diathermy
— Noun
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～ a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents
diathesis
— Noun
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～ constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
diatom
— Noun
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～ microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
diatomite
— Noun
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～ a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
Diatomophyceae
— Noun
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～ marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms
diatribe
— Noun
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～ thunderous verbal attack
Diaz
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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～ vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension
dibasic acid
— Noun
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～ an acid containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule
dibber
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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～ (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
dibrach
— Noun
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～ a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
dibranch
— Noun
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～ cephalopods having two gills
Dibranchia
— Noun
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～ comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
Dibranchiata
— Noun
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～ comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
dibranchiate
— Noun
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～ cephalopods having two gills
dibs
— Noun
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～ a claim of rights; "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza"