| DSG | desmoglein; dry sterile gauze |
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| DW | daily weight; deionized water; dextrose in water; distilled water; doing well; dry weight |
| EDB | early dry breakfast; electron-dense body; extensor digitorum brevis |
| FFDW | fat-free dry weight |
| SDD | sporadic depressive disease; sterile dry dressing |
| DRC | dry rolled corn |
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| D.W. | dry weight |
| W/D | wet-dry weight ratio |
| dry tetter | An obsolete colloquialism for eczema. Honeycomb tetter, obsolete term for favus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dry ton | 2,000 pounds of material dried to a constant weight. (05 Dec 1998) |
| dry vomiting | Gastric and oesophageal movements of vomiting without expulsion of vomitus. Synonym: dry vomiting, vomiturition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry weight | The weight of material remaining after removing the water (e.g., after heating above 100캜). (05 Mar 2000) |
| oven dry ton | An amount of wood that weighs 2,000 pounds at zero percent moisture content. (05 Dec 1998) |
| epidemic benign dry pleurisy | An acute infectious disease usually occurring in epidemic form, characterised by paroxysms of pain, usually in the chest, and associated with strains of Enterovirus coxsackievirus type B. Synonym: benign dry pleurisy, Bornholm disease, Daae's disease, devil's grip, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic benign dry pleurisy, epidemic diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic myositis, myositis epidemica acuta, epidemic transient diaphragmatic spasm, Sylvest's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |