| SDD | sporadic depressive disease; sterile dry dressing |
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| W/D | warm and dry |
| dry eye syndromes | Corneal and conjunctival dryness due to deficient tear production, predominantly in menopausal and post-menopausal women. Filamentary keratitis or erosion of the conjunctival and corneal epithelium may be caused by these disorders. Sensation of the presence of a foreign body in the eye and burning of the eyes may occur. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| dry gangrene | A form of gangrene in which the involved part is dry and shriveled. Synonym: cold gangrene, mummification necrosis, mummification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry hernia | A hernia with adherent sac and contents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry ice | Nitrogen in the liquid state. Liquid nitrogen is commonly used in cryotherapy. (27 Sep 1997) |
| dry labour | An obsolete term for labour after spontaneous loss of the amniotic fluid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry leprosy | A form of leprosy chiefly affecting the nerves, marked by hyperesthesia succeeded by anaesthesia, and by paralysis, ulceration, and various trophic disturbances, terminating in gangrene and mutilation. Synonym: Danielssen's disease, Danielssen-Boeck disease, dry leprosy, trophoneurotic leprosy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry nurse | A woman who cares for newborn infants without breast feeding them, as opposed to a wet nurse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry objective | <microscopy> Any microscope objective designed for use without immersion liquids. (05 Aug 1998) |
| dry pack | A pack enveloping one in dry, warmed blankets in order to induce profuse perspiration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry pericarditis | Pericardial inflammation in the absence of demonstrable pericardial effusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry pleurisy | Pleurisy with a fibrinous exudation, without an effusion of serum, resulting in adhesion between the opposing surfaces of the pleura. Synonym: adhesive pleurisy, fibrinous pleurisy, plastic pleurisy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry rale | A harsh or musical breath sound produced by a constriction in a bronchial tube or the presence of a viscid secretion narrowing the lumen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry socket | A condition sometimes occurring after tooth extraction, particularly after traumatic extraction, resulting in a dry appearance of the exposed bone in the socket, due to disintegration or loss of the blood clot. It is basically a focal osteomyelitis without suppuration and is accompanied by severe pain (alveolalgia) and foul odour. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dry synovitis | Synovitis with little serous or purulent effusion. Synonym: synovitis sicca. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry tetter | An obsolete colloquialism for eczema. Honeycomb tetter, obsolete term for favus. (05 Mar 2000) |