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  • Diaphemetric

    To the degree of tactile sensibility.  

  • Diaphanoscopy

    Examination using the diaphanoscope; transillumination.  

  • Diaphanoscope

    A device for transillumination of body cavities.  

  • Diaphane

    A very small electric light used in transillumination.  

  • Diapause

    The state of metabolic inactivity that some plants, seeds, eggs, and insect forms assume to survive adverse conditions such as winter.  

  • Diaminuria

    Presence of diamines in the urine.  

  • Diaminobenzidine

    A chromogen, C12H14N4, used in immunocytochemistry to highlight peroxidase.  

  • Diamine

    A chemical compound with two amino, — NH2, groups,  

  • Diamidine

    Any chemical compound that contains two amidine, C(NH)NH2, groups.  

  • Diameter of pelvis

    Any diameter of the pelvis found by measuring a straight line between any two points. Anteroposterior: the distance between the sacrovertebral angle and the symphysis pubis. Bi-ischial: the distance between the ischial spines. Conjugata diagonalis: the distance between the sacrovertebral angle and the symphysis pubis. Conjugatavera: the true conjugate between the sacrovertebral angle and the…

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