| defensive |
intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack; "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance" attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
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| deferent |
showing deference
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| deferential |
deferent: showing deference
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| defervescence |
abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
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| defibrillation |
treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)
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