| Dogiel, Alexander | <person> Russian histologist, 1852-1922. See: Dogiel's corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Dogiel, Jan von | <person> Russian anatomist and physiologist, 1830-1905. See: Dogiel's cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dogma | A theory or belief that is formally stated, defined, and thought to be true. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dogmatic | One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; opposed to the Empiric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dogmatic school | Ancient Greek school or tradition in medicine whose members were the successors to or followers of Hippocrates; they based their conceptions of disease upon the humoral theory and their practice upon experience and sound reasoning, and were comparatively free from fads, speculative theories, and dogma, which the term dogmatic falsely implies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dogmatical | 1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorised doctrine or tenet. 2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing. "Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way." (Spectator) "[They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient." (Glanvill) Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics. Synonym: Magisterial, arrogant. See Magisterial. Origin: L. Dogmaticus, Gr, fr., cf. F. Dogmatique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dogmatics | The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dogmatist | A follower of the dogmatic school. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dogs | The domestic dog, canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family canidae. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (walker's mammals of the world, 5th ed, p1065) (12 Dec 1998) |
| dogskin | The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dogtooth | 1. See Canine tooth, under Canine. 2. An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; also called tooth ornament. <chemical> Dogtooth spar, a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite. <botany> Dogtooth violet, a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. Alternative forms: dog's-tooth violet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dogwood | <botany> The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes. There are several species, one of which, Cornus mascula, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red acid berry. C. Florida is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms. Dogwood tree. The dogwood or Cornus. A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythring) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; called also Jamaica dogwood. Origin: So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See Dag, and Dagger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Dohle bodies | Discrete round or oval body's ranging in diameter from just visible to 2 um, which stain sky blue to gray blue with Romanowsky stains, found in neutrophils of patients with infections, burns, trauma, pregnancy, or cancer. Synonym: Dohle inclusions, leukocyte inclusions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dohle inclusions | Discrete round or oval body's ranging in diameter from just visible to 2 um, which stain sky blue to gray blue with Romanowsky stains, found in neutrophils of patients with infections, burns, trauma, pregnancy, or cancer. Synonym: Dohle inclusions, leukocyte inclusions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dohle, Karl | <person> German histologist and pathologist, 1855-1928. See: Dohle bodies, Dohle inclusions. (05 Mar 2000) |