| DC | 1) Direct Current 2) Diffusion Capacity |
|---|---|
| DFA | Direct Fluorescent Antibody |
| AC-DC, ac/dc | alternating current or direct current |
| bili T&D | bilirubin total and direct |
| DA | dark adaptation; dark agouti [rat]; daunomycin; degenerative arthritis; delayed action; Dental Assis... |
| Indian podophyllum resin | Resin obtained from Podophyllum emodi; a cathartic and cholagogue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| quick cure resin | Autopolymerizing resin, any resin that can be polymerised by chemical catalysis rather than by the application of heat; used in dentistry for dental restoration, denture repair, and impression trays. Synonym: activated resin, cold cure resin, cold-curing resin, quick cure resin, self-curing resin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quinine carbacryclic resin | See: resin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quinine carbacrylic resin | A complex of azure A and carbacrylic resin; used as an indicator for the detection of gastric achlorhydria without intubation. Synonym: quinine carbacrylic resin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quinine carbacrylic resin test | A test for gastric anacidity. See: quinine carbacrylic resin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ion exchange resin | <chemistry> A resin of polymers that havefixed charged groups which is used in chromatographic columns to separate ions. (27 Oct 1998) |
| ipomea resin | Resin obtained from the dried root of Ipomoea orizabensis; a cathartic. See: scammony. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epoxy resin | Any thermosetting resin based on the reactivity of epoxy; used as adhesives, protective coatings, and embedding media for electron microscopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jalap resin | Resin extracted from the dried tuberous root of Exogonium purga; a purgative. (05 Mar 2000) |
| light-activated resin | A resin which uses visible or ultraviolet light to excite a photoinitiator which interacts with an amine to form free radicals and initiate polymerization. Used mainly in restorative dentistry. Synonym: light-activated resin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| light-cured resin | A resin which uses visible or ultraviolet light to excite a photoinitiator which interacts with an amine to form free radicals and initiate polymerization. Used mainly in restorative dentistry. Synonym: light-activated resin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| non-direct transmission | <epidemiology> A mode of transmission that differs in some mysterious way from indirect transmission. (05 Dec 1998) |
| direct | 1. Straight, in a straight line. 2. Performed immediately and without the intervention of subsidiary means. Origin: L. Directus (18 Nov 1997) |
| direct agglutination | A general term for techniques which use the agglutination (macroscopic clumping) of particulate reagents as an indicator of the presence of an antigen-antibody reaction. Examples (haemagglutination, latex agglutination and coagglutination) follow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| direct B-cell | Lymphocytes responding to a small range of antigens by antibody production without any requirement for T-cells. The antigens include flagellin and pokeweed mitogen. (18 Nov 1997) |