Medical Terminology & Phrases

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D & C; D and C; D.O.; Dactyl-, -dactyl; Dactyledema; Dactylitis; Daily Value (DV); Daltonism; Danders; Dandruff; Dandy fever; Danlos syndrome; Danon disease; Data; Date rape; Date, expiration; daw; Day sight; DDH (developmental dislocation of the hip); de Lange syndrome; De Quervain's tenosynovitis; DEA; Deafness; Deafness & Communication Disorders, Institute; Deafness with goiter; Deafness, acquired; Deafness, congenital; Deafness-ichthyosis-keratitis syndrome; Death rate; Death rate, infant; Death, black; Debilitate; Decongestants; Deep (anatomic orientation); Deep vein thrombosis (DVT); Defecation syncope; Defect, atrial septal (ASD); Defect, enzyme; Defect, neural tube; Defect, ventricular septal (VSD); Defibrillation; Defibrillator; Defibrillator, implantable cardiac; Deficiency, adenosine deaminase (ADA); Deficiency, alpha-1 antitrypsin; Deficiency, ankyrin; Deficiency, calcium; Deficiency, ceruloplasmin; Deficiency, FALDH; Deficiency, FAO; Deficiency, fatty alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase; Deficiency, fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase; Deficiency, glucocerebrosidase; Deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P; Deficiency, hex-A; Deficiency, hexosaminidase A; Deficiency, iron; Deficiency, lactase; Deficiency, LCHAD; Deficiency, long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydroge; Deficiency, magnesium; Deficiency, niacin; Deficiency, protein C; Deficiency, selenium; Deficiency, sphingomyelinase; Deficiency, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase; Deficiency, vitamin K; Deficiency, zinc; Deformation; Deformity, cauliflower-ear; Degeneration, macular; Degenerative arthritis; Degenerative joint disease; Dehydration; Deja vu; Déja vu; Delay, developmental; Deletion; Delirium tremens; Delivery, breech; Delivery, footling; Delivery, vertex; Delta cell, pancreatic; Delta-storage pool disease; Deltoid; Demarcation; Dementia; Dementia complex, AIDS; Dementia, MELAS; Demonophobia; Demulcent; Demyelination; Dendrite; Dengue; Dengue fever; Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF); Dengue shock syndrome; Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Inst.; Dental Association, American (ADA); Dental braces (orthodontics); Dental drill; Dental impaction; Dental pain (toothache); Dentin; Denture; Denver developmental screening test; Deoxyhemoglobin; Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); Department of Energy (DOE).; Department of Health and Human Services; Depigmentation; Depo-Provera contraceptive; Depression; Depression, bipolar; Depression, dysthmia; Depression, major; Depression, winter; Dercum's disease; Dermabrasion; Dermatitis; Dermatitis and diarrhea, zinc deficiency; Dermatitis, allergic contact; Dermatitis, atopic; Dermatitis, stasis; Dermatofibroma; Dermatographism; Dermatologic; Dermatologist; Dermatome; Dermatomyositis; Dermatopathy; Dermatophytic onychomycosis; Dermis; Dermoid; Dermoid cyst of the ovary; Dermopathy; DES; Descending aorta; Descending pathway; Desensitization, allergy; Desert fever; Desiccate; Designer estrogen; Desmoid tumor; Desmoplasia; Desmoplastic; Desmoplastic reaction; Desquamate; Desquamation; Deuteranomaly; Deuteranopia; Development; Development, Human, Nat'l Inst of Child Health &; Developmental delay; Developmental dislocation of the hip (DDH); Developmental disorder; Developmental disorder, specific; Developmental dyspraxia; Deviation of the nasal septum; Device, assistive; Device, medical; Dextro- (prefix); Dextrocardia; Dextroposition; Dextroposition of the heart; Dextrose; DGS (DiGeorge syndrome); DHF (dengue hemorrhagic fever); DHHS; Di Bella cancer therapy; Di- (prefix); Dia- (prefix); Diabetes; Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK); Diabetes and fiber; Diabetes Association, American (ADA); Diabetes insipidus; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes, adult-onset; Diabetes, brittle; Diabetes, gestational; Diabetes, insulin-dependent; Diabetes, insulin-resistant; Diabetes, labile; Diabetes, non-insulin-dependent; Diabetes, type 1; Diabetes, type 2; Diabetes, unstable; Diabetic coma; Diabetic macular edema; Diabetic nephropathy; Diabetic neuropathy; Diabetic retinopathy; Diabetic shock; Diachronic; Diachronic