diastema
— Noun
– English
～ a gap or vacant space between two teeth
diastole
— Noun
– English
～ the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood
diastolic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole
diastrophism
— Noun
– English
～ the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust
diathermy
— Noun
– English
～ a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents
diathesis
— Noun
– English
～ constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality
diatom
— Noun
– English
～ microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
diatomic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to a molecule made up of two atoms; "a diatomic molecule"
diatomite
— Noun
– English
～ a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material
Diatomophyceae
— Noun
– English
～ marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms
diatonic
— Adjective
– English
～ based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music
diatonic
— Adjective
– English
～ based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals
diatribe
— Noun
– English
～ thunderous verbal attack
Diaz
— Noun
– English
～ 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
– English
～ 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
diazo
— Adjective
– English
～ relating to or containing diazonium
diazonium
— Noun
– English
～ the univalent cation R-N:N- (where R is an aromatic hydrocarbon); found in salts that are used in manufacturing azo dyes
diazotize
— Verb
– English
～ convert (an amine) into a diazo compound
diazoxide
— Noun
– English
～ vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension
dibasic acid
— Noun
– English
～ an acid containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule