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Daily wake up
The interruption of sedative-drug infusions in mechanically ventilated patients to permit assessments of mental status and to facilitate the discontinuation of life support.
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Dactylolysis
Spontaneous amputation of fingers or toes, seen in leprosy, ainhum, and produced in utero.
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Dactylogryposis
Permanent contraction of the fingers.
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Sickle cell dactylitis
Painful swelling of the feet and hands during the first several years of life in children with sickle cell anemia.
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Dactyl
A finger or toe; a digit of the hand or foot.
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Dacryocystectomy
Excision of membranes of the lacrimal sac.
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Czermak’s spaces
The interglobular spaces in dentin caused by failure of calcification.
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Cytozoon
A protozoon that lives as an intracellular parasite.
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Cytozoic
Living within or attached to a cell, as certain protozoa.
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Cytotropism
The movement of cells toward or away from a stimulus such as drugs, viruses, bacteria, or physical conditions such as heat or cold. The movement of cells toward or away from a stimulus such as drugs, viruses, bacteria, or physical conditions such as heat or cold.
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