D has various meanings in the Common Medical category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of D in Common Medical.
Cease from doing or providing, especially something that has been provided on a regular basis.
Common MedicalThe improvement of land in order to make use of it, e.g. by building structures on it or by adapting existing structures. Development can either be for the developer's own use, or else speculative, i.e. for profit. The preparation of a specific mineral deposit for commercial production; this preparation includes construction of access to the deposit and of facilities to extract the minerals.
Common MedicalA solution containing a relatively small quantity of solute as compared with the amount of solvent. This term is the opposite of 'concentrated'.
Common MedicalDiphtheria is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Signs and symptoms may vary from mild to severe. They usually start two to five days after exposure. Symptoms often come on fairly gradually, beginning with a sore throat and fever. In severe cases, a grey or white patch develops in the throat. This can block the airway and create a barking cough as in croup. The neck may swell in part due to large lymph nodes.
Common MedicalThe more (or most) distant of two (or more) things. For example, the distal end of the femur is the end down by the knee; the end more distant from the torso. The distal bile duct is the far end of the cystic duct, the end away from the gallbladder. And the distal lymph node in a chain of nodes is the most distant one. The opposite of distal is proximal. For a more complete listing of terms used in medicine for spatial orientation, please see the entry to "Anatomic Orientation Terms".
Common MedicalA quantity of radiation measured at a certain point expressed in roentgens, rems or rads. A quantity of radiation delivered at a position. In the context of space energetic particle radiation effects, it usually refers to the energy absorbed locally per unit mass as a result of radiation exposure. A general term, which may be used to refer to the amount of energy absorbed by an object or person per unit mass. Known as the “absorbed dose,” this reflects the amount of energy that ionizing radiation sources deposit in materials through which they pass, and is measured in units of radiation-absorbed dose (rad).
Common MedicalThe depth of a sail measured on its middle line. Machine for lowering a coal waggon from a staith to a position just above hatch of a ship Used to avoid breakage of coal while loading
Common MedicalLength in a particular direction of course Length of shortest track between two places Length of customary track between two places Time difference between two given meridians Angular value, at a given point, between two other points
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