| decalvant | Removing the hair; making bald. Origin: L. Decalvare, to make bald (05 Mar 2000) |
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| decameter | Ten meters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decamethonium bromide | Decamethylene-1,10-bis-trimethylammonium dibromide;a synthetic nondepolarising neuromuscular blocking agent used to produce muscular relaxation during general anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decamethonium compounds | Compounds that contain the decamethylenebis(trimethyl)ammonium radical. These compounds frequently act as neuromuscular depolarising agents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decamine | 1,1'-decamethylenebis[4-aminoquinaldinium acetate];an antimicrobial agent. Synonym: decamine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decandria | <botany> A Linnaean class of plants characterised by having ten stamens. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Ten +, a man. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decandrous | <botany> Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens. Origin: Cf. F. Decandre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decane | <chemistry> A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications. See: Deca-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decanoates | Salts and esters of the 10-carbon monocarboxylic acid-decanoic acid. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decanoic acids | 10-carbon saturated monocarboxylic acids. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decanoin | Tridecanoylglycerol;one of the substances found in butter upon which its flavor depends. Synonym: decanoin, glyceryl tricaprate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decanormal | Rarely used term denoting the concentration of a solution 10 times that of normal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decant | To pour off gently the upper clear portion of a fluid, leaving the sediment in the vessel. Origin: Mediev. L. Decantho, fr. De-+ canthus, the beak of a jug, fr. G. Kanthos, corner of the eye (05 Mar 2000) |
| decantation | Pouring off the clear upper portion of a fluid, leaving a sediment or precipitate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decapacitation | Prevention of spermatozoa from undergoing capacitation and thus from becoming able to fertilise ova. See: decapacitation factor. (05 Mar 2000) |