study; Diagnosis; Dialysis; Dialysis machine; Dialysis, peritoneal; Diaper rash; Diaper rash, yeast; Diaphragm (contraceptive); Diaphragm (muscle); Diaphragmatic hernia; Diarrhea; Diarrhea and dermatitis, zinc deficiency; Diarrhea, antibiotic-induced; Diarrhea, E. coli hemorrhagic; Diarrhea, rotavirus; Diarrhea, travelers'; Diastole; Diastolic; Diastrophic dysplasia; Diathermy; Diathesis; Dicentric chromosome; Did not attend (DNA); DIDMOAD; Diesel exhaust; Diethylstilbestrol (DES); Diff dx; Differential diagnosis; Differential white cell count; Differentiation; Diffuse degeneration of gray matter; Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH); Diffuse toxic goiter; DiGeorge syndrome (DGS); Digestive & Kidney Diseases, Nat'l Inst Diabetes &; Digestive system; Digit; Digit, supernumerary; Digital rectal exam; Dilatate; Dilatation; Dilatation and curettage; Dilate; Dilating; Dilation; Dilation, pupil; Dilation, pupil (test); Dilator; Dioxin; Dip, paraffin; Dip, wax; Diphtheria; Diploid; Diplopia; Diprosopus; Dipsophobia; Dipsosis; Directed DNA sequencing; Directives, advance; Directives, advance medical; Disaster supplies kit; Disc; Disc, cervical; Disc, optic; Disc, slipped; Discharge; Discoid lupus; Disease; Disease, acute respiratory; Disease, Addison; Disease, adult celiac; Disease, Alexander; Disease, Alpers; Disease, Alzheimer; Disease, Anderson-Fabry; Disease, Behcet's; Disease, Bernard-Soulier; Disease, Binswanger; Disease, bipolar; Disease, black lung; Disease, Bornholm; Disease, Bowen's; Disease, Brill-Zinsser; Disease, Canavan; Disease, Castleman; Disease, cat scratch; Disease, central core, of muscle (CCD); Disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth; Disease, chronic obstructive lung (COLD); Disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD); Disease, clinical; Disease, congenital heart; Disease, Conor and Bruch; Disease, coronary artery; Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD); Disease, Crohn; Disease, Cushing; Disease, cystine transport; Disease, degenerative joint; Disease, delta-storage pool; Disease, exaggerated startle; Disease, Fabry; Disease, Fahr; Disease, fifth (erythema infectiosum); Disease, Fong; Disease, foot-and-mouth; Disease, Forestier; Disease, Gaucher type 1; Disease, Gilbert; Disease, graft-versus-host; Disease, Graves; Disease, guinea worm; Disease, gum; Disease, hand-foot-and-mouth; Disease, Hansen; Disease, Heberden; Disease, hemolytic, of the newborn; Disease, Hirschsprung; Disease, His; Disease, His-Werner; Disease, Hodgkin (adult); Disease, Hodgkin (Hodgkin lymphoma); Disease, Huntington; Disease, hyaline membrane; Disease, hydroxyapatite crystal; Disease, inflammatory bowel; Disease, Jakob's; Disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt; Disease, Kawasaki; Disease, Keshan; Disease, Kikuchi; Disease, Kimmelstiel-Wilson; Disease, kissing; Disease, Kok; Disease, Kostmann; Disease, Legg; Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes; Disease, Legg-Perthes; Disease, Legionnaire; Disease, lipid storage; Disease, Lobstein's; Disease, Lou Gehrig; Disease, manic-depressive; Disease, maple syrup urine (MSUD); Disease, Marburg; Disease, Menetrier's; Disease, Meniere; Disease, Minamata; Disease, mitochondrial; Disease, mixed connective tissue; Disease, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob; Disease, Niemann-Pick; Disease, Norwalk; Disease, Osgood-Schlatter; Disease, Osler-Rendu-Weber; Disease, ovarian, polycystic; Disease, Paget's; Disease, Parkinson; Disease, Parry's; Disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher (PMD); Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID); Disease, phytanic acid storage (Refsum's dise; Disease, Pick; Disease, Plummer's; Disease, polycystic kidney; Disease, polycystic ovarian (PCO); Disease, Quincke's; Disease, Ramsey Hunt; Disease, Raynaud; Disease, Refsum's; Disease, Rendu-Osler-Weber; Disease, Ritter; Disease, rotator cuff; Disease, rotavirus; Disease, sickle cell; Disease, sixth; Disease, sleeping; Disease, startle; Disease, Stein-Leventhal; Disease, Still; Disease, subclinical; Disease, Tay-Sachs (TSD); Disease, Tsutsugamushi; Disease, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob; Disease, von Recklinghausen's; Disease, Vrolik's; Disease, Werner-His; Disease, Whipple; Disease, Whitmore's; Disease, Wilson; Diseases