| DFC | developmental field complex; dry-filled capsule |
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| DLW | dry lung weight |
| DM | defined medium; dermatomyositis; Descemet's membrane; dextromaltose; dextromethorphan; diabetes mell... |
| DSD | depression spectrum disease; discharge summary dictated; dry sterile dressing |
| DSG | desmoglein; dry sterile gauze |
| dry synovitis | Synovitis with little serous or purulent effusion. Synonym: synovitis sicca. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dry tetter | An obsolete colloquialism for eczema. Honeycomb tetter, obsolete term for favus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| abstracting and indexing | Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| academies and institutes | Organizations representing specialised fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., national academy of sciences, brookings institution, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accounts payable and receivable | Short-term debt obligations and assets occurring in the regular course of operational transactions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aged, 80 and over | A person 80 years of age and older. (12 Dec 1998) |
| algae and fungi | Algae represent a group of spore-propagating plants, unicellular or undifferentiated into root, stem, and leaf. They include seaweed and many unicellular fresh water plants, most of which contain chlorophyll. They account for about 90% of the earth's photosynthetic activity. Fungi are eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live as saprobes or parasites and include mushrooms, yeasts, smuts, molds, etc. They lack chlorophyll. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alkyl and aryl transferases | <enzyme> A somewhat heterogeneous class of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of alkyl or related groups (excluding methyl groups). Registry number: EC 2.5 (12 Dec 1998) |
| allergy and immunology | A medical specialty concerned with the hypersensitivity of the individual to foreign substances and protection from the resultant infection or disorder. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alligators and crocodiles | Large, long-tailed reptiles, including caimans, of the order loricata. (12 Dec 1998) |