| de Pezzer, O | <person> 19th century French physician. See: de Pezzer catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| de Quervain's disease | Fibrosis of the sheath of a tendon of the thumb. Synonym: radial styloid tendovaginitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de Quervain's fracture | Fracture of navicular bone with dislocation of lunar bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de Quervain's thyroiditis | Thyroiditis with round cell (usually lymphocytes) infiltration, destruction of thyroid cells, epithelial giant cell proliferation, and evidence of regeneration; thought by some to be a reflection of a systemic infection and not an example of true chronic thyroiditis. Synonym: de Quervain's thyroiditis, giant cell thyroiditis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de Quervain, Fritz | <person> Swiss surgeon, 1868-1940. See: de Quervain's disease, de Quervain's fracture, de Quervain's thyroiditis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| De Sanctis, Carlo | <person> Italian psychiatrist, *1888. See: De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| De Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome | <syndrome> A variant of xeroderma pigmentosum in which a different DNA repair enzyme is involved. Hybrid fibroblasts formed by Sendai virus fusion of the two types show normal repair (complementation). Those affected demonstrate xeroderma pigmentosum with mental deficiency, dwarfism, and gonadal hypoplasia. Inheritance: autosomal recessive. (05 Jul 2000) |
| De Toni, Giovanni | <person> Italian paediatrician, *1895. See: De Toni-Fanconi syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| De Toni-Fanconi syndrome | Lysosomal storage disorders of unknown molecular defect, characterised by widespread deposition of cystine crystals in reticuloendothelial cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| de Wecker, Louis | <person> French physician, 1832-1906. See: de Wecker's scissors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de- | <prefix> A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc. (29 Oct 1998) |
| de-efferentation | A loss of the motor nerve fibres to an area of the body. Origin: L. De, from, + efferent (05 Mar 2000) |
| de-emetinised ipecacuanha | Ipecacuanha from which the emetic principle has been extracted; has been used as an antidysenteric agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de-epicardialization | Surgical destruction of the epicardium, usually by the application of phenol, designed to promote collateral circulation to the myocardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| de-lead | To cause the mobilization and excretion of lead deposited in the bones and other tissues, as by the administration of a chelating agent. (05 Mar 2000) |