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Dacryocystitis - Inflammation of tear sac
Dacryocystorhinostomy - Surgery to make an opening between the tear sac and the nose
D&C - See dilation and curettage (D&C)
Debridement - Surgery to clean foreign material and dead tissue out of a wound
Decubital Ulcer - Bedsore
Deep - Inside the body
Deep Vein Thrombosis - Blood clot in a deep vein
Defecation - Making a bowel movement
Defibrillation - Use of electric shock to make the heart start beating, or to correct an abnormal heart rate or rhythm
Dementia - Mental decline
Demonstrated - Showed
Deoxyribonucleic - Material that makes up the genes Acid (DNA)
Depressant - Drug that slows down the action of the central nervous system
Dermabrasion - Method used to remove scars from the skin
Dermatitis - Skin inflammation
Dermatoautoplasty - Skin grafting using skin from another area of the patient's body
Dermatofibroma - Type of benign skin growth
Dermatoheteroplasty - Skin grafting using skin from another person
Dermatologist - Doctor who treats disorders of the skin
Dermatome - Tool used to cut thin slices of the skin to use as skin grafts
Dermatoplasty - Surgery to repair the skin
Dermis - Inner layer of the skin
Designated - Named, chosen
Designed to treat - Will look at the treatment of determine find out
Detached Retina - Separation of the retina from the middle layer of the eye
Deviated Septum - When the inner wall separating the two sides of the nose is off to one side
Diabetes Insipidus - Excessive discharge of urine from the body caused by a deficiency in the quality of antidiuretic hormone being produced in the body
Diabetes Mellitus - Disorder in which there is decreased insulin in the body or the body's insulin is not effective, resulting in high blood sugar, increased thirst and urine, and many other effects
Diagnosis - Determination of the cause of a medical problem
Diagnostic instrument - Questions
Diaphoresis - Heavy sweating
Diaphragm - Thin flat muscle that helps with breathing and separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity
Diaphragmatocele - Bulging of the abdominal organs into the chest area through a hole in the diaphragm
Diaphysis -The long part of arm and leg bones
Diarrhea - Frequent, loose bowel movement
Diastole - The time when the heart rests between contractions and fills with blood
Diastolic - Lower number in blood pressure reading
Digital Rectal - Exam using a finger inside the rectum to feel internal organs such as the prostate gland and uterus
Dilations and Curettage - Surgery to remove the contents and inner lining of the uterus after a miscarriage or abortion; procedure is also used to treat abnormal bleeding
Dilator - Tool used for stretching or enlarging an opening or tube
Diplopia - See double
Discomfort - Mild pain, feel slightly uncomfortable
Discontinue - Stop, end
Diskectomy - Surgery to remove one of the rings between the bones that make up the spine
Dissector - Tool used to separate or cut apart tissue
Disseminate - Scatter or spread
Distal - Away from the center of the body; distant
Distended - Stretched out or swollen, such as a full bladder
Diuresis - Increased discharge of urine
Diuretic - Drug used to get excess water out of the body and increase urine
Diverticulectomy - Surgery to remove abnormal pouches coming off of the colon
Diverticulitis - Inflammation of abnormal pouches coming off of the colon
Diverticulosis - Abnormal pouches coming off of the colon
DNA - See deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Donate - Give
Doppler - Sound waves
Doppler Flow - Use of ultrasonography to see blood flow inside blood Studies vessels
Dorsal - Having to do with the back of the body
Double-Blind - Test or experiment in which neither the person giving Trial treatment nor the patient knows which treatment the patient is receiving
Down's Syndrome - Birth disorder in which there is one extra chromosome, mental retardation, and changed appearance of the head, hands, and feet
Duct - Tube that carries a body fluid
Ductus Deferens - Tube that carries sperm out of the testicle
Dull - Not sharp
Duodenal Ulcer - Sore in the duodenum
Duodenum - First part of the small intestine
Dora Mater - Outer layer of the meninges (membranes that surround brain and spinal cord)
Duration - Length of time, how long
Duritis - Inflammation of the dura mater
Dyscrasia - Disorder, usually of the blood cells
Dysfunctional - Not working properly
Dysplasia - abnormal cells
Dysentery - Inflammation of the intestine, usually the colon, resulting in pain and in blood and mucus in bowel movements
Dysmenorrhea - Painful menstruation
Dysplasia - Abnormal cells
Dyspepsia - Trouble digesting food with discomfort after meals
Dysphagia - Trouble swallowing
Dysphasia - Difficulty speaking and putting words together
Dysphonia - Trouble with the voice and speaking
Dysplasia - Abnormal development or cell growth
Dyspnea - Trouble breathing
Dystocia - Difficult childbirth
Dysuria - Pain in urinating
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