Dionaea muscipula
— Noun
– English
~ carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects
depressor muscle
— Noun
– English
~ any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
deltoid muscle
— Noun
– English
~ a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
distal muscular dystrophy
— Noun
– English
~ a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs; inheritance is autosomal dominant
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
— Noun
– English
~ the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)