| diabetogenic factor | Rarely used term for a factor in crude extracts of the anterior lobe of the hypophysis that produces degenerative changes in the islet cells of the pancreas and causes permanent diabetes. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| diabetogenous | Caused by diabetes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diabetology | The field of medicine concerned with diabetes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diacatholicon | <medicine> A universal remedy; name formerly to a purgative electuary. Origin: Pref. Dia- + catholicon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diacaustic | <optics> Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic. Origin: Pref. Dia- + caustic. 1. <medicine> That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery. 2. <mathematics> A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diacele | Synonym: third ventricle. Origin: G. Dia-, through, + koilia, a hollow (05 Mar 2000) |
| diacetal | See: diacetyl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diacetate | Synonym: acetoacetate. 2. A compound containing two acetate residues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diacetemia | A form of acidosis resulting from the presence of acetoacetic (diacetic) acid in the blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diacetic acid | CH3COCH2COOH;one of the ketone bodies, formed in excess and appearing in the urine in starvation or diabetes. Synonym: diacetic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diacetonuria | The urinary excretion of acetoacetic (diacetic) acid. Synonym: diacetonuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diaceturia | The urinary excretion of acetoacetic (diacetic) acid. Synonym: diacetonuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diacetyl | <chemical> 2,3-butanedione. Carrier of aroma of butter, vinegar, coffee, and other foods. Chemical name: 2,3-Butanedione (12 Dec 1998) |
| diacetylcholine | <drug> Cholinergic antagonist and therefore a skeletal muscle relaxant. (18 Nov 1997) |
| diacetylmethylcarbinol reductase | <enzyme> Forms acetylbutanediol from diacetylmethylcarbinol Registry number: EC 1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |