Category: D
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Debilitating disease
A disease which makes the person weak.
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Debilitate
To make someone or something weak.
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Death certificate
An official document signed by a doctor stating that a person has died and giving details of the person and the cause of death. Only a licensed physician can fill out and sign a death certificate, which is needed before burial or disposal of the person’s remains. A death certificate is also necessary for collecting…
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Deaminate
To remove an amino group from an amino acid, forming ammonia.
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Deafen
To make someone deaf for a time.
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Deaf and dumb
Not able to hear or to speak.
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Dead space
A breath in the last part of the process of breathing in air which does not get further than the bronchial tubes. The exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide and other gases from air to bloodstream only occurs in the alveoli of the lungs, the tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchial tree. That…
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Deaden
To make something such as pain or noise less strong.
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Dead
No longer alive. Not sensitive.
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Dazed
Confused in the mind.