasis donovani occur; leishmaniasis infantum in Eurasia, leishmaniasis chagasi in Latin America. Synonym: Assam fever, black sickness, Burdwan fever, cachectic fever, Dumdum fever, kala azar, tropical splenomegaly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dumetose | <botany> Dumose. Origin: From L. Dumetum a thicket. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dummy | An artificial tooth on a fixed partial denture; it replaces the lost natural tooth, restores its functions, and usually occupies the space previously occupied by the natural crown. Synonym: dummy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dummy consultand | A person in the line of descent from the leading ancestor to the consultand proper; for logical simplicity, the dummy consultand is analyzed as if the consultand proper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dumontpallier's pessary | An elastic ring pessary. Synonym: Mayer's pessary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dumontpallier, Alphonse | <person> French physician, 1827-1899. See: Dumontpallier's pessary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dumous | 1. Abounding with bushes and briers. 2. <botany> Having a compact, bushy form. Origin: L. Dumosus, fr. Dumus a thornbush, a bramble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| duodenum |
The first part of the small intestine that connects to the stomach.
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| Duchenne's muscular dystrophy |
Duchenne type muscular dystrophy, the most common and severe type of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy; chronic and progressive, it begins in early childhood. It is characterized by increasing weakness in the pelvic and shoulder girdles, with pseudohypertrophy of the muscles followed by atrophy, lordosis, and a peculiar swaying gait with the legs kept wide apart. ...
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| DU | a coarse heavy woolen fabric |
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| DU | a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth |
| DU | a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth |
| DU | a warm coat made of duffel |
| DU | an incompetent or clumsy person |
| DU | a coarse heavy woolen fabric |
| DU | a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth |
| DU | a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth |
| DU | a warm coat made of duffel |
| DU | French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953) |
| DU | an udder or breast or teat |
| DU | Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828) |