| DCBE | double contrast barium enema |
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| DCC | day care center; detected in colon cancer; dextran-coated charcoal; diameter of cylindrical collimat... |
| DCX | double charge exchange |
| DCx | double convex |
| DD | dangerous drug; data definition; day of delivery; degenerated disc; degenerative disease; delusional... |
| double vision | <ophthalmology, symptom> The perception of two images of a single object. Synonym: ambiopia, double vision, binocular polyopia. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| double-voided specimen | This refers to a urine specimen which is collected after first emptying the bladder and then waiting until another specimen can be collected. These double-voided urine specimens are more accurate for purposes of glucose testing (urinalysis). If you test a urine specimen that has been held in the bladder for an extended period of time, it will not accurately reflect the glucose content in the bloodstream. A freshly, double voided specimen is preferred. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Traube's double tone | A double sound heard on auscultation over the femoral vessels in cases of aortic and tricuspid insufficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aaron's sign | <clinical sign> In acute appendicitis, a referred pain or feeling of distress in the epigastrium or precordial region on continuous firm pressure over McBurney's point. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis | Insensibility to pressure over the tendo achillis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abrahams' sign | <clinical sign> An obsolete sign: Rales and other adventitious sounds, changes in the respiratory murmurs, and increase in the whispered sound can be heard on auscultation over the acromial end of the clavicle some time before they become audible at the apex; heard primarily in pulmonary tuberculosis affecting the apical portion of the lung, a dull-flat note, i.e., one between the normal dullness at the right apex and absolute flatness, heard on percussion in that region, indicating progress from incipient to advanced tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory sign | <clinical sign> A finding frequently but not consistently present in a disease. Synonym: assident sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Allis' sign | <clinical sign> In fracture of the neck of the femur, the trochanter rides up, relaxing the fascia lata, so that the finger can be sunk deeply between the great trochanter and the iliac crest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amoss' sign | <clinical sign> In painful flexion of the spine, it is necessary to support a sitting position by extending the arms behind the torso with the weight placed on the hands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Anghelescu's sign | <clinical sign> In vertebral tuberculosis, painful or impossible flexion of the spine when the patient attempts to rest weight on the heels and occiput. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antecedent sign | <clinical sign> A sign that appears during the prodrome of a disease. Synonym: antecedent sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| assident sign | <clinical sign> A finding frequently but not consistently present in a disease. Synonym: assident sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Auenbrugger's sign | <clinical sign> An epigastric prominence seen in cases of marked pericardial effusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aufrecht's sign | <clinical sign> An obsolete sign: diminished breath sounds in the trachea just above the jugular notch, in cases of stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| B6 bronchus sign | In lung radiology, appearance of an air bronchogram of the superior segmental bronchus of the lower lobe because of segmental atelectasis or consolidation. (05 Mar 2000) |