| diaphragmatic pleura | The layer of parietal pleura covering the upper surface of the diaphragm, except along its costal attachments and where it is covered with the pericardium. Synonym: pleura diaphragmatica, phrenic pleura, pleura phrenica. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| diaphragmatic pleurisy | An acute infectious disease usually occurring in epidemic form, characterised by paroxysms of pain, usually in the chest, and associated with strains of Enterovirus coxsackievirus type B. Synonym: benign dry pleurisy, Bornholm disease, Daae's disease, devil's grip, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic benign dry pleurisy, epidemic diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic myositis, myositis epidemica acuta, epidemic transient diaphragmatic spasm, Sylvest's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatic surface | The surface of an organ in contact with the diaphragm, as of the heart, liver, lungs, and spleen. Synonym: facies diaphragmatica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmatocele | Rarely used term for diaphragmatic hernia. Origin: diaphragm + G. Kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphragmodynia | Synonym: diaphragmalgia. Origin: diaphragm + G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphyseal | Relating to a diaphysis. Synonym: diaphyseal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphyseal dysplasia, progressive | Progressive thickening of diaphyseal cortex of long bones. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diaphysectomy | Partial or complete removal of the shaft of a long bone. Origin: diaphysis + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphyses | The shaft of a long bone. (27 Sep 1997) |
| diaphysial | Relating to a diaphysis. Synonym: diaphyseal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphysial aclasis | A disturbance of enchondral bone growth in which multiple, generally benign osteochondromas of long bones appear during childhood, commonly with shortening of the radius and fibula; the ill-effects are usually mechanical but malignant change is rare; autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: diaphysial aclasis, hereditary deforming chondrodystrophy, multiple exostosis, osteochondromatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphysial centre | Primary centre of ossification in the shaft of a long bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphysial dysplasia | Progressive, symmetrical fusiform enlargement of the shafts of long bones characterised by the formation of excessive new periosteal and endosteal bone and irregular conversion of this cortical bone into cancellous bone; anaemia does not occur as a rule, as in osteopetrosis. Synonym: Engelmann's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaphysis | The shaft of a long bone. (27 Sep 1997) |
| diaphysitis | Inflammation of the shaft of a long bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dia- |
Abbreviation for Defense Intelligence Agency. The DIA was established in 1961 by Robert McNamara. Its task was to co-ordinate all US Military Intelligence Services
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| diameter |
The length of a straight line that extends from one edge of a tumor or other object, through its center and to the opposite edge. It is usually used to measure the size of round or spherical shapes.
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| diabetes mellitus |
A group of disorders in which there is a defect in the transfer of glucose (sugar) from the bloodstream into cells, leading to abnormally high levels of blood sugar (hyperglycemia).
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| diarrhea |
Frequent and watery bowel movements.
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| diagnosis |
The process of identifying a disease by the signs and symptoms.
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| DIA | a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes |
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| DIA | constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality |
| DIA | microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica |
| DIA | a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material |
| DIA | of or relating to a molecule made up of two atoms |
| DIA | a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material |
| DIA | marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms |
| DIA | (music) based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals |
| DIA | based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of Western music |
| DIA | a scale with eight notes in an octave |
| DIA | thunderous verbal attack |
| DIA | Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500) |