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dacryocystalgia

Pain in the lacrimal sac.

 

dactylalgia

Pain in the fingers.

 

dactyledema

Oedema of the finger.

 

dactyli ology

That branch of archaeology which has to do with gem engraving.

That branch of archaeology which has to do with finger rings.

 

dactylospasm

Spasmodic contraction of the fingers or toes.

 

dactylozooid

A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth.

 

daguerreotype

1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury.

2. The process of taking such pictures.

 

dagga

Leaves of Leonotis leonurus, a plant found in South Africa, where it is smoked like tobacco with mild sedative effect; a term mistakenly applied to Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa.

 

dam1bonite

A white crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caotchouc.

 

d-aminolevulinate dehydratase porphyria

An inherited disorder in which there is a deficiency of porphobilinogen synthase; d-aminolevulinate levels are elevated, leading to neurological disturbances.

 

dam methylase

An enzyme responsible for the methylation of adenine residues in specific sequences.

 

dapsone neuropathy

A peripheral neuropathy that develops in patients taking dapsone (4,4-diaminodiphenylsulfone); unusual features include being a pure motor neuropathy, and beginning in the hands, sometimes asymmetrically.

daptomycin

A lipopeptide antibiotic that inhibits gram-positive bacteria.

 

danazol

<drug> A synthetic androgen frequently prescribed for endometriosis.

 

danalite

A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish colour. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glicinum, containing sulphur.

 

danburite

A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form.

 

dane particle

42 nm spherical particle, the complete infective virion of hepatitis B containing a 27 nm core antigen.

 

dantrolene

Skeletal muscle relaxant that acts by interfering with excitation-contraction coupling in the muscle fibre. It is used in spasticity and other neuromuscular abnormalities. Although the mechanism of action is probably not central, dantrolene is usually grouped with the central muscle relaxants.

 

dantrolene sodium

1-[5-(p-Nitrophenyl)furfurylidene]aminohydantoin sodium hydrate;a synthetic skeletal muscle relaxant which acts directly on muscle by uncoupling electrical from mechanical events; also, the specific agent for prevention and treatment of malignant hyperthermia.

 

daphnomancy

Divination by means of the laurel.

 

dartos fascia

A layer of smooth muscular tissue in the integument of the scrotum.

 

 

dartoic tissue

Tissue resembling tunica dartos.

 

daunorubicin-doxorubicin polyketide synthase

<chemical> Required for doxorubicin biosynthesis; involved in the selection of propionyl-CoA as the starter unit to the formation of a decaketide and its cyclization to an aklanonic acid to the formation of doxorubicin; genbank l35560

 

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