diathermy
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~ a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents
diathesis
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~ constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
diatom
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~ microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
diatomite
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~ a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
Diatomophyceae
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~ marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms
diatribe
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~ thunderous verbal attack
Diaz
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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)
diazepam
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~ a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning
diazonium
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~ the univalent cation R-N:N- (where R is an aromatic hydrocarbon); found in salts that are used in manufacturing azo dyes
diazoxide
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~ vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension
dibasic acid
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~ an acid containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule
dibber
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~ a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs
dibble
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~ a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs
dibbuk
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~ (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
dibrach
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~ a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
dibranch
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~ cephalopods having two gills
Dibranchia
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~ comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
Dibranchiata
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~ comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
dibranchiate
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~ cephalopods having two gills
dibs
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~ a claim of rights; "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza"