| diplocardiac | <anatomy> Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary. Origin: Gr. Double + E. Cardiac. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| diplocephalus | Symmetrical conjoined twins with two separate heads. See: conjoined twins. Synonym: bicephalus, diplocephalus. Origin: G. Di-, two, + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplocheiria | Synonym: dicheiria. Origin: diplo-+ G. Cheir, hand (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplococcaemia | The presence of diplococci in the blood; used especially in referring to Neisseria meningitidis (meningococci) in circulating blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplococci | Plural of diplococcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplococcin | An antibiotic crystalline substance isolated from cultures of lactic acid-producing cocci present in milk active against lactobacilli and certain Gram-positive cocci, but inactive against Gram-negative bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplococcus | Bacterial strain in which two spherical cells (cocci) are joined to form a pair like a dumb bell or figure of eight. (18 Nov 1997) |
| diplocoria | The occurrence of two pupils in the eye. Synonym: dicoria. Origin: diplo-+ G. Kore, pupil (05 Mar 2000) |
| diploe | <anatomy> The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Fold, fr. Twofold, double. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diploetic | <anatomy> Diploic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diplogenesis | Production of a double foetus or of one with some parts doubled. Origin: diplo-+ G. Genesis, production (05 Mar 2000) |
| Diplogonoporus | A genus of tapeworms found in Japan (Diplogonoporus grandis) and probably also in Rumania (Diplogonoporus brauni) [diplo-+ G. Gonos, seed, + poros, pore (05 Mar 2000) |
| diploic | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the diploe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diploic canals | Channels in the diploe that accommodate the diploic veins. Synonym: canales diploici, Breschet's canals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diploic vein | <anatomy, vein> One of the veins in the diploe of the cranial bones, connected with the cerebral sinuses by emissary veins; the main diploic veins are the frontal, anterior temporal, posterior temporal, and occipital. Synonym: vena diploica, Breschet's vein, Dupuytren's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |