| dismay | 1. To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify. "Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed." (Josh. I. 9) "What words be these? What fears do you dismay?" (Fairfax) 2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. "Do not dismay yourself for this." (Spenser) Synonym: To terrify, fright, affright, frighten, appall, daunt, dishearthen, dispirit, discourage, deject, depress. To Dismay, Daunt, Appall. Dismay denotes a state of deep and gloomy apprehension. To daunt supposes something more sudden and startling. To appall is the strongest term, implying a sense of terror which overwhelms the faculties. "So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed, The lions roaring through the midnight shade." (Pope) "Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control." (Pope) "Now the last ruin the whole host appalls; Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls." (Pope) Origin: OE. Desmaien, dismaien, OF. Esmaier; pref. Es- (L. Ex) + OHG. Magan to be strong or able; akin to E. May. In English the pref. Es- was changed to dis- (L. Dis-). See May. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| dismember | To amputate an arm or leg. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dismemberment | The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; mtilation; division; separation. "The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head." (Macaulay) Origin: Cf. OF. Desmembrement, F. Demembrement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dismount | 1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like. "Dismounted from his authority." (Barrow) 2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary. 3. <mechanics> To take down, or apart, as a machine. 4. To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; said especially. Of artillery. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dismutase | Generic name for enzymes catalyzing the reaction of two identical molecules to produce two molecules in differing states of oxidation (e.g., superoxide dismutase) or of phosphorylation (e.g., glucose 1-phosphate phosphodismutase). (05 Mar 2000) |
| dismutation | A reaction involving a single substance but producing two products; e.g., two molecules of acetaldehyde may react, producing an oxidation product (acetic acid) and a reduction product (ethyl alcohol). (05 Mar 2000) |
| disobliteration | Opening of a pathologically closed channel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disofenin | A radiopharmaceutical labelled with 99mTc, used for cholescintigraphy. Synonym: disofenin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disomic | Relating to disomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disomy | 1. The state of an individual or cell having two members of a pair of homologous chromosomes; the normal state in humans, in contrast to monosomy and trisomy. 2. An abnormal chromosome represented twice in a single cell. Origin: G. Dis, two, + soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| disopromine | N,N-diisopropyl-3,3-diphenylpropylamine;a cholagogue. Synonym: disopromine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disopyramide | <chemical> Alpha-(2-(bis(l-methylethyl)amino)ethyl)-alpha-phenyl-2-pyridine acetamide. A class I anti-arrhythmic agent (one that interferes directly with the depolarisation of the cardiac membrane and thus serves as a membrane-stabilizing agent) with a depressant action on the heart similar to that of guanidine. It also possesses some anticholinergic and local anaesthetic properties. Pharmacological action: anti-arrhythmia agents. Chemical name: 2-Pyridineacetamide, alpha-(2-(bis(1-methylethyl)amino)ethyl)-alpha-phenyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
| disorder | 1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. "From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art." (Pope) 3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. 4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body." Synonym: Irregularity, disarrangement, confusion, tumult, bustle, disturbance, disease, illness, indisposition, sickness, ailment, malady, distemper. See Disease. Origin: Pref. Dis- + order: cf. F. Desordre. 1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse. "Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence." (Burke) "The burden . . . Disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin." (Jer. Taylor) 2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach. "A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit." (Macaulay) 3. To depose from holy orders. Synonym: To disarrange, derange, confuse, discompose. Origin: Disordered; Disordering. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| disorders, myeloproliferative | Tumours of certain bone marrow cells including those that give rise to red cells, granulocytes, and platelets. As opposed to the lymphoproliferative disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| disorganised schizophrenia | A severe form of schizophrenia characterised by the predominance of incoherence, blunted, inappropriate or silly affect, and the absence of systematised delusions. Synonym: hebephrenic schizophrenia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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a vessel of insulating material (usually glass) provided with metal electrodes which is exhausted to a low gas pressure and permits the passage of electricity through the residual gas when a moderately high voltage is applied to the electrodes.
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longitudinal splitting of the arterial wall resulting from hemorrhage, producing a tear in the intima and establishing communication with the lumen; it usually affects the aorta (aortic dissection) but may also affect other large arteries.
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| DIS | remove color from |
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| DIS | change color, often in an undesired manner |
| DIS | the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded |
| DIS | a soiled or discolored appearance |
| DIS | having the color spoiled with spots or streaks |
| DIS | remove color from |
| DIS | be confusing or perplexing to |
| DIS | cause to be confused emotionally |
| DIS | having self-possession upset |
| DIS | a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused |
| DIS | cause to lose one's composure |
| DIS | people who are defeated |