| deciduous skin | 1. Separation or loosening of the horny layer of the epidermis. 2. Specifically, a disease characterised by a shedding of the epidermis recurring at more or less regular intervals. Synonym: deciduous skin. Origin: kerato-+ G. Lysis, loosening (05 Mar 2000) |
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| deciduous teeth | <dentistry> The primary, or baby teeth. (08 Jan 1998) |
| deciduous tooth | A tooth of the first set of teeth, comprising 20 in all, that erupts between the mean ages of 6 and 28 months of life. Synonym: dens deciduus, baby tooth, deciduous dentition, dens lacteus, first dentition, milk tooth, primary dentition, primary tooth, temporary tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decigram | One-tenth of a gram. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decile | <astronomy> An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36 deg . Origin: F. Decil, fr. L. Decem ten cf. It. Decile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| deciliter | One-tenth of a liter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decilitre | <unit> One-tenth of a litre. Abbreviation: dl (27 Sep 1997) |
| decimate | 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. 2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. 3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease. Origin: L. Decimatus, p. P. Of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. Decimus tenth. See Decimal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decimeter | One-tenth of a meter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decimetre | <unit> One-tenth of a metre. Equivalent to 3.973 inches, 10 cm, or 0.1 m. (09 Oct 1997) |
| decimorgan | See: morgan. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decimosexto | Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decine | <chemistry> One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetylene series. Synonym: decenylene. Origin: From L. Decem ten. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decinormal | One-tenth of normal, denoting the concentration of a solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decipheress | A woman who deciphers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |