Also known as: dt., dt_
DT has various meanings in the Medicine category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of DT in Medicine.
Diphtheria 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.
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".
MedicineA state of mental illness usuallyfound in long-term alcoholics who attempt to give up alcohol consumption. It includes hal- lucinations about insects trembling and ex-citement.
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