diaphysis
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~ the main (mid) section of a long bone
diapir
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~ a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
diapsid
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~ reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
Diapsida
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~ used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria
diarchy
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~ a form of government having two joint rulers
diarist
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~ someone who keeps a diary or journal
diarrhea
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~ frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
diarrhoea
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~ frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
diarthrosis
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~ a joint so articulated as to move freely
diary
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~ a personal journal (as a physical object)
diary
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~ a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
Dias
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~ Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)
diaspora
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~ the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel
diaspora
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~ the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)
Diaspora
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~ the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time
diastasis
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~ separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone
diastema
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~ a gap or vacant space between two teeth
diastole
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~ the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
diastrophism
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~ the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust