| dicot | A subclass of of monocot (09 Oct 1997) |
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| dicotyledon | A subclass of of Angiosperms. They tend to have: Broad leaves Two cotyledons Netlike veins in the leaves flower parts are usually in fours or fives A ring of primary vascular bundles in the stem taproot system Compare: monocot (09 Oct 1997) |
| dicotyledonous | <botany> Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a dicotyledonous plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dicrocoeliasis | Infection with flukes of the genus dicrocoelium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dicrocoeliidae | A family of flattened, translucent flukes (trematoda) occurring in the gut, gallbladder, bile ducts, liver or pancreatic ducts of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. (noble et al., parasitology: the biology of animal parasites, 6th ed, p188) (12 Dec 1998) |
| dicrocoeliosis | Infection of animals and rarely man with trematodes of the genus Dicrocoelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dicrocoelium | A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family dicrocoeliidae which includes the species dendriticum and hospes. It occurs in the biliary passages or liver of many vertebrates including man. The intermediate hosts are mainly mollusks but occasionally ants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dicrotic | <physiology> Of or pertaining to dicrotism; as, a dicrotic pulse. Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave. Origin: Gr. = to knock, beat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dicrotic notch | The acute drop in arterial pressure pulse curves following the systolic peak, corresponding to the incisura of the displacement pulse curve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dicrotic pulse | A pulse which is marked by a double beat, the second, due to a palpable dicrotic wave, being weaker than the first. Synonym: pulsus duplex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dicrotic wave | The second rise in the tracing of a dicrotic pulse. Synonym: recoil wave. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dicrotism | <physiology> A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dicta- | <prefix> Prefix used to signify two hundred. Origin: G. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dictamnus | <botany> A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable. Origin: L. See Dittany. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dictatress | A woman who dictates or commands. "Earth's chief dictatress, ocean's mighty queen." (Byron) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |