Category: D

To treat someone who has heart failure with digoxin.  

A drug derived from foxglove leaves, used in small doses to treat heart conditions. A refined medication obtained from the foxglove plant, utilized for treating heart conditions.  

Referring to fingers or toes. Representing data or physical quantities in numerical form. When used to describe information (data), “digital” means based on a system of discrete steps, such as counting the fingers on one’s hand. Frequently, the term “digital” is associated with binary logic, where each bit of information can have one of two…

A finger or a toe. A number. A terminal division found at the extremity of a limb is referred to as a digit, which can include a finger or a toe.  

An enzyme which encourages digestion. Any enzyme involved in digestive processes in the alimentary canal. Chemicals that change certain types of food into a soluble (capable of being dissolved) form that can be used by the body.  

Able to be digested.  

A test that shows the amounts of different types of white blood cell in a blood sample. A measurement of the percentages of the various types of leukocytes (white blood cells) in a sample of whole blood. The number and type of white blood cells as determined by microscopic examination of a thin layer of…

A list of suggestions for quantities and types of food given to someone to follow.  

A painful blockage of the ureter, causing back pressure on the kidney which fills with urine and swells [After Joseph Diet! (1804-78), Polish physician]. Acute obstruction of a kidney causing severe pain in the loins. The obstruction usually occurs at the junction of the renal pelvis and the ureter, causing the kidney to become distended…

The act of attempting to reduce weight by reducing the amount of food eaten.