Category: D

Capability of being deformed.  

The blurring of a visual image caused by spherical aberration, chromatic aberration, or diffraction. Also called optical defocus.  

A turning away from a previous or usual course. A deviation or diversion. In the context of psychiatry, it refers to the subconscious shifting of thoughts away from conscious awareness.  

Clear and final; without question.  

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia that persist or are found even during psychotic remissions. Such symptoms include social withdrawal, loss of motivation, poverty of speech, and blunting of affect.  

The process of removing fibrin, usually from blood.  

A drug with a very high affinity for iron. It is used parenterally to reduce the iron overload in patients with hemochromatosis, acute iron poisoning, or multiple blood transfusions.  

Inflammation of the ductus deferens.  

To or accompanying the ductus deferens.  

Retraction or tension in response to an action or threatened action.