related to obesity; Diseases, Infectious, Nat'l Inst of Allergy &; Diseases, inherited metabolic; Diseases, Musculoskeletal, Nat'l Inst; Diseases, polygenic; Diseases, rickettsial; Diseases, single-gene; DISH (Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis); Disinsection; Dislocation, congenital hip; Disorder, anxiety; Disorder, articulation; Disorder, attention deficit (ADD); Disorder, central auditory processing; Disorder, cephalic; Disorder, mathematics; Disorder, seasonal affective (SAD); Disorder, social anxiety; Disorder, specific developmental; Disorders, lymphoproliferative; Disorders, myeloproliferative; Disruption sequence; Dissect; Dissecting aneurysm; Dissection; Dissection, axillary; Dissection, neck; Distal; Distance healing; Distention; Distichiasis; Diuretic; Diurnal; Diverticula; Diverticulitis; Diverticulitis, bleeding from; Diverticulitis, treatment of acute; Diverticulosis; Diverticulosis/diverticulitis and fiber; Diverticulum; Diverticulum, Meckel's; Dizygotic twin; Dizziness; Dizziness, anxiety as a cause of; Dizziness, pre-syncopal; DMD (dystonia musculorum deformans); DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid); DNA (did not attend); DNA amplification; DNA assembly; DNA cloning; DNA molecules, recombinant; DNA polymerase; DNA repair; DNA repair gene; DNA repair gene, Med1; DNA repair pathway; DNA replication; DNA sequence; DNA sequence, draft; DNA sequence, finished; DNA splicing, alternative; DNA technology, recombinant; DNA virus; DNA, coding; DNA, junk; DNA, mitochondrial; DNA, nongenetic; DNA, repetitive; DNA, satellite; DOB; Doctor; Doctors Without Borders; Doctors' symbol; DOE; Domain; Dominant; Donor; Donor insemination; Dopa; Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD); Dopamine; Doraphobia; Dorsal; Dorsal (anatomic orientation); Dorsum; Dose, absorbed; DOTS; Double helix; Double-blinded study; Douche; Douching; Douglas, pouch of; Dowager's hump; Down syndrome; Down syndrome features; DPT; DPT immunization; Dracunculiasis; Draft DNA sequence; DRE (digital rectal exam); Dream, pre-sleep; Dreams; Drill, dental; Drip; Dropsy; Drosophila genome; Drug activity; Drug caution codes; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Drug resistance; Drug, ACE-inhibitor; Drug, anti-infective; Drug, antibiotic; Drug, antifungal; Drug, antihypertensive; Drug, antimicrobial; Drug, antiprotozoal; Drug, antithyroid; Drug, antiviral; Drug, generic; Drug, over-the-counter (OTC); Drug, prescription; Drug, sulfa; Drug, tocolytic; Drugs during pregnancy, dangerous; Drugs, anti-angiogenesis; Drugs, statin; Drugs, teratogenic; Drusen; DRVs (Daily Reference Values); DT; DT immunization; DTaP; DTaP immunization; DTP; Duct; Ductal carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating; Ductular hypoplasia, syndromatic hepatic; Ductus; Ductus arteriosus; Ductus, patent; Due date; Dumdum fever; Dumping syndrome; Duodenal ulcer; Duodenitis; Duodenum; Duplication; Dupuytren contracture; Durable power of attorney; Dursban; DV (Daily Value); DVT (deep vein thrombosis); Dwarfism; Dwarfism, achondroplastic; Dwarfism, pituitary; Dwarfism, thanatophoric; Dx; Dyad; Dys-; Dysarthria; Dyscalculia; Dysentery; Dysentery, amebic; Dysfunction; Dysfunction, erectile; Dysgraphia; Dyshidrotic eczema; Dyskeratosis congenita; Dyskinesia; Dyskinesia; Dyslexia; Dysmorphic feature; Dysmorphology; Dysostosis, cleidocranial; Dyspareunia; Dyspepsia; Dyspeptic; Dysphagia; Dysphonia, spasmodic; Dysphoria; Dysplasia; Dysplasia, arteriohepatic; Dysplasia, bronchopulmonary; Dysplasia, cleidocranial; Dysplasia, congenital hip; Dysplasia, faciodigitogenital; Dysplasia, thanatophoric; Dysplastic nevi; Dyspnea; Dyspnoea; Dyspraxia; Dyspraxia of speech; Dyspraxia, developmental; Dysthymia; Dystocia; Dystocia, cervical; Dystocia, fetal; Dystocia, placental; Dystonia; Dystonia musculorum deformans (DMD); Dystonia, cranial; Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD); Dystonia, focal, due to blepharospasm; Dystonia, focal, due to torticollis; Dystonia, idiopathic torsion; Dystonia, laryngeal; Dystonia, oromandibular; Dystonia, Segawa; Dystonia, torsion; Dystonia, writer's cramp; Dystrophy, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy; Dystrophy, myotonic; Dysuria;

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