| diapophysical | <anatomy> Pertaining to a diapophysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| diapophysis | <anatomy> The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra. Origin: NL. See Dia-, and Apophysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Diaptomus | A genus of copepod crustacea, the principal intermediate host for Diphyllobothrium latum in North America. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaries | Daily records, usually private, of writers' experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc. On a less personal level, they are books containing pages marked in calendar order in which to note appointments and the like. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diarrhaea | <medicine> A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux. Origin: L. Diarrhoea, Gr, fr. To flow through; + to flow; akin to E. Stream. See Stream. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diarrhaetic | <medicine> Producing diarrhea, or a purging. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diarrhal | <medicine> Of or pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diarrhoea | <gastroenterology, symptom> The abnormal frequency and liquidity of faecal discharges. Origin: Gr. Rhein = to flow (18 Nov 1997) |
| diarrhoea alba | An infectious disease of chicks and other young birds caused by the bacterium Salmonella pullorum, which is carried in the ovaries of adult hens and appears in the eggs; in incubator-hatched birds, the disease usually involves the lungs and air sacs, but often spreads in flocks of young birds as an alimentary tract infection manifested by severe diarrhoea followed by septicaemia and death. Synonym: diarrhoea alba, white diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diarrhoea pancreatica | Diarrhoea characterised by severe, watery, secretory diarrhoea and hyperkalaemia; most patients have hypercalcaemia, many have hyperglycaemia; results from excessive secretion of VIP (vasoactive intestinal peptide) by an islet cell tumour of the pancreas. Sometimes called WDHA syndrome. See: Verner-Morrison syndrome, WDHA syndrome. Synonym: pancreatic cholera, pancreatic diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diarrhoea virus, bovine viral | The type species of the pestivirus genus causing diarrhoea, fever, oral ulcerations, and various necrotic lesions among cattle and other domestic animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diarrhoea, antibiotic-induced | A bacterium called Clostridium difficile (C.difficile), one of the most common causes of infection of the large bowel (colon). Patients taking antibiotics are at particular risk of becoming infected with C. Difficile. Antibiotics disrupt the normal bacteria of the bowel, allowing C. Difficile bacteria (and other bacteria) to become established and overgrow the colon. Many persons infected with C. Difficile bacteria have no symptoms but can become carriers of the bacteria and infect others. In other people, a toxin produced by C. Difficile causes diarrhoea, abdominal pain, severe inflammation of the colon (colitis), fever, an elevated white blood count, vomiting and dehydration. In severely affected patients, the inner lining of the colon becomes severely inflamed (a condition called pseudomembranous colitis). Rarely, the walls of the colon wear away and holes develop (colon perforation), which can lead to a life-threatening infection of the abdomen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diarrhoeal | Relating to diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diarthric | Relating to two joints. Synonym: biarticular, diarticular. Origin: G. Di-, two, + arthron, joint (05 Mar 2000) |
| diarthrodial | <anatomy> Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |