| PRD | partial reaction of degeneration; physician relations department; postradiation dysplasia |
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| DIT | Diet Induced Thermogenesis = Thermic Effect of Food = Specific Dynami... |
| Cdyn, Cdyn | dynamic compliance |
| CIDEP | chemically induced dynamic electron polarization |
| CIDNP | chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization |
| dynamic psychology | A psychologic approach that concerns itself with the causes of behaviour. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dynamic psychotherapy | Psychotherapy utilizing freudian principles. See: psychoanalysis. Synonym: dynamic psychotherapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dynamic range | <microscopy> In video and other electronic equipment and in photographic emulsions, the ratio of the maximum to minimum signal levels that introduce no more than acceptable levels of signal amplitude distortions. (05 Aug 1998) |
| dynamic refraction | Refraction of the eye during accommodation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dynamic school | A group of theorists founded by Stahl, who professed the belief that all vital action is the result of an internal force independent of anything external to the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dynamic splint | A splint utilizing springs or elastic bands that aids in movements initiated by the patient by controlling the plane and range of motion. Synonym: active splint, functional splint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dynamic viscosity | The internal or molecular frictional resistance of a fluid by Newton's law of viscosity as the ratio of the applied force per unit area to the relative velocity of adjacent fluid layers (produced by the force). (05 Mar 2000) |
| instrascene dynamic range | <microscopy> The greatest ratio of highlight to shadow brightness to within a single scene that a video camera (tube) can handle usefully. Contrast with the usable light range of a camera, which is considerably greater than the instrascene dynamic range. See: illumination, Kohler. (05 Aug 1998) |
| race relations | Cultural contacts between people of different races. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parent-child relations | The interactions between parent and child. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mind-body relations | <psychology> The relation between the mind and the body in a religious, social, spiritual, behavioural, and metaphysical context. This concept is significant in the field of alternative medicine. It differs from the relationship between physiologic processes and behaviour where the emphasis is on the body's physiology ( = psychophysiology). (12 Dec 1998) |
| physician-nurse relations | The reciprocal interaction of physicians and nurses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| physician-patient relations | The interactions between physician and patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| community-institutional relations | The interactions between members of a community and representatives of the institutions within that community. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mother-child relations | Interaction between the mother and the child. (12 Dec 1998) |