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type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind food
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| diverticulum |
a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
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| diflunisal |
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions
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| dichromatism |
dichromacy: a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)
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| direct |
command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework" target: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" guide the actors in (plays and films) be in charge of direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" lead: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" having no intervening persons, agents, conditions; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote" send: cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" aim: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" lineal: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" conduct: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall" similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)" calculate: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current" steer: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident" address: put an address on (an envelope) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" mastermind: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite" directly: without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
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