D has various meanings in the Medicine category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of D in Medicine.
Cease from doing or providing, especially something that has been provided on a regular basis.
MedicineA solution containing a relatively small quantity of solute as compared with the amount of solvent. This term is the opposite of 'concentrated'.
MedicineDiphtheria 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.
MedicineA female offspring. A female adopted child. A product of radioactive decay. A cell resulting from cell division.
MedicineThe 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".
MedicineThe branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the skin, hair, nails, oral cavity and genitals. Sometimes also, cosmetic care and enhancement.Dermatology is literally the study of the skin.
MedicineDiathermy is electrically induced heat or the use of high-frequency electromagnetic currents as a form of physical or occupational therapy and in surgical procedures. The field was pioneered in 1907 by German physician Karl Franz Nagelschmidt, who coined the term diathermy from the Greek words dia and θέρμη therma, literally meaning heating through.
MedicineA method of bridge crane controlling speed by using the motor as a generator, with the energy being dissipated by resistance. In programming languages, pertaining to properties that can only be established during the execution of a program; for example, the length of a variable-length data object is dynamic. 2.Pertaining to an operation that occurs at the time it is needed rather than at a predetermined or fixed time.
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