| durga | Same as Doorga. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Durham rule | An American test of criminal responsibility (1954): "an accused is not criminally responsible if his unlawful act was the product of mental disease or mental defect." (05 Mar 2000) |
| Durham's tube | A jointed tracheotomy tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Durham, Arthur | <person> English surgeon, 1834-1895. See: Durham's tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| durio | <botany> A fruit tree (D. Zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian. Origin: NL, fr. Malay dri thorn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| durion | <botany> The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-coloured pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odour. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| duroquinol oxidase | <enzyme> Consists of fixn, fixo, and fixp proteins in bradyrhizobium, in which fixo and fixp are c-type cytochromes; does not contain cytochromes, probably a flavoprotein; a proto-haem containing oxidase expressed by the cyoabc locus in paracoccus denitrificans Registry number: EC 1.- Synonym: aroid alternative oxidase, quinol oxidase, trypanosoma alternative oxidase, cyanide-resistant alternative oxidase, cytochrome bb3, cytochrome bb(3) (26 Jun 1999) |
| Duroziez' disease | Congenital stenosis of the mitral valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duroziez' murmur | A two-phase murmur over peripheral arteries, especially the femoral artery, due to rapid ebb and flow of blood during aortic insufficiency. Synonym: Duroziez' sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duroziez' sign | A two-phase murmur over peripheral arteries, especially the femoral artery, due to rapid ebb and flow of blood during aortic insufficiency. Synonym: Duroziez' sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Duroziez, Paul | <person> French physician, 1826-1897. See: Duroziez' disease, Duroziez' murmur, Duroziez' sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| durra | <botany> A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn. Alternative forms: dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc. Origin: Ar. Dhorra. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| durukuli | <zoology> A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). Alternative forms: douroucouli. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| durylic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |