| ditokous | <zoology> Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids. Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do. Origin: Gr. = twice + a bringing forth, offspring. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ditolyl | <chemistry> A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene. Origin: Pref. Di- + tolyl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ditrichotomous | 1. Divided into twos or threes. 2. <botany> Dividing into double or treble ramifications; said of a leaf or stem. Origin: Pref. Di- + trichotomous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ditroite | <chemical> An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite. Origin: Named from Ditro in Transylvania. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dittander | <botany> A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium). See: Dittany. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dittany | <botany> A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete. The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus. In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family. Origin: OE. Dytane, detane, dytan, OF. Ditain, F. Dictame, L. Dictamnum, fr. Gr, a plant growing in abundance on Mount Dicte in Crete. Cf. Dittander. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dittology | A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text. Origin: Gr. Attic form of repetition of words: twofold + to speak. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Dittrich's plugs | Minute, dirty-grayish, ill-smelling masses of bacteria and fatty acid crystals in the sputum in pulmonary gangrene and fetid bronchitis. Synonym: Traube's plugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dittrich's stenosis | Narrowing of the outflow tract of the right ventricle below the pulmonic valve; may be due to a localised fibrous diaphragm just below the valve or, more commonly, to a long narrow fibromuscular channel. Synonym: Dittrich's stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dittrich, Franz | <person> German pathologist, 1815-1859. See: Dittrich's plugs, Dittrich's stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |