Category: D

  • Drunk

    Intoxicated with too much alcohol.  

  • Drug-related

    Associated with the taking of drugs.  

  • Drug allergy

    A reaction to a particular drug.  

  • Drug abuser

    A person who regularly uses drugs for non-medical purposes. The use of illegal drugs or the use of a legal drug in excessive quantities or for purposes other than those for which it is normally intended. Commonly abused illegal drugs include cannabis (marijuana; hashish; THC, or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), narcotics (heroin, morphine, methadone, codeine), cocaine, amphetamines (“speed”),…

  • Drop wrist

    A condition caused by a muscular disorder, in which the wrist is not strong and the hand hangs limp. Paralysis of the wrist muscles, caused by damage to the radial nerve in the upper arm, which causes the hand to hang limp. Inability to extend the hand at the wrist. It is usually due to…

  • Drop off

    To fall asleep. To get less.  

  • Droplet

    A very small quantity of liquid.    

  • Drop foot

    A condition, caused by a muscular disorder, in which the ankle is not strong and the foot hangs limp. Condition in which the foot is flexed toward the sole (plantar surface) or droops and cannot be voluntarily flexed toward a normal position.  

  • Drop attack

    A condition in which a person suddenly falls down, though he or she is not unconscious, caused by sudden weakness of the spine. A type of seizure that causes a sudden fall. This type of seizure may occur in a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. People who experience drop attack have a momentary…

  • Drop

    A small quantity of liquid. A sudden reduction or fall in the quantity of something.