Category: D

  • Dacryostenosis

    Narrowing of the lacrimal duct due to cysts, tumors, or stone formation. Obstruction or narrowing of a lacrimal or nasal duct. The obstruction or constriction of the nasolacrimal duct, which can occur either congenitally or later in life, impeding the normal flow of tears.  

  • Dacryorrhea

    Excessive flow of tears; possible causes include inflammation or infection of the eye.  

  • Dysautonomia

    Rare hereditary disease resulting in autonomic nervous system dysfunction, most commonly m Ashkenazi Jews. Symptoms include mental retardation, lack of coordination, vomiting, frequent infections, and seizures. A rare hereditary disease involving the autonomic nervous system and characterized by mental retardation, motor incoordination, vomiting, frequent infections, and convulsions. It is seen almost exclusively in Ashkenazi Jews.…

  • Drosophilia

    Type of fly, including the common fruit fly. Substance taken by mouth, injection, or applied locally to prevent or treat a disorder (e.g., to ease pain).  

  • Doxazosin

    Oral antihypertensive agent, administered once daily; the most common side effect is orthostatic hypotension. A drug that lowers high blood pressure. Doxazosin (Cardura) dilates arteries and veins and is used to treat high blood pressure and other conditions, such as a benign enlarged prostate. It also lowers cholesterol levels. Doxazosin belongs to a class of…

  • Double pneumonia

    Pneumonia of both lungs at the same time. Pneumonia that involves both lungs or two lobes.  

  • Donnatal

    Fixed-combination drug, containing a sedative (phenobarbital) and several other agents, used to decrease gastrointestinal spasm.  

  • Dissolution

    Breakup in the normal anatomical state of part or parts of an organism. Rate at which a drug becomes a solution. The disintegration of a body into its constituent parts; conversion into a liquid state; an approaching state of death.  

  • Dipole

    Molecule in which each end has an equal, but opposite, electrical charge; may also refer to oppositely charged poles of a magnet. A molecule in which each end has an equal but opposite charge. The intensity of the charge is given by its dielectric moment or constant.  

  • Diliution

    Decrease in the amount of a substance in a solution for each unit of volume, usually the result of adding water to increase the volume.