| diplopodia | Duplication of digits of the foot. Origin: diplo-+ G. Pous, foot (05 Mar 2000) |
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| diplopy | <medicine> The act or state of seeing double. In crossed or heteronymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is upon the left hand, and that seen by the left eye is upon the right hand. In homonymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is on the right side, that by the left eye on the left side. In vertical diplopia one image stands above the other. Origin: NL. Diplopia, from Gr. Double + the root of sight: cf. F. Diplopie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diplornavirus | <virology> Proposed family of all double stranded RNA viruses: considered taxonomically unsound by many virologists. (18 Nov 1997) |
| diplosome | Paired allosomes; the pair of centrioles of mammalian cells. Synonym: paired allosome. Origin: diplo-+ G. Soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplosomia | Condition in which twins who seem functionally independent are joined at one or more points. See: conjoined twins. Origin: diplo-+ G. Soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| diplostemonous | <botany> Having twice as many stamens as petals, as the geranium. Origin: Gr. Double + the warp, a thread. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diplostemony | <botany> The condition of being diplostemonous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diplotene | The final stage of the first prophase of meiosis. All four chromatids of a tetrad are fully visible and homologous chromosomes start to move away from one another except at chiasmata. (18 Nov 1997) |
| diploteratology | The division of teratology concerned with conjoined twins. (05 Mar 2000) |