| decipium | <chemistry> A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc, in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium. Origin: NL, fr. L. Decipere to deceive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| decision | 1. Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. 2. The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion. "The decision of some dispute." (Atterbury) 3. An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court. 4. The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision. Synonym: Decision, Determination, Resolution. Each of these words has two meanings, one implying the act of deciding, determining, or resolving; and the other a habit of mind as to doing. It is in the last sense that the words are here compared. Decision is a cutting short. It implies that several courses of action have been presented to the mind, and that the choice is now finally made. It supposes, therefore, a union of promptitude and energy. Determination is the natural consequence of decision. It is the settling of a thing with a fixed purpose to adhere. Resolution is the necessary result in a mind which is characterised by firmness. It is a spirit which scatters (resolves) all doubt, and is ready to face danger or suffering in carrying out one's determinations. Martin Luther was equally distinguished for his prompt decision, his steadfast determination, and his inflexible resolution. Origin: L. Decisio, fr. Decidere, decisum: cf. F. Decision. See Decide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decision analysis | A derivative of operations research and game theory that involves identifying all available choices and the potential outcomes of each, in a series of decisions that have to be made about patient care-diagnostic procedures, therapeutic regimens, prognostic expectations; the range of choices can be plotted on a decision tree. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decision making | The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision making, computer-assisted | Use of an interactive computer system designed to assist the physician or other health professional in choosing between certain relationships or variables for the purpose of making a diagnostic or therapeutic decision. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision making, organizational | The process by which decisions are made in an institution or other organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision notice | The written record of a federal agency decision after an environmental assessment. The decision notice chooses one of the alternatives, or a blend of the alternatives. A decision notice is subject to appeal. (05 Dec 1998) |
| decision support systems, clinical | Computer-based information systems used to integrate clinical and patient information and provide support for decision-making in patient care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision support systems, management | Computer-based systems that enable management to interrogate the computer on an ad hoc basis for various kinds of information in the organization, which predict the effect of potential decisions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision support techniques | Mathematical or statistical procedures used as aids in making a decision. They are frequently used in medical decision-making. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision theory | A theoretical technique utilizing a group of related constructs to describe or prescribe how individuals or groups of people choose a course of action when faced with several alternatives and a variable amount of knowledge about the determinants of the outcomes of those alternatives. (12 Dec 1998) |
| decision tree | Alternative choices available at each stage of deciding how to manage a clinical problem, displayed graphically; at each branch or decision node, the probabilities of each outcome that can be predicted are shown; the relative worth of each outcome is described in terms of its utility or quality of life, e.g., as measured by probability of life expectancy or freedom from disability. (05 Mar 2000) |
| decision trees | A graphic device used in decision analysis, series of decision options are represented as branches (hierarchical). (12 Dec 1998) |
| decisive | 1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." Bates. "Decisive campaign." Macaulay. "Decisive proof." 2. Marked by promptness and decision. "A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character." (J. Foster) Synonym: Decided, positive, conclusive. See Decided. Deci"sively, Deci"siveness. Origin: Cf. F. Decisif. See Decision. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| deck | 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. The following are the more common names of the decks of vessels having more than one. <astronomy> Berth deck, the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. Orlop deck, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. Poop deck, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. Quarter-deck, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. Spar deck. Same as the upper deck. Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. Upper deck, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern. 2. The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. 3. The roof of a passenger car. 4. A pack or set of playing cards. "The king was slyly fingered from the deck." (Shak) 5. A heap or store. "Who . . . Hath such trinkets Ready in the deck." (Massinger) Between decks. See Between. <medicine> Deck bridge, to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them. Origin: D. Dek. See Deck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| decrepitate |
undergo decrepitation and crackle; "The salt decrepitated" to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; "decrepitate salts"
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| decrepitation |
the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated
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| decrepitude |
a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
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| decubitus |
a reclining position (as in a bed)
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| decubitus ulcer |
bedsore: a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients)
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| DEC | the last (12th) month of the year |
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| DEC | the last day of the year |
| DEC | Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854 |
| DEC | the quality of being polite and respectable |
| DEC | the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality |
| DEC | a period of 10 years |
| DEC | a period of 10 years |
| DEC | conforming to conventions of sexual behavior |
| DEC | observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress |
| DEC | (informal) decently clothed |
| DEC | according with custom or propriety |
| DEC | socially or conventionally correct |