| diamylene | <chemistry> A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene. Origin: Pref. Di- + amylene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| diana | The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. "And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. <zoology> " (Pope) Diana monkey, a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana). Origin: L. Diana. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Diana complex | Ideas leading to the adoption of masculine traits and behaviour in a female. Origin: Diana, L. Myth. Char. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diandria | <botany> A Linnaean class of plants having two stamens. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. = twice +, a man, a male. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diandrous | <botany> Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens. Origin: Cf. F. Diandre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dianhydrogalactitol | <chemical> 1,2:5,6-dianhydrodulcitol. One of the cytotoxic dihalohexitols that may have alkylating antineoplastic activity. It causes bone marrow toxicity. The active form is thought to be the diepoxide. Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, alkylating. Chemical name: Galactitol, 1,2:5,6-dianhydro- (12 Dec 1998) |
| dianisidine | <chemical> Highly toxic compound which can cause skin irritation and sensitization. It is used in manufacture of azo dyes. Chemical name: (1,1'-Biphenyl)-4,4'-diamine, 3,3'-dimethoxy- (12 Dec 1998) |
| dianium | <chemistry> Same as Columbium. Origin: NL, fr. L. Diana; either as the name of the Roman goddess, or from its use in OE. As a name of silver. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dianoetic | <psychology> Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products. "I would employ . . . Dianoetic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty." (Sir W. Hamilton) Origin: Gr.; through + to revolve in the mind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dianthus | <botany> A genus of plants containing some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, gen, Zeus + flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diapasm | Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together. Origin: L. Diapasma, Gr, fr.; through + to sprinkle: cf. F. Diapasme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diapause | A period of biological quiescence or dormancy with decreased metabolism; an interval in which development is arrested or greatly slowed. Origin: dia-+ G. Pausis, pause Embryonic diapause, a diapause in the course of embryogenesis; postulated to occur in instances of double parturition and possibly of delayed implantation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diapedesis | Archaic term for the emigration of leucocytes across the endothelium. (18 Nov 1997) |
| diapente | 1. The interval of the fifth. 2. <medicine> A composition of five ingredients. Origin: L, fr. Gr. A fifth; through + five: cf. F. Diapente. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diaper dermatitis | Colloquially referred to as diaper, ammonia, or napkin rash; dermatitis of thighs and buttocks resulting from exposure to urine and faeces in infants' diapers. Formerly attributed to ammonia formation; moisture, bacterial growth, and alkalinity may all induce lesions. Synonym: ammonia rash, diaper rash, Jacquet's erythema, napkin rash. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Diastemas
Synonyms : Diastoles
Synonyms : Diathermies
Synonyms : Celite, Celite 545, Celite 560, Chromosorb P, 545, Celite, 560, Celite, Earth, Diatomaceous, Earth, Infusorial, P, Chromosorb
Synonyms : Bacillariophytas, Diatom
| diameter |
In geometry, a diameter (Greek words diairo = divide and metro = measure) of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center and whose endpoints are on the circular boundary, or, in more modern usage, the length of such a line segment. When using the word in the more modern sense, one speaks of the diameter rather than a diameter, because all diameters of a circle have the same length. This length is twice the radius. ...
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| diamond disk |
Diamond Disk or Diamond Disc was the brand name for a specific variety of phonograph record patented by Thomas Edison in 1912. The records played at 78 rpm, like the conventional records of the era, but were made of a harder material that was more difficult to break. ...
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| diamorphine |
Heroin or diamorphine (INN) (colloquially referred to as junk, babania, horse, golden brown, smack, black tar, H, big H, lady H, dope, skag, juice, diesel, etc.) is an alkaloid opioid. Heroin is the 3,6-diacetyl derivative of morphine (hence diacetylmorphine) and is synthesised from it by acetylation. The white crystalline form is commonly the hydrochloride salt, diamorphine hydrochloride. It is highly addictive. ...
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| diapause |
Embryonic diapause, in mammals is a condition where pre-implantation blastocysts are maintained in a state of dormancy, often due to environmental cues, until such time as the environment improves. Diapause occurs in over 100 species of mammals in distantly related organisms, such as the skunk and the wallaby. Much of the work in diapause regulation and physiological studies of the mother and of the developing embryo, have been conducted upon kangaroos. ...
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| diatomite |
Diatomaceous earth, also known as diatomite, kieselguhr, kieselgur, and Celite, is a naturally occurring, soft, chalk-like, sedimentary rock mineral that is easily crumbled into a fine white to off-white powder. This powder has an abrasive feeling similar to pumice powder and is very light-weighed due to its high porosity. It is made primarily of silica and consists of fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae. ...
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| DIA | used to produce perspiration |
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| DIA | inducing perspiration |
| DIA | a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens |
| DIA | electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves |
| DIA | a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic |
| DIA | (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities |
| DIA | hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm |
| DIA | an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) |
| DIA | relating to the diaphysis of a bone |
| DIA | relating to the diaphysis of a bone |
| DIA | the main (mid) section of a long bone |
| DIA | reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